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Please continue to check back as we discover more honorable mentions in distinguished publications. For all press queries please email Severine Fleming at thegreenhorns@gmail.com.

It’s a New York Times Magazine food fight and the Greenhorns are present full force.  This issue highlights the work of young food activists across the country, the youngest being our very own, Severine, promoting Serve Your Country Food. Don’t forget to check out the refrigerator slide show (rabbit heads omitted).

Ozolife, proclaimed “daily guide to smarter living,” interviews Severine Von Tscharner about her dreams, hopes, fears and secrets. Turns out milking goats is a cure for carpool…

Severine holds up the female farming front in the “girls rock” issue of Theme Magazine.

Barack Obama was just finishing his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention when I arrived at a young farmers’ meet and greet in The Mission, one of a series of events taking place this weekend during Slow Food Nation. His voice rang out from speakers attached to a laptop, and Severine von Tscharner Fleming, producer of the forthcoming documentary The Greenhorns, had her fist pumped in the air. “Did you hear what Obama just said? “There are farms to save! Read here.

Post by Guest blogger Jeanne Hodesh. She has written for Takeabite.cc , Saveur.com, The Eat Well Guide’s Green Fork blog, Edible Brooklyn & Edible Manhattan. She also writes a weekly e-newsletter highlighting NYC food events, Local Gourmands. Read here.

“We had a delightful visit from Severine from The Greenhorns yesterday. We dug into a fresh blueberry peach pie while she told us about the many interesting projects she’s involved in – including getting The Greenhorns movie produced and distributed. Her passion for getting young farmers hooked up with each other is wonderfully infectious – you go, Severine, we’re big fans!”

“An upcoming documentary turns the lens on today’s growing number of young farmers and heralds the phenomenon as nothing less than an emerging social movement. The brainchild of farmer/activist Severine von Tscharner Fleming, the project has received attention in the New York Times, from the Slow Food movement and elsewhere. The documentary explores the triumphs and challenges of this post-modern agriculture revival, with part of the film’s self-described purpose being to help fan the flames of the movement’s success.”

“Here at Slow Food USA, we’ve been noticing an interesting and exciting trend: young folks eschewing the corporate/industrial complex and going back to the land and back to the kitchen.” Continue reading…

“Young farmers are an emerging social movement.” Read article…

“Have you ever encountered an idealistic young person with such presence that you thought, Whoa — this one might actually succeed in changing the world!?” Read article…

“While some of us moan and groan about the unmitigated awfulness of industrial agriculture and our craptastic food chain, others are literally sowing the seeds of an agrarian revival. The idealistic young farmers and gardeners fueling this ag-revolt have been christened “The Greenhorns” by one extraordinary, exuberant young farmer/filmmaker, Severine von Tscharner Fleming, who’s documenting their horticultural heroics in a film by the same name.” Continue reading…