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Food, Art, Revolution, Media Event in Minnesota this Thursday
FARM: Food, Art, Revolution, Media Thursday, August 25, 2011 Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy2104 Stevens Avenue SouthMinneapolis, Minnesota Part of the Minnesota Global series. 5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m. RSVP Using the synergistic power of photography and storytelling, Dan and Melinda Hemmelgarn’s Food, Art, Revolution, Media (FARM) project blends compelling photographs with relevant stories from rural…
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Fresh from DC via VT: New Effort to Expand Community Supported Agriculture
The little Green Mountain State of Vermont is a real leader in the movement to connect consumers with the farmers that grow their food. There are lots of inspiring, innovative farms and projects taking root in Vermont, thanks, in part, to Vermont’s leaders’ belief in the movement. Luckily for all of us, Vermont’s rock star…
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Apply now for Lundberg Family Farms small grants
Need cash for a conference, seeds, feed or anything else to get your farm started? Lundberg family farms has just launched “Raising Organic Family Farms.” Raising Organic Family Farms will provide up to $50,000 in grants and scholarships in 2011 for beginning or transitioning organic farmers – from college students interested in sustainable agriculture programs…
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Apprenticeships – The high price for low cost labor
By Rachel Armstrong If a farmer wants to pay less than minimum wage to an apprentice, she has to apply for a special certificate. One look at the requirements to receive the certificate and most farmers will close the book on apprenticeships. The new agriculture–local, organic, urban, or whatever your flavor–might not be right for…
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Farmhack@ESF Update!
By Leanna Mulvihill Plans for Farmhack@ESF are coming together! We’ve received positive responses from the SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry community, special thanks to the Environmental Resources Engineering department, and a few local farms are excited to participate as well. This event will be covered by Food + Tech Connect, a company that brings innovators…
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Compass Green Project
I have always had a nagging suspicion that young farmers are a creative, innovative, and poetic lot of individuals. We have degrees in art appreciation, environmental science, and anthropology. We design chicken tractors and refabricate old washing machines into spinners for salad greens. We use words like “permaculture” and “reemay,” eat big salads, and talk…
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New Internships at NYFC!
Farmers: Are you looking for things to do when the season winds down? Consider spending some time this fall and winter helping NYFC get organized! We’re looking for writers and general helpers that will help strengthen our movement of young farmers by communicating action alerts, discussing local and federal policies, sharing new farm technologies and…
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New Farm Additions
By Tracy Potter-FinsMy friends and family know how much I love animals. I’ve worked with livestock in the past, shearing sheep and slaughtering both fowl and ungulates. When we started talking about the farm just under a year ago, one of the most prevalent questions was, “Will you have animals?” The answer was always, “Yes,…
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Comment on New Farm Credit Rule by July 25th!
In the heyday of high summer, while we’re out in the field until after dark planting broccoli starts by headlamp, it’s easy to miss what’s going in the world of agricultural policy. This is a friendly reminder that, while the greens are bolting and the chickens are molting, the Farm Credit Administration is considering a…
