Archive for July, 2011
Learn the craft of banjo making at this unique weeklong workshop held at the magnificent and historic grounds of Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, NY. Using a watch & do approach, noted banjo builder and teacher Jeff Menzies will guide you step by step as you make the pot, craft the neck, and stretch the skin on a gourd banjo. You [...]
Slide Ranch Mission: Slide Ranch teaches visitors the impact our choices have on food, health, and the environment, through hands-on activities and independent exploration of our farm and coastal wild lands. Organization: Located on the Pacific Coast a thirty-minute drive north of San Francisco, Slide Ranch is situated in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. [...]
Open Farm Lunch & Food Justice Presentations August 12 & 13 12-2pm Saving Seeds Farm 3 Flower Farm Lane, Sedgwick, Maine Space is limited, RSVP by calling 207-359-2128 or emailing bobstpeter@gmail.com Cost:$10 or more suggested donation or join the morning work crew 9am – 12pm Friday, August 12 Roast chicken*, new potatoes, salad and veggies, [...]
from Sam of anarchy apiaries in the Hudson Valley… The B.A.N.D. will have it’s annual Bee Day Party Potluck on Saturday, July 30, 2011, starting around 1 PM, again at the home of the Steels- Cedar Cliff Farm, which is now excitedly also Great Song Farm, a biodynamic, draft-power CSA stewarded by Jen and Anthony. This [...]
A nice article on using the whole vegetable, even what you’d normally compost: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/dining/thats-not-trash-thats-dinner.html?_r=1&hp
The National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) is seeking fall intern(s) to assist on food and agriculture issues in our Washington, DC office. Founded in 1986, NFFC represents family farm, fishing and rural groups whose members face the challenge of the deepening economic recession in rural communities. The combination of our 26 member groups’ grassroots strength and [...]
The Small Farms Conservancy urgently needs the services of a grant writer who has experience, loves small farms, and education! This is a paid position, the proposal is due August 2nd. If you know of anyone, please have them contact me and I will send the link for the grant and materials regarding our program [...]
Vermont is a leader in the successful movement that links families with the farmers who grow their food. Using Vermont successes as a model, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced legislation to establish a competitive grant program to promote community supported agriculture (CSA) throughout the country. “At a time when many families are struggling to pay for [...]
so says Edible East End in a recent piece featuring the Greenhorns. Farmers Are the New Artists, and They Also Make Great Kimchi By Jessie Cacciola Farmers are really just agricultural artists, working for a balance between animal, land and humans—at least this is the feeling I was left with after one in a [...]
These good folks are still on the hunt for some farmers! Attention: Sustainable Farmers and Farm Education Programs – Up to 67 acres of prime farmland will soon be available for lease in Northampton, MA. Interested farmers please apply. The non-profit organization, Grow Food Northampton, Inc. (www.growfoodnorthampton.com) has purchased 120 acres of farmland in Florence, [...]
Old Field Farm explores the interaction and mutual benefit of art and agricultural practices, where a diversified culture for both plants and animals can thrive. Old Field Farm/Art and Agriculture consists of 160 acres of forest, wild bee pastures, indigenous and cultivated mushrooms, habitat for goats, chickens, pigs, ducks; vegetable and fruit gardens. Integral to [...]
If so, consider kicking in with a subscription to help them stay afloat. You are probably aware that our national sustainable agriculture information service, also known as the ATTRA project, was cut from the federal budget for fiscal 2011 as part of the budget reductions going on in Congress. Despite the elimination of federal [...]
Communities across the country are taking charge. This one, in Oregon, has a website full of information that will be helpful to all of us. The Multnomah Food Initiative started as an innovative community partnership to develop a shared food system vision, goals, and an action plan that will promote issues of health, social justice, [...]
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