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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

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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…

Learn Permaculture at a great price, a great location and with great teachers!

Permaculture Design Certification Course

August 18-30, 2011

Location: Victoria, VA

Participants will learn natural design systems and how to use design tools in problem solving on multiple…

With the arrival of Earth Day I started thinking about how we might best achieve what the day symbolizes.  That got me thinking about articles I've seen highlighting new perspectives on our educational system, how it contributes to a sustainable future (does it?), and how we might modify it to achieve agreed…

Traditional North Eastern Dairy Breeds

Saturday, March 19, 2011. Torrington, Connecticut

I participated in an interesting meeting of breeders of dairy cattle that have traditionally been raised in North Eastern states. They included Dutch Belts, Kerrys, Milking Shorthorns, and Milking Devons. Milking Devons were well…

National Beginning Farmer Survey, Have You Participated?

Data on the challenges faced by today’s young and beginning farmers is hard to come by. That’s why the National Young Farmers’ Coalition, in partnership with the Greenhorns and Beginningfarmers.org, is conducting a national survey to understand what’s working for beginning farmers, what’s not, and what policies they’d like to see in the next Farm Bill. Survey data will be used in a report illustrating the needs of the next…

Massachusetts farmers and forest land owners who would like to address soil and water conservation concerns on their land are encouraged to apply by April 15, 2011 for financial and technical help through the federal Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

While EQIP sign-up is continuous throughout the year, land owners are encouraged to apply now in…

Grand Aspirations| Job Description

Summer of Solutions - Hartford 2011 Program Leader

www.grandaspirations.org/hartford

OVERVIEW

Grand Aspirations, an organization that empowers, connects, and supports youth leaders as they create innovative, self-sustaining, and inter-dependent initiatives that integrate climate and…

I tend to think that the relationship between cars & bikes is akin to the relationship between local food production and industrialized ag...maybe?

I was prompted to revisit my thoughts on the relationship between automobile drivers and bicyclists as I joined my first group ride of 2011 last weekend.  As a bicyclist and…