Saturday, March 2, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.…

Highfields Center for Composting is positioned well to support the Vermont food system. We are recruiting a new Executive Director as described in this link. Please let us know of your interest or share this link with the job announcement with anyone you think offer strong operational management and could help lead our important work.

Executive…

I have just produced a new calendar with photographs of Milking Devon cattle.  It can be seen and purchased in my Cafe Press store at

We’ve been telling the story of North Country Sustainability Center for nearly two years. Finally we put it in a YouTube storybook.  Check it out, please.

http://youtu.be/Dyn9iSp8yXU

NCSC, as we call it, is a innovative incubator that builds communities by  allowing the development of the skills that have long been there.  Traditional skills such as carpentry, sewing, cooking and farming are being rediscovered, but in…

A decade ago, Glynwood created the Harvest Awards to honor farmers, organizations, and businesses across the nation for innovation and leadership in support of sustainable agriculture and regional food systems.  To celebrate a decade of excellence in the field, this year…

The only Northeast meeting of the House Ag Committee about the 2012 Farm Bill will be in Saranac Lake, NY.

More information available here: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/219470971484815/

Please consider attending from ME, MA, CT, RI, VT and NH.  

Email me, Doug Butdorf (dbutdorf@gmail.com) if you are interested in housing in the area.  We can probably find you a guest room or…

It’s so frustrating to see so many stories about people feeling hopeless, homes being lost, and buildings being vandalized.  The media, the people, and even the government calling for ways to make things better, and yet we sit. Here we have an idea that can light a candle for many people, locally and nationally, but it’s not “out of the box enough,” and too small scale for others to consider.

What if “outside of the box,” is not what hasn’t been invented yet, but those things we let…

I decided to have a seed giveaway on my blog to encourage non-gardeners to get growing.

This is a copy of that post. I hope you'll share it with your friends. 

Nurturing something all the way from…

The Accokeek Foundation is seeking applicants for the 2012 Ecosystem Farm Apprenticeship Program. The Ecosystem Farm is an eight acre organic farm located on the banks of the Potomac River in Accokeek, Maryland, and serves as an hands-on training and education facility for sustainable…

A N N O U N C E M E N T from Glynwood President Search Committee

Job Position:  President (chief executive) of Glynwood Center, Inc.

                                                                   Submission Deadline: February 10, 2012

Glynwood Center, Inc. is one of the nation’s premier nonprofit organizations in the field of sustainable agriculture and rural community development.  We are now seeking a new…

North Country Sustainability Center, Inc. just agreed to lease a retired elementary school in Ashburnham, MA as our temporary home base. This will allow us to start offering programs, make local food and art pieces available for sale, and build the long term goal of creating a very exciting project.

What does NCSC do for anyone else?  Well, to start with, we're a regional operation, so we are open to working with and helping anyone who has a dream to start a small business that…

With the news all full of frustration and anger, is it possible that a dream can still come true?

I hope so, because we have a unique chance to make it happen. But it will take a little help from a lot of people. 

                Since I started in the field of local food and environmental education I had an image of  reusing an old building to create a place where farms could sell their food, consumers could purchase high quality locally grown food and a community could come…

New Program Kicks Off Social Networking Program

                North Country Sustainability Center, Inc. (NCSC) wants to raise people’s…

Attention: Sustainable Farmers and Farm

Education Programs





Up to 67 acres of prime farmland will soon be available for lease in Northampton, MA. Interested farmers please apply.



The non-profit organization, Grow Food Northampton, Inc. (www.growfoodnorthampton.com) has purchased 120 acres of farmland in Florence, MA to create the Northampton Community Farm. Grow Food Northampton intends to…

Attention: Sustainable Farmers and Farm

Education Programs

  

The non-profit organization, Grow Food Northampton, Inc. will lease up to 67 acres of prime farmland in Florence, MA for fall 2011 and/or early 2012 to farmers who share our vision of sustainable community farming. Our vision…