"These young people are up to their elbos in working with the land and livestock and they're excited about it. Severine's presentation at Quivira may have been the best I have ever seen at any conference anywhere in the world."

"But despite the challenges he’s encountered along the way, Kuhn loves what he does. 'Being able to wake up on the farm is incredible,' he says. 'And it’s rewarding to go to the farmers market and meet the people who are going to be eating my food.'"

Coverage of our Seed Circus collaboration at The Oakland Museum last summer, which aimed "to merge the urban environment with the natural world through thematic, hands-on demonstrations and discussions, and part of a broader effort by museum curators to attract a younger, hipper crowd."

"'A lot of us have gotten involved in agriculture because we see it as a kind of activism where you are walking your talk,' she said. 'Farmers have economic self-determination, which is what Occupy Wall Street protestors want.'”

"Don't tell these folks to get a job; the majority of small family farmers have to hold down at least two jobs just to make ends meet or get health care."

"It’s about building a strong community so that the people who are entering agriculture feel supported, know what the next steps are, and have a sense of what to expect. They can become a part of the gossip, the flirtation and the eating—the culture of farming—and they’re not all alone.”

"Even those of us who lean towards fierce independence want to know we're not alone."

See number 8 in Vogue's online slideshow for building community with The Greenhorns.

"'It’s an ancient thing to do. Why not?' she said. 'Life has gotten too easy. The cool thing now is to do something hard.'"

"Yet the most striking aspect of the survey may simply be that so many young people with little experience in farming are willing to try it."

"'With the new National Young Farmers’ Coalition, we have advocacy in Washington! Every time I think about that, I get so excited. There are actually people in DC representing my needs as a young farmer...'"

"Ms. Shute said she hoped that the survey results, released on Wednesday, would demonstrate to the United States Department of Agriculture and to Congress that young farmers, although passionate, have needs that must be addressed."

Check out page 72 of the premiere issue of Leaf Magazine for an article feature Severine and fellow greenhorns!

"As some of the 99 percent demonstrate against the wealthy 1 percent, there’s another 1 percent who deserve our attention. That 1 percent is roughly the percentage of the population key to the survival of all of us: farmers."

"'Kids who are born on conventional farms are our strongest allies," she says. "They have the land, they can move us forward.'"

"See them not simply as farmers, but as eco-system managers and game changers. As Severine aptly put it, 'Don’t pity us: join us.'"

"'A growing segment of people don’t want to just buy organic, healthy food. They want to grow it. This new lust to farm seems to cross class, race, and politics.'"

Listen to an interview with Severine and fellow greenhorn farmer Chris Yoder of Vanguarden Farm on 90.9 WBUR Boston.

"'When you have [a liberal arts] education, you get to a point where you realize wait, I need to have a more basic fundamental education about being human. Food, water, shelter…these things are important,' she said."

"In this hyperconnected world, farmers are relying on one another for support, guidance and inspiration both online and offline."

"The 'busy-ness' of the growing season and harvest has scarcely slowed the momentum of the young farmers movement known as the Greenhorns."

An interview with Severine on 99 Hits FM promoting a Greenhorns screening at the Roxy in Potsdam for part of the Local Living Festival.

Severine was interviewed by West Marin Community Radio's (KWMR) Farm and Foodshed Report. Scroll down to the MP3 from 2011-08-15 to hear it!

"Get back to where you once belonged. Get your hands dirty, with this week's grow-op on Radio Ecoshock. We'll hear from the young farmers movement, with film maker and dirt farmer Severine von Tscharner Fleming of Greenhorn Radio."

"Declining food quality, degraded farmland, an aging population of farmers, and an increasingly tight hold on food production by corporations have inspired a growing movement."

"The documentary project is but one branch of the Greenhorns non-profit, which seeks to support young farmers through fundraising, grant-giving, and educational workshops, lectures, and teach-ins."

"For better or worse, it represents a conception of agriculture that’s partly about economics and ecology, and partly about locavore cooking and all-around good taste."

"It may have been social media that brought the crop mob together, but it was dirty and sweaty work that kept the conversations flowing."

"To be a successful smaller, sustainable farmer these days one must be creative and see the added-value of knowing not only how to grow greens and raise livestock, but also how to make sought-after cheese and pickles and charcuterie. In other words, be an artist."

Press for the Brooklyn premiere of the film: "It's only about 50 minutes long and will make you want to become a farmer, date a farmer, or buy an adorable farm-themed poster from their Etsy shop. Or all that in reverse."

