wow, totally amazing.
the look on the faces of the girls when their teacher is challenging them to figure out how to make money from the farm products– fantastically made film by 2 dutch filmmakers who say: ” if it can grow in Detroit, it can grow anywhere”
wow, totally amazing.
the look on the faces of the girls when their teacher is challenging them to figure out how to make money from the farm products– fantastically made film by 2 dutch filmmakers who say: ” if it can grow in Detroit, it can grow anywhere”
Have you all registered yourselves as servants of nutrition? www.serveyourcountryfood.net
I got a few folks last week telling me that the site was slightly glitchy– please let us know if you find this to be the case,
we’d like to take it to the next level and knowing where any bugs are will help that along.
Fresh the movie. We’re getting our copy this week. 
By Orren Fox
Orren Fox is 12 years old and lives in NoBo (North of Boston). He goes to school where there is a greenhouse and a bee hive! Orren has 24 chickens and four ducks (three Call Ducks and one beautiful Mandarin). He is really interested in farming and the ethical treatment of animals. Orren would love to change the way egg layers and meat birds are raised. He says he has a lot to learn. He blogs and tweets about these issues. Continue Reading »
these are our friends in Georgia – a really amazing farm family.
They need our help. This Saturday, Dec. 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., volunteers are asked to deconstruct structures that were destroyed by the recent tornado. Continue Reading »
Join American Farmland Trust for our Webinar, “Building Consensus to Implement Your Town’s Farmland Protection Plan” on December 17 from 12 to 1:30 pm.
This Webinar will help towns awarded state funding for the development of Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plans, as well as help communities thinking about getting a plan, learn some motivational techniques for getting their plans off the shelf and into action. Continue Reading »
do have a design charette for their organic logo.
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/logo/index_en.htm
much more suave that the good o’le lazer horizon at the usda.
no one accuses these kids of living in teepees, but still.
from the Stock Journal
Young farmers advised – save before borrowing
by ALISHA FOGDEN; 10 Dec, 2009 04:00 AM
Young farmers need to learn the difference between “need and want” if they plan to be successful in any business.
That was one of the resounding points made by the guest speakers at the inaugural Moovers and Shakers young dairyfarmer forum at Glenelg on Friday last week. Continue Reading »
here is a review of an important book, by a friend of ours, Harry MacCormack of Sunbow Farm
The Transition Document:Toward a Biologically Resilient Agriculture
A Book Review by Dan Armstrong“One of these fine days the public is going to wakeup and will pay for
eggs, meat, vegetables, etc., according to how they were produced.”
-J.I. Rodale., 1942.The recently published and expanded fourth edition of The Transition Document: Toward a Biologically Resilient Agriculture (200 pages) by Harry MacCormack is arguably his most important work in a long and winding career of poetry, politics, farming, writing, and spiritual discovery. Originally published in 1988, this edition of the book is the result of a major rewriting by MacCormack and includes a considerable amount of new material and insights gathered in the 15 years since the third edition. Continue Reading »
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- greenhorns: snow didn't hit here. busy busting the remaining tasks for this year. I need a fellowship to keep this up much longer. Any angels out there? December 20, 2009greenhorns: snow didn't hit here. busy busting the remaining tasks for this year. I need a fellowship to keep this up much longer. Any angels out there?
- greenhorns: hungry filmmakers screening was packed! enthusiastic foodliterate group of folks, not hardly enough time for discussion. I say, encore! December 16, 2009greenhorns: hungry filmmakers screening was packed! enthusiastic foodliterate group of folks, not hardly enough time for discussion. I say, encore!
- greenhorns: back at the farm. kittens glossy-working on animation sequences, which we've bartered orchards for. December 14, 2009greenhorns: back at the farm. kittens glossy-working on animation sequences, which we've bartered orchards for.
- greenhorns: just food conference , dropped a few hundred stickers. Gained valuable insight on the swell surge of distribution/processing need/whizkids December 13, 2009greenhorns: just food conference , dropped a few hundred stickers. Gained valuable insight on the swell surge of distribution/processing need/whizkids
- greenhorns: sunshine out over the snow. cozy fireside typing. busy busy getting it all done+ organized so our roll out is smooth in spring. December 8, 2009greenhorns: sunshine out over the snow. cozy fireside typing. busy busy getting it all done+ organized so our roll out is smooth in spring.
- greenhorns: today we launch the national young farmers coalition. farmbill in our sights, practical insights and agricultural vision for a new america December 4, 2009greenhorns: today we launch the national young farmers coalition. farmbill in our sights, practical insights and agricultural vision for a new america
- greenhorns: foldy bike lonely in the back of the veggie wagon. young farmers conference at stone barns today! leg muscles are lonely for bike commuting. December 3, 2009greenhorns: foldy bike lonely in the back of the veggie wagon. young farmers conference at stone barns today! leg muscles are lonely for bike commuting.
- greenhorns: at the king corn boys event in brooklyn.
good turnout. happy scrappy and all that jazz. whats next ? Rabbit poop upstate with truckfarm? December 2, 2009greenhorns: at the king corn boys event in brooklyn. good turnout. happy scrappy and all that jazz. whats next ? Rabbit poop upstate with truckfarm?
- greenhorns: home again. kittens delighted. property in berkshires not quite a fit--but very interesting. mostly film work this week. deadline approaches December 2, 2009greenhorns: home again. kittens delighted. property in berkshires not quite a fit--but very interesting. mostly film work this week. deadline approaches
- greenhorns: awesome tufters. tuned in and fierce. off to western mass to look at land prospects, if only there were train service. lots of driving. December 1, 2009greenhorns: awesome tufters. tuned in and fierce. off to western mass to look at land prospects, if only there were train service. lots of driving.
- greenhorns: snow didn't hit here. busy busting the remaining tasks for this year. I need a fellowship to keep this up much longer. Any angels out there? December 20, 2009
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