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Bloomberg: Broadband Trumps Farmer Payments in Rural Aid
Excerpt: “Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack knows that Farm Belt protocol requires paying respect to the Butter Cow. During ... 6 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Victory garden revisited in Chicago
Daina Mileris, of Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood, picks dead leaves off a tomato vine at the garden at Peterson and Camp... 6 days ago From City Farmer
A Couple of Articles on Biodynamics
Rudolph Steiner Biodynamic Farming is an issue I’ve seldom touched on here at Beginning Farmers. But it is one that interes... 6 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Online Courses for Beginning Farmers – Registration Open
New Online Courses for Beginning Farmers Debut This Fall! Reserve Your Spot Now Need some guidance on the development or ex... 6 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Pittsburgh city agriculture rules advance
Ceasia Williams, 14, left, and Jayda Harden, 14, water newly planted seedlings in a raised bed for the Lots of Hope gardening... 6 days ago From City Farmer
Demand for urban farm eggs outstrips supply
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We’re on Kojo Today
Check FM 88.5 at noon today for school lunch talk I’ll be on the Kojo Nnamdi show at noon today with Chef Cathal Armstrong ... 6 days ago From The Slow Cook
Focusing Farm Payments on Small and Medium-Sized Farmers
Press Release from grassley.senate.gov/ Grassley, Feingold Introduce Legislation to Focus Farm Payments on Small and M... 7 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Backyard flower farms
Sarah Nixon, whose floral service is called, appropriately, My Luscious Backyard. Photo by Aaron Harris. Local bouquets offer... 7 days ago From City Farmer
The Birds on That Brooklyn Rooftop? Chickens
Photo by Annie Novak Each bird lays a distinctive egg By Annie Novak The Atlantic Aug. 31, 2010 Annie Novak is the founder a... 7 days ago From City Farmer
Seattle’s City Fruit sells some of its harvest to become financially sustai...
Sustaining an Urban Fruit Gleaning Program. Photo by City Fruit. So far this year, we’ve harvested 5,775 lbs. of fruit By J... 7 days ago From City Farmer
Mayor of Boston opens chicken farm for people who had trouble with the law
The Farm at Long Island Shelter. Mayor says: “Bawk, bawk, bawk.” Excerpt: The hens came at the mayor’s suggestion to th... 7 days ago From City Farmer
Kinkead Ridge Vineyard Tour/2008 Red Wine Release
Kinkead Ridge Estate Winery in Ripley, which has produced internationally-recognized wines from their vineyard east of Cincin... 7 days ago From Cincinnati Locavore
Smart cities are (un)paving the way for urban farmers and locavores
Los Angeles rental of a goat herd to clear weeds and other unwanted growth from Angels Knoll in Bunker Hill. Photo by Curt Gi... 7 days ago From City Farmer
USDA Announces Funding to Expand School Community Gardens and Garden-Based L...
Students from the Bancroft Elementary School weigh vegetables during the White House Kitchen Garden harvest party, on the Sou... 7 days ago From City Farmer
Germination in Record Time
Mustard greens emerge after two days I spent the better part of the weekened paying back for all that good compost we laid o... 7 days ago From The Slow Cook
Farmers Ask for Fair Markets & Contracts, More Action Needed
From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition In June, the USDA’s Office of Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards ... 8 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Investing in Lime Can Improve Your Bottom Line
by Dr. Darryl Warncke, Michigan State University Lime not only neutralizes soil acidity, it also is a valuable source of calc... 8 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Youth and Youth Educator Sustainable Farming Grants
The 2010 North Central Region – Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (NCR-SARE) Youth & Youth Educator Ca... 8 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Talk to Senators and Reps. in Your State During August Recess
Sen. Harkin meets with Iowa Cattleman's Association Members in 2007 to discuss upcoming Farm Bill You don’t have to travel ... 8 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Urban Agriculture in Atlanta
A video survey of urban agriculture and community gardening in Atlanta. This story was featured on “This is Atlanta with Al... 8 days ago From City Farmer
USDA/DOJ Workshop on Competition in Livestock Draws National Crowd
National Farmers Union Press Release: Contact: 202-554-1600 (Also see the USDA Press Release on this event) WASHINGTON (Aug. ... 8 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Urban agriculture: weighing the pros and cons
Photo by Michael Klassen Heavy subsidies for urban agriculture in the long run will do more harm than good By Mike Klassen Ci... 9 days ago From City Farmer
City Farming blooms with Baby Boomers in Japan
Many of the “city farms” are in fact intended to be only cultivated at weekends By William Andrews Japan Trends August 23... 9 days ago From City Farmer
Asparagus Growers Eligible for Training, Cash
Vegetable Growers News Article, September 2010 – by Matt Milkovich, Managing Editor For the rest of the summer, U.S. aspara... 9 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Chicago Public Schools Looking for Local/Regional Produce
Chicago Public Schools looking for 2.3 million dollars worth of produce from within a 250 mile radius of the City Request for... 9 days ago From Beginning Farmers
The Harvest
We've taken to just calling it The Harvest every week, when we meet to pick from the community garden for the food pantry del... 9 days ago From FoodShed Planet
My Favorite Piece of Kitchen Equipment Isn’t in the Kitchen
My Weber spit-roaster: best purchase ever We use cast iron skillets and Le Creuset pots for cooking every day. But ask me wha... 10 days ago From The Slow Cook
Vancouver has set a monumental challenge: to be the greenest city in the worl...
