Archive for June, 2011
Try planting something different! a radical suggestion by conservative farm service providers. Grow something different! http://americanagriculturist.com/story.aspx/cornplanting/season/past/now/what/9/50153
John Whitman Davis, known to everyone as “Whit,” is proprietor of one of the oldest farms in the state. Located on a gorgeous plot of land bordered by Long Island Sound, the Stanton Davis farm was established in the middle 1600s by Thomas Stanton, the interpreter general for the crown colonies of New England: http://www.workingtheland.com/interview-davis.htm
the need for health insurance for young farmers is a hot topic – learn more by reading this article from the Center for Rural Affairs: http://www.cfra.org/node/3384
Connect with your fuzzy side on Sunday, June 19th, at the Oakland Museum of California.The Greenhorns’ have organized a series of four events titled Seed Circus to celebrate young farmers and the spread of agrarian knowledge. This Sunday we kick off with “FELT”. Watch a sheep shearing, ride a bicycle-powered wool carder, help make a giant felt [...]
a critical step for fairness in the meat industry here is a good place to learn about it http://kpcw.org/2011/05/community-voices-may-26-2011/
unofficial commercial for trader joes, ya dig?
to co host Training camp for YOuth activists of the north american via campesina movement. Volunteers and trainers are still needed. Talk to patrick (pkiley1@gmail.com) if you are interested. August 10-14 Blue Hill and Sedgewick MAINE> blueberries for all.
Farm Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15 WASHINGTON, June 8, 2011 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees begins on Wednesday, June 15. “I urge all farmers and ranchers to participate in this year’s county committee elections by nominating [...]
Did you see The Colbert Report the other night? If you missed it, Stephen Colbert had on Tom Ridge, the former Homeland Security chief who is now getting paid as a lobbyist for the oil and gas industry to push their fracking plan in Pennsylvania. Stephen called out Tom Ridge and the oil industry for [...]
I’m not the hugest fan of this paper, but he references a lot of historical texts that I’ve begun digging into. Currently on the bed: Agricultural Discontent in the Middle West It is a history of American Populism (which was born in the farmer cooperatives and state level leadership of Wisconsin, Iowa, etc). The galvanizing [...]
An exceptional opportunity to farm for two years with MOFGA – one of the top organic farming organizations in the country and a major greenhorns ally. MOFGA’s Farmer-in-Residence (F.I.R.) Program offers aspiring farmers committed to organic agriculture and public outreach the opportunity to live and farm at MOFGA’s Common Ground Education Center in Unity, Maine. [...]
PETER NADIN June 29 – July 30, 2011 Opening reception: Gavin Brown’s enterprise 620 Greenwich Street, New York 212 627 5258 T – Sa, 10AM – 6PM Peter Nadin was born in 1954 in Bromborough in the north of England and moved to New York in 1976, after being presented with the Max Beckman Award at [...]
These are good people. Social Saturday: Mark Dion with guest chefs Caroline Woolard and Emcee CM 4:30 pm If you want to tour around Mildred’s Lane 6:00 pm Dinner (Seating and Chef presentations at 5:30 sharp.) Please make reservations at mildredslane@gmail.com as seating is limited. BYOB Mark Dion was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts in [...]
a must-see film. At the Anthology Film Archives in NYC just til Thursday! Anthology Film Archives 32 2nd Ave 4:15 PM, 6:45 PM, 9:15 PM In Uruphong Raksasad’s ravishing documentary/fiction hybrid, two rural families, facing the seizure of their lands, come together to work the same rice paddy for a season, using pre-industrial farming methods.
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