FarmHack celebrates ‘resourceful farming with found materials’
Article by Bonnie Azab Powell, Grist EXCERPT: Young farmers in particular have to pinch their pennies hard. Fortunately, the field attracts tinkerers, makers, and make-doers [...]
Beginning Farmers
Farming Organization of the Year: Farmer-Veteran Coalition
Beginningfarmers.org is pleased to present our 2010 Farming Organization of the Year Award* to: The Farmer-Veteran Coalition (FVC), which seeks to help our returning veterans [...]
Happy New Year from Beginning Farmers!
Wishing you all a healthy and fruitful 2011! Winter on the Farm hope you will all continue to visit us here, and make 2011 Beginning Farmers’ best year [...]
Beginning Farmer Stories Wanted for Publication
You might have seen the greenhorns guidebook for beginning farmers: https://www.thegreenhorns.net/reading.html The great news is that on the merit of that little pocket guide [...]
Midwest School for Beginning Apple Growers
Dates: March 4 – 6, 2011. Location: Madison, Wisconsin Host: Center for Integrative Agricultural Studies This intensive three-day school demonstrates what it takes to [...]
Young Farmers, Beginning Farmers, and the Next Farm Bill
Young farmers need help from the USDA—and the next Farm Bill (click here to read full article) (by Lindsey Lusher Shute, Grist) EXCERPT: Unless an agricultural revival and [...]
Field Report: The Accidental Farmer (New York Times)
By Christine Muhlke EXCERPT: If you’re supposed to make lemonade when life hands you lemons, what do you do when your divorce, following on the heels of breast cancer and [...]
New Beginning Farmer Resource Page: Planning a New Farm
Our newest resource page, Planning a New Farm provides a comprehensive list of publications and websites related to enterprise selection and ideas for getting started in [...]
Jobs: Assistant Growers, Waltham Fields Community Farm – MA
Title: Assistant Growers, Waltham Fields Community Farm Type: This full-time, seasonal position runs from May through October 2011. Location: Waltham, Massachusetts: [...]
Beginning Farmer Training Program in North Carolina
Course for New Farmers to Begin (From Chapel Hill News) EXCERPT: North Carolina Cooperative Extension’s Orange County Center and the Orange County Economic Development [...]
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