Archive for December, 2010
www.farmvetco.org a technical assistence program to help veterans navigate their beginnings as farmers. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently announced that The Farmer-Veteran Coalition (FVC) will receive a grant from the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) to assist the transition of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars into careers in farming.
there’s money to be made in tanning clean it, salt it, scrub it, tan it DIY or just clean it and salt it and send it to people who already know how. Bucks County Fur Products Box 204 220 1/2 N. Ambler Street Quakertown, PA 18951 215-536-6614 they have no website but this contact and [...]
and it comes with chickens! from our friend Jenna Woginrich of Cold Antler Farm. Breakfast in the Backyard Sunday March 6th and Saturday 12th 2011 This is crash course in how to raise backyard chickens for beginners, and get this, it comes with chickens All people who sign up for the all-day workshop will go [...]
our tireless artist and a brilliant urban greenhorn – brooke budner. Urban agriculture: S.F. considers allowing sales by Robert Selna, in the San Francisco Chronicle Thursday, December 23, 2010 With all the talk about locavores, victory garden revivals and residents raising chickens and bees, a San Franciscan might be surprised to learn that he can’t [...]
removing concrete…by force of their own fingers. Depave.org. Depave promotes the removal of unnecessary pavement from urban areas to create community green spaces and mitigate stormwater runoff. Through partnerships and volunteers, Depave strives to overcome the social and environmental impacts of pavement with the use of action-oriented educational events, community stewardship, and advocacy to reconnect people with nature [...]
we hope to get these guys on Greenhorn Radio! which returns to live shows in january. here’s an older story about them. Gemini Farms: Back to the Land By Mark Schiller and Kay Matthews published by La Jacarita News Editor’s Note: As the Agricultural Revitalization Initiative (ARI) gets off the ground (see page 3) we [...]
NEW ALBUM from kipchoge & the ginger ninjas! oh gee its great
Snore & Guzzle – a private press especially specializing in the art of the story. Story-telling is not a luxury, it is an absolutely core need. Story is how we make sense of the world. It’s how in the flux of experience, with all of the things coming and going, with all of the little [...]
“micro-macro” – a look at life from quark to cell to organs to galaxies, using only food! real food. from the fellows and fellas at Encyclopedia Pictura
startle your senses, support your bookshelf ride! it is pocket-sized and an almanac – both greenhorns priorities! you can buy our pocked-size book too on etsy thanks to nic in colorado for making yet another connection between young farmers and cyclers, and small publishers, i should mention, and for sharing that with us.
is always welcome. December 3, 2010 11:51 am Best Made List: Heat Values For Various Woods As winter marches on and the mercury begins to dip, we turn more frequently to the hearth. One good thing to remember when your building a fire is that your wood selection will effect the amount of heat produced [...]
Have you heard of the Oklahoma Falconers’ Association?
Five beginning farmers selected for training and mentorship project Bellingham, WA – A variety of new farmers are setting forth on their business ventures through the Food To Bank On project. Housed within the Sustainable Connections‘ Food & Farming Program, Food To Bank On connects sustainable farmers with less than three years of experience with [...]
African Farmers Displaced as Investors Move In By NEIL MacFARQUHAR Published: December 21, 2010 SOUMOUNI, Mali — The half-dozen strangers who descended on this remote West African village brought its hand-to-mouth farmers alarming news: their humble fields, tilled from one generation to the next, were now controlled by Libya’s leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, and the [...]
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