Archive for March, 2011
here are some resources for this important component of your farm. from a Washington State agronomist. Cover Crop Chart – Remember it’s 48 pages – before you press the print key…. http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=20323 Youtube Webinar http://www.youtube.com/user/NCATATTRA#p/u/2/zjI2zWf4uMI ATTRA video Innovative No-Till: Using Multi-Species Cover Crops to Improve Soil Health http://www.attra.org/video/index.php#vids
A day of skillsharing and planning as we build a local network of shared values and knowledge around urban gardens, food networking, food preservation, passive and alternative energies, water catchment, and social justice. Together we can manifest the critical and necessary transition from resource-rich industrial capitalism to bioregional sustainability and community. Workshops with many local [...]
The Larson Farm We milk 20 jerseys in a tie-stall barn. We practice rotational, intensive grazing during the pasture season and strive to decrease grain consumption with grass-based genetics and high-quality forage. One of our major focuses is on holistic herd health management using homeopathy and immune-boosters. We sell raw milk from the in-house farm [...]
looking for some good reading? greenhorn Janna Berger is compiling a stellar list of “pages to turn with calloused fingers” and has written a nice essay to accompany the list. Farming the Library When I brainstorm my dream farm I oscillate between ambition and a daunted daze. ‘So, we’re going to grow apples and keep [...]
The Seed Circus is a series of four events, spanning late spring to fall 2010, that each explore an aspect of urban farming. The events have four themes—Sheep and Felt; Foraging; Pickling; and Fall Harvest—but they have a common ethos of sharing information and making and doing with one’s own hands. Seed Circus celebrates the [...]
Farmstead Meatsmith Presents: Pork slaughter & Butchery Classes (Grants Pass, OR) Slaughter Day: Tuesday, April 12th. 8:00am till finished On slaughter day, you’ll learn our killing, sticking, hanging, scalding and eviscerating methods on two pigs, at their home-farm, while giving you a chance to participate. We will walk you through proper harvesting of innards and pass on traditional [...]
there’s a difference! for all you looking for farmwork this season, be sure to check out this article from civil eats
Explore the Archive! On the third Thursday of every Month since June 2009the National Good Food Network has hosted a top-quality webinar featuring the best of the best models of how to scale up healthy, fair, green and affordable Good Food. Dozens of top practitioners have shared their stories – successes, works in progress, challenges. We now [...]
If you haven’t already, check out A Growing Culture – a new site designed to cultivate a web based community where farmers and sustainable agriculture advocates can come together for education, networking, idea exchange, ethical debate and inspiration. This group focuses on supporting a network of traveling writers who publish essays to the site that [...]
BY: Ian Fitzpatrick guardian.co.uk. March 12 2011 “When Gerrard Winstanley and 14 fellow Diggers declared, in April 1649, that “England is not a Free People, till the Poor that have no Land, have a free allowance to dig and labour the Commons”, little could they have known how poignant their message would still be more than [...]
We have limited space for about 50 young farmers at this event! There’s been more interest than we expected, so please oh please RSVP to Kate (stoutoakfarm@gmail.com) so we can put your name on the list and not make things hard for our wonderful hosts at wild miller gardens! Hot fresh pizza from a mobile [...]
for all your mapping needs! http://publiclaboratory.org/home http://grassrootsmapping.org/ http://cartagen.org/
interested in historical farming? check out their trade association: http://www.alhfam.org/
Sandhill Farm is a 35 year old intentional community located in rural, northeast Missouri. Our current population is 6 adults, a 15-year old, and a 2 year old child. We grow 90% of our own food including vegetables, herbs, fruit, grains, beans and shiitakes. Our farm is certified organic and we actively blend in the [...]
Corbin Hill Farm in New York serves low income “food deserts” in Harlem and the South Bronx through the Farm Share model. Dennis has built a connection with reputable farmers like Jim Barber of Barber Farms and Richard Ball of Schoharie Valley Farms as well as smaller start up operations to supply many of the [...]
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