John Bingham, a volunteer with the Whallonsburg Grange, said, "I think it's vital for the community to establish food security through local farmers," he said. "The young people have the vision and the desire and need all the support and encouragement we can give them."

North Country Public Radio's Todd Moe interviewed Severine about plans for the Essex Midsummer Mixer.

Press for local screenings in the Hudson Valley.

"At each Greenhorns screening dozens of hands pop up, strong confident voices pipe up, and earnest and thoughtful analysis comes from both graduating seniors and underclassmen. It seems like for every young farmer age 30, tenfold are aspiring young farmers age 20."

Two articles in the summer issue of the Valley Table mention Greenhorns! Check out "Starting Out: Farm Beginnings" and "City Farmers, Urban Agriculture" in this online copy of the magazine.

New farmers inspired by the local and organic food movements can't find the real estate. But our friends Luke and Cara at Quincy Farm used their ninja tricks to make it happen!

"While it is inevitable that our older farmers like my friend Tom will be gone, farming doesn’t have to be."

"They may be from all over, but there are characteristics they have in common: they work hard, and they believe the work they are doing will change the country's food system for the better."

Fifty women game changers in food includes Severine!

"I think the actual practice and the direct contact with the earth is similarly about taking kind of a metaphorical stand, and saying, 'I’m going to practice with my life a set of relationships with the farm organism that I manage, with the community that I inhabit, with the land and the water and the air and the people around me' is in harmony with a future that I would like to see."

"The workshop-sized, quilt-like tent is meant to house young farmer scheming, socializing, and a future rich with farm revelry."

National press for the National Young Farmers' Coalition.

"Hopefully, our presence and the message we brought about land preservation impacted the awareness and decision making of many legislators in Albany. And not just for this fiscal year, but for the long term – because once land has been developed, it will not be available for farming for a long, long time – if ever."

"'A lot of people my age are interested in living the change,' said the 29-year-old. 'There's not a lot of pop cultural space for farmers these days. We need to understand that there's a lot of us and knowing our collective momentum is a big part of having that confidence.'"

The Greenhorns has a growing following in Australia!

"'Marcin is a mad scientist'": great coverage on how Open Source Ecology is helping new farmers retrofit outdated equipment, tools, and machinery.

Greenhorns got a shout-out in the Opinionator section of the New York Times online about farming becoming hip!

"Farmhack is an effort to pair designers, engineers, business people, and others with farmers, in order to increase efficient production and distribution or generate new ideas to help today’s farmers."

"And this may be the most fundamental reason why more young people are embracing agrarianism: pride in work. Today’s new generation of farmers embraces this pride as readily as the previous one. More than that, they are quietly leading the way to a healthier, stronger and more prosperous global food system."

"When Gerrard Winstanley and 14 fellow Diggers declared, in April 1649, that "England is not a Free People, till the Poor that have no Land, have a free allowance to dig and labour the Commons", little could they have known how poignant their message would still be more than 350 years later."

"We've never doubted country's cool quotient, but suddenly everybody else seems to have gotten the memo, from hip designers to famous chefs. So we figured it was high time to salute the people, places, and products redefining rustic today."

Press for a Greenhorns screening at the Farm Film Fest.

"'In a sustainable food operation, you're mixing it up. Dollar-to-the-pound, chickens are more profitable than kale or parsnips. Having pigs around also makes a lot of sense—they're garbage disposals, they're incredibly charismatic and they provide a lot of bacon. Get somebody hooked on your bacon and it pays your food bills all winter. And manure—I cannot overemphasize how important manure is. Everyone knows poop is where it's at.'"

"The average age of the American farmer is 57, and getting older. Who will grow our food when this generation passes on?"

An interview with Severine highlighting the Greenhorns Kickstarter campaign. Join the campaign here: National Campaign for Young Farmers

Great coverage of our Hudson Valley Greenhorn farmers and mention of the National Young Farmer Coalition.

"Bubbling with health and enthusiasm – our local young farmers are embracing and re-inventing a healthy local food system as a way of taking back control of the world."

An excellent editorial from Capital Press welcoming the Greenhorns: "So, young friends, welcome. We're tickled that you have joined in the most important profession in the world -- growing the food and fiber that feed and clothe us all."

"'When I first heard about Greenhorns, I jumped in and wanted to be part of it,' Briggs said. 'We have power to make things happen, to make changes in our community.'"