One of Vancouver’s long term goals: to become a global leader in urban food systems. Excerpts from “Encourage local food... 12 days ago From City Farmer
Only an “urban green revolution” will help countries secure food for thei...
Facing Food Shortages: Urban Food Security in an Age of Constraints PK Hangzo 17 August 2010 PK Hangzo is an Associate Rese... 15 days ago From City Farmer
How cities can embrace urban agriculture and weaken the grip of ‘big food’
Engaging urbanites in shaping our cities By Mike Duff for The Global Urbanist 25 August 2010 The Global Urbanist is a news po... 11 days ago From City Farmer
Yardening: Spectacular Spuds
One of the core themes on One Straw is growing Real Food in Real Spaces – namely suburban yards. To that end we are focus... 12 days ago From One Straw
From streets to eats – Urban farming supports economies and human health
The Queen Mary Community Garden, North Vancouver, set against the splendour of the North Shore Mountains. Photo by Mel Phadta... 15 days ago From City Farmer
Mystery of Missing Local Peaches Solved
At my daughter's school they served canned instead On Tuesday I contacted D.C. schools wondering why the “local peach” th... 11 days ago From The Slow Cook
Time Magazine – New Orleans: A Farm Grows in the Lower Ninth
Our School At Blair Grocery. The Lower Nine urban farm concept is spreading By Phil Blidner Time Magazine Aug. 27, 2010 Phil ... 9 days ago From City Farmer
The Rise and Fall of School Gardens in New York’s Past Can Guide Us Into th...
In the school garden of Brooklyn PS29, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, joined by Rachael Ray, explained that “School gardens encou... 13 days ago From City Farmer
Urban Farming sinks roots in East New York
Joyce Dixon examines her spearmint. Photo by Matthew Kelly. “This garden teaches us to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables... 16 days ago From City Farmer
Urban Agriculture – About the Happiness of Harvesting in the City
From Agropolis Munich. It’s all about longing for green, about healthy, competitively-priced food, and about using urban br... 11 days ago From City Farmer
Free ‘Explore Farming’ Class in Massachusetts
Location: 9 Central St., Suite 402, Lowell MA (on the corner of Central and Merrimack Streets, across from the Dunkin Donuts... 9 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Golf greens combine with veggie gardens in South Orange County
Craig Strong, left, executive chef at Montage, and Nic Romano, founder and owner of VR Farms, show the bounty picked fresh fr... 18 days ago From City Farmer
Kia Motors Canada puts advertising dollars into building Toronto community ga...
Garden completed July 10, 2010. A garden, a car company and the power to surprise Drive Change: Kia Motors sponsors the build... 15 days ago From City Farmer
Urban farming behind a growing garden revival in Calgary
Betty Graham hired Chad Kile, left, and Rod Olson’s firm Leaf & Lyre Urban Farms to convert her yard into a food-producing ... 16 days ago From City Farmer
Birthday Cubanos
Cubanos on challah bread Every year we cook a birthday dinner for our friend Tomeika with her choice of entree. This year she... 12 days ago From The Slow Cook
Community Gardening: An Annotated Bibliography
Produced by The Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network With researchers increasingly turning their attention to ... 12 days ago From City Farmer
At 4-1/2 acres, one of the largest urban farms in the country in Cleveland
Just blocks from downtown Cleveland is Ohio City Farm, which was established in July. At 4-1/2 acres, it is one of the larges... 16 days ago From City Farmer
Defeated By a Mouse
This guy is eating my entire garden Don’t be fooled by this guy’s cuteness. He’s an unabashed garden marauder. In just ... 17 days ago From The Slow Cook
Tiny city farms taking root in backyards
Bee Ayer, left, the farm manager at the Youth Farm, works with volunteers. BK Farmyards is a Brooklyn-based decentralized far... 13 days ago From City Farmer
What to Do with Green Tomatoes
Green tomatoes: a multitude of possibilities I saved more than 10 pounds of green tomatoes from the marauding pack of field m... 16 days ago From The Slow Cook
Ryerson University Course Series in Urban Agriculture 2010-2011
Ryerson University has approved four urban agriculture courses that it developed as an official “course series” In order ... 16 days ago From City Farmer
Vancouver building has 5000 sq/ft rooftop area – includes outdoor kitchen a...
James: False Creek Real Estate James is a carefully orchestrated collection of 155 designer residences in Vancouver’s vibra... 13 days ago From City Farmer
Unlike the chain gangs of old, these guys spend time working their green thumbs
Weed Patrol— (Foreground) Inmates Mike Myers (left) and Kris Knight tend the Columbia County Jail garden. Photo by Stover E... 18 days ago From City Farmer
New Report on Financing Small Farming in the U.S.
