Why organize events for young farmers?

We Greenhorns spend an increasing amount of our time coordinating these collaborative, cooperative events all around the country. Each event is unique, celebrational and educational. While the events are inclusive of "aspiring farmers, eaters, and families," they are deliberately designed to serve young farmers. It's not a conference, not a marketplace. We are not hustling our produce! We are hanging out! The events provide a venue for networking, socializing, skill-sharing, telling stories, confirming gut feelings, sharing equipment, sharing insight, and building community relationships and team-strength. As we work to represent young farmers, communicate about young farmers, connect young farmers, and gather resources for young farmers -- it really helps to spend time listening to the banter, concerns, and gossip of our constituents, particularly as we start focusing our energy around the coming Farm Bill. The technology needed to gather that critical insight is not complicated: a few bulletin boards, good beer, a bonfire, a farm, a seasonal/technical theme, + a posse of cohorts. If there are others of you interested in convening these gatherings, supporting these relationships and throwing some parties...please be in touch! We are always looking for partners in other regions.

Schedule

24 june 2010
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
@ the beehive project
cherry pie mixer for activists, young farmers, urban farmers.
check out our mixer photos and the myfc event video!

14 – 15 august 2010
MID-COAST MAINE
a 2-day chautauqua w/workshops. radical archival film screening at grange hall. beehive collective, bonfire, seaweed gathering workshop, stone masonry workshops, tour of agriculturual history museum, agrarian arts of many kinds.

25 august 2010
BOSTON + JAMAICA PLAIN, MASSACHUSETTS
elderberry bike harvest

21 - 22 august 2010
VERMONT
@ high mowing organic seeds & surrounding farms
kingdom farm and food days, a free, fun-filled event in celebration of good food and vt agriculture, including farm visits, a scenic bike tour of area farms, pig roast, live music, workshops, bonfire, and local foods showcase.

11 september 2010
VIRGINIA
monticello heritage harvest w/southern exposure seed exchange.

11 – 12 september 2010
PENNSYLVANIA/SW NEW YORK
@ anthill farm in honesdale, pa
young farmer mixer

19 september 2010
CONNECTICUT
@ manchester community college
taste! organic connecticut by nofa ct, local and organic festival with live music, farmers' market, fresh prepared food, vendors, artisans, free workshops, and free kids' activities.

24 - 25 september 2010
LOUISVILLE, KY
@ white hall & spalding university
local foods harvest festival and 11th annual healthy foods, local farms conference

29 september 2010
HUDSON VALLEY, NEW YORK
chestnut ridge, ny
land access for beginning farmers, a stakeholder forum in collaboration with cornell cooperative extension (cce) columbia county + others.

30 september – 1 october 2010
HUDSON VALLEY, NEW YORK
@ pfeiffer center in chestnut ridge, ny
biodynamic association annual conference w/ these of youth moving forward into sustainable agriculture.

WEST COAST TOUR and select screenings of greenhorns documentary. exact dates and locations tba

4 october 2010
VASHON, WASHINGSTON
@ vashon island grange hall
west coast tour

9 or 10 october 2010
PORTLAND, OREGON
west coast tour

15 october 2010
MENDOCINO, CALIFORNIA
@ frey vineyards
west coast tour

SONOMA, CALIFORNIA
west coast tour

PESCADERO, CALIFORNIA
@ blue house farm / pie ranch west coast tour

NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA
west coast tour

WINTERS, CALIFORNIA
west coast tour

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
west coast tour

ALBEQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
west coast tour

10 - 12 november 2010
ALBEQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
quivira coalition annual conference: "the carbon ranch: fighting climate change through food and stewardship."

LA/OJAI, CALIFORNIA
west coast tour

2 - 3 december 2010
WESTCHESTER, NEW YORK
@ stone barns center for food and agriculture
annual young farmers conference

21 - 23 january 2011
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK
young farmer mixer at "diggin' diversity," nofa ny's annual conference bringing together the organic community from around the state to learn from and inspire one another and to reaffirm and strengthen our community.

This Month

Past Events

Petaluma Seed Bank Mixer with Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
Sunday, Apr 25, 2010
Petaluma, California


Young Farmer Social with Small Farmers Journal
Apr 15 – 16 2010
Draft Horse Auction, Madras County Oregon


Vernal Equinox Hogget Cook-Off with McEnroe Organic + Kinderhook Farm + Animal Welfare Institute
Sunday, Mar 21, 2010
Valetia, NY


Vermont Young Farmer Mixer with High Mowing Seeds
Feb 14 – 15 2010
NOFA VT Conference, Burlington, VT


Young Farmer Mixer with NOFA NY
Jan 21, 2010
Saratoga Springs, NY


Young Farmers Panel @ Stone Barns Young Farmers Conference
Dec 3rd & 4th, 2009
Stone Barns Center, Tarrytown, NY


It Takes A Village to Make A Sausage
October 31st - November 1st, 2009
Mead Orchards, Tivoli, NY


Farm Bike Tour and Bonfire
October 2-3, 2009
Train Depot, La Plata, MO


Roving Fleet
September 25, 2009
Common Ground Country Fair, Unity, ME


Young Farmers Mixer with Heritage Harvest Festival
September 12, 2009
Charlottesville, VA


Watermelon Moonshine
August 29, 2009
Smithereen Farm, Nevis, NY


Goat Spit
June 20, 2009
Brooklyn, NY


Craftsbury Common, VT
Young Farmer Mixer with The Center for An Agricultural Economy
June 18, 2009
Hardwick, VT


Greenhorns Present on Young Farmer Resources @ Sterling College
Food, Farms and Community: Rural America’s Local Food Renaissance
June 16, 2009


Greenhorns Screening + Talk @ Brooklyn Museum
May 2, 2009
Brooklyn, NY


Brooklyn Food Conference
“Passing the hoe: our new farmers share stories and experiences”
May 2, 2009
Brooklyn, NY


Land.Liberty.Sunshine.Stamina.
An Installation and Networking Session w/ California College of the Arts
April 17, 2009
San Francisco, CA


Upstate Tree Planting Party
April 11, 2009
Germantown, NY


Georgia Organics Conference
March 21, 2009
Decatur, GA


Greenhorns Rabbit Roast
Sep 14, 2008
Glynwood Center, Cold Spring, NY


Pirate Seed Swap + Cocktail Session with Slow Food Nation
Aug 28, 2008
Bull Moose Hunting Society Warehouse
San Francisco, CA


Seedball Fabrication Tutorial with Farm Aid New England
Sep 20, 2008
Mansfield, MA


Garden Builds with City Slicker Farms
March 2008
Oakland, CA