Click the link and scroll down to listen to the story "Farming 2.0: Young farmers use sustainable methods and social networks for a new kind of nationwide harvest" and hear Severine and fellow Greenhorn Chandler Briggs talk about what young farmers want.

"'We don't want our food coming from China,' Briggs says. 'We want to know our customers, and we want them to know us.'"

"They are young, educated, optimistic, and concerned with the connections between food, access, the environment, social justice, and each other. And they are flocking to fill the rubber boots left empty on American farmland."

"It's about growing food responsibly, using the Earth sustainably and giving back whenever possible. It truly is a way of life."

"It's tempting to paint a rosy picture, but the obstacles young farmers face must be recognized if they are going to make any headway in creating a new agricultural landscape for America."

"I had an instinct that these strong, brave, really motivated people were particularly potent protagonists for a sustainable American Landscape."

"Our agricultural system has become broken to the point where the opportunity to serve in uniform is more promising than the opportunity to serve your country food."

"It's getting harder and harder for newcomers to buy land--and increasingly enticing for farmers to sell to developers."

"'Most people only have relationships with plants they can smoke.'"

"Meet the new crop of American farmers -- young and energetic idealists who are bringing local, sustainable food back to the table."

Lots of our great Greenhorns are featured in this article on the emergence of young farmers in America.

“'Patrick (Kiley) opened the door and helped get this going,' said Jake Cirell. 'The Greenhorns party will hopefully lead to other things.'"

A note in the New York Times' Diner's Journal about Heritage Radio Network and Greenhorn Radio!

Our own Greenhorn extraordinaire Zoe Bradbury, covers the difficulties of being a newbie farmer, how to break into the system, and the best ways to advocate for additional resources to cultivate new (young) people into the world of greenthumb-ing. She pushes for a Pea/Farmer Corps program and we wholeheartedly agree! Amen. Learn more about our farmer, freelance writer, food and society policy fellow, and most of all, friend, here.

"Their faces are sun-worn, the dirt under their fingernails is visible on camera, and they look like they've stopped between sweat-inducing tasks to share agricultural secrets with the audience."

"The 20th Century “American Gothic” image of stern, aging farmers has faded and a new icon has risen: Greenhorns are vibrant, self-made, often first-generation farmers who have chosen a lifestyle that flies in the face of what is generally expected of America’s young adults."

More coverage of the John Patrick Organic fashion show as well as Severine, The Greenhorns and all its projects (Serve Your Country Food, Greenhorns Guide, etc.). The article also talks about The Hudson Valley Seed Library.

Designer John Patrick's Organic Fall 2009 presentation partnered with a coalition of upstate farmers (including Severine/The Greenhorns) to sell their wares bake sale-style at the event, with a serving of food policy on the side.

Mr. Bowman writes about the recent release of the Greenhorns Guidebook, saying it is "the working draft of a field guide to existing resources, and the foundation for farmer contributions that will be combined into a book that will catalyze, inspire and empower young people (and others) who have an unquenchable passion to figure out how to become sustainable agriculturists in the post-capitalist, post-oil and post-commodity era."
Whoa. Couldn't have said it any better!

"There are, right now, more Americans behind bars than there are working our nation's farms and fields."

TimeOut New York examines the movement of city dwellers attempt to reestablish links to the food they eat. The article details how back-to-the-land movements have happened before, but this is different: instead of fleeing to rural areas, many New Yorkers are bringing the land back to the city.

A profile of friend of The Greenhorns, Christy Raymond, proud farmer/owner of White Barn in Wrentham, MA. The article describes how Christy and other young farmers like her, are a part of a resurgent movement, revitalizing the relationship between growers and buyers.

BoingBoing discusses Serve Your Country Food and walks through the process of creating data maps to find opportunities and challenges for young farmers. They even want to start a vegetable garden now!

The New York Times Magazine featured Severine and the Greenhorns in its October 10th edition titled, "Food Fights." Severine can be seen with other young leaders who are changing the way we eat (and drink) in an online photo slideshow. Listen to the audiocast and see pictures of her and four other food leaders talking about the eating habits that fuel their professional pursuits. This includes a look insider her fridge...mmm, jam!

The magazine talks about the Greenhorns documentary and Serve Your Country Food and includes the much ballyhooed about "Farmer in Chief" article by Michael Pollan.

"'On the agenda tonight is first the enjoyment of food, then the swapping of seeds.'"

"'All of our friends are young farmers,' he says. 'It's a strong and vibrant movement. In some cases it's people who grew up on a farm, but more often