FINANCING FARMING IN THE U.S. OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOR SMALL AND MIDSIZED FARMS TH... 13 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Short film about Berlin’s Prinzessinnengarten
Urban gardening: We spend a day on the farm in deepest Berlin to find out how urban agriculture is taking root in the German ... 11 days ago From City Farmer
Farming plans gain traction in Detroit – 110 acres of city-owned parcels un...
Urban Agriculture in Detroit By John Gallagher Free Press August 20, 2010 Excerpt: Detroit businessman John Hantz is inching ... 18 days ago From City Farmer
Dealing with Drought: Practices, Resources & Articles
Photo by Arthur Rothstein, 1936. (Library of Congress) This is the time of year when farmers and ranchers in many parts of t... 16 days ago From Beginning Farmers
The Slow Cook at Rodale
Maria Rodale Maria Rodale, inheritor of that name’s long-time connection with organic farming, recently asked me to share m... 14 days ago From The Slow Cook
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Information and Resources
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) was developed as a sustainable, ecologically based solution to pest control founded on compr... 15 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Job Opportunity with National Farm to School Network
MEMBERSHIP AND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE Urban & Environmental Policy Institute #11-035 National Farm to School Network POSI... 18 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Teacher in Residence Internship at Slide Ranch, CA
Teacher-in-Residence Internship Position (10.5 months) Organization: Slide Ranch teaches visitors the impact our choices have... 17 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Advocates for Independent Ranchers, Workers and Consumers Demand Federal Acti...
Press Release from Food and Water Watch Fort Collins, Colo. – Today the USDA and the Department of Justice hold the fourth ... 11 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Job: Food Policy Specialist Position Opening in Portland, OR
The Multnomah County Health Department’s Community Wellness and Prevention Program is recruiting a highly qualified, creati... 10 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Hanging Gardens, the first vertical garden project on an abandoned building i...
Hanging Gardens from The D Show on Vimeo. 200 Woolly Pocket gardens filled with organic compost A vacant structure in Detroit... 11 days ago From City Farmer
Urban Farming Jobs with Growing Hope in Michigan
Growing Hope– a gardening, urban agriculture, farmers’ market, and food access nonprofit in Ypsilanti, Michigan– is c... 11 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Job: Nutrition Education Project Coordinator, Michigan
Description: Springport Public Schools is seeking a candidate for the position of Program Coordinator to manage Springport... 12 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Hudson Valley Farm Beginnings Course
We at Hawthorne Valley Farm Learning Center are once again offering our farming course, beginning in October 2010, call... 13 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Free Research Articles on Goat Farming in India
The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences is a research journal which is ‘open access’, meaning that it’s content is provid... 11 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Job and Internships at Rural Advancement Foundation
Information Specialist, Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund: The Information Specialist will conduct field surveys/intervi... 19 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Video showing vertical farming by TerraSphere
Nick Brusatore, the inventor and co-founder of TerraSphere, walks through the facility explaining the process of vertical far... 18 days ago From City Farmer
Job: Real Food Farm Americorps Asst. Farm Manager, Baltimore
Real Food Farm is Civic Works’ innovative urban agricultural enterprise engaged in growing fresh produce on six acres of la... 13 days ago From Beginning Farmers
New York rooftop farm will grow close to 16,000 pounds of produce
The Brooklyn Grange: NYC’s Biggest Rooftop Farm from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo. The Brooklyn Grange Farm By Liza de Guia Foodcura... 10 days ago From City Farmer
Urban Farm Tours in Buffalo
Foodie-to-Farm August Farm Tour: Urban Agriculture This weekend, the tour will focus on urban farming as a bus tour heads to ... 17 days ago From City Farmer
Organic Vegetable Production Land for Lease, Pennsylvania
Farm land to lease for organic vegetable production (“Certified Organic” not required). There are about 10 fairly flat ac... 18 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Article on USDA v. FDA in Food Safety Legislation
Why it matters that the FDA is beating USDA for control of food system (Grist) by David Gumpert Excerpt: “Small-scale food... 12 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Washington Post: Ms. Lincoln, in the Tall Cotton
Excerpt: “WHEN LAST WE checked on U.S. agricultural policy, the Obama administration was paying Brazil $147.3 million to se... 11 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Farming Opportunity in the Ozarks
Established market gardener with 23 years experience is looking to pass on farm or farm partnership with young couple interes... 11 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Fungi’s Role in the Cycle of Life Discovered (ScienceDaily)
“The nitrogen cycle is the natural process that makes nitrogen available to all organisms on earth. Scientists at the Unive... 16 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Egg Recall Expanded After Salmonella Outbreak (New York Times)
By WILLIAM NEUMAN “An Iowa company on Wednesday broadened a nationwide recall of its eggs to 380 million after some of its ... 16 days ago From Beginning Farmers
Nice NYT Article on Joan Dye Gussow
Out of the Loss of a Garden, Another Life Lesson Five months after a storm sent the Hudson surging over the garden of Joan D... 19 days ago From Beginning Farmers
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