Archive for September, 2011
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October 12-14 in San Franciso, CA. Check out their website and register! Slow Money national gatherings are quickly emerging as a significant new venue for field building, investing and social change.
Seeking tenants for a farmhouse in Finksburg, MD. Here’s a note from the young farmer neighbors. Email McKenzie for more information. mckenzieditter at gmail.com Our landlords are perfect. Cherokee and her sisters Pawnee and Shawnee grew up in the house for rent during the 50′s and 60′s. Their parents moved here right after WWII so [...]
from the usda! http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FoodDesert/fooddesert.html
The Greenhorns film premiere in Austin, Texas Sunday, September 25th. A backyard screening followed by a chat with farmers: Eric Herm : Organic Cotton Farmer, Brad Stufflebeam: Draft-powered Vegetable Farmer, Marysol Valle : Urban Vegetable Farmer, Chad Williams : Pastured Poultry Farmer Where: 5012 Eilers Ave + 51st St, Austin TX When: Sunday, September 25th, 2011 POTLUCK @ 6:00pm FILM starts @ [...]
Next week, NYFC will testify at a USDA listening session on organic agriculture and we need your input on what to tell agency officials. We need to know about your experiences with the National Organic Program and conservation programs like EQIP, as well as the challenges that you may be facing as an organic producer and ideas [...]
by supporting the widely-known and loved apprenticeship program at UC Santa Cruz! read about the challenges on this post from Civil Eats: http://civileats.com/2011/09/12/government-austerity-measures-threaten-the-country%E2%80%99s-oldest-organic-farming-program/
We are excited to announce an outdoor screening of the 50 minute documentary film The Greenhorns next Thursday 9/22 at the Oxford Community Garden, located on the grounds of the Old National Guard Armory on University Ave at Bramlett Blvd in Oxford, MS. Thursday September 22, 6-8:30 p.m., Oxford Community Garden 6-7 p.m. Vegetarian Potluck Dinner 7:15 p.m. [...]
Fracking: Time To Slow Down? Ball was head of an August 22 hearing to assess high-pressure hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the natural-gas industry’s technology for freeing gas from shale. Senator Greg Ball (R-Putnam and Eastern Dutchess) said, “We’re on the precipice of a multibillion-dollar industry coming into our state.” However, he added he had questions. [...]
Vegetable Gardens Are Booming in a Fallow Economy WEST LIBERTY, Ky. — As the economy continues to stagnate in towns and cities across the country, here in eastern Kentucky it is causing things to sprout. Garden plots are dug into the green hills, laid out in fuller force than people have seen in years. People [...]
…GREAT JOBS IN FOOD! Thank you Taylor for this resource! http://goodfoodjobs.com/search.html
At Hawthorne Valley Farm in Ghent, NY Understanding Soil Sunday, October 2 • 9 am to 4 pm Healthy soils are the foundation for developing sustainable farms. Dr. Conrad Vispo of Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program will lead a panel of farmers and soil specialists as we explore and deepen our awareness of the different soil types [...]
download the pdf Here: BDANC Fall 2011 Meeting visit the BDANC website
Eating Alabama is a film about why food matters. What happens when a couple swears off processed, packaged, and prepared foods and instead finds everything they eat from local sources? It’s a story about community, history, sustainability, and relationships. Local eating isn’t just about the food – it’s also about the place. for more information [...]
like this one: FarmieMarket FarmieMarket.com is an online farmers’ market that allows customers to place orders with local farms online and have local food delivered to their door. Beginning on July 12th, consumers in Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer and Saratoga Counties will be able to order food from small, environmentally- and socially- responsible farms in their [...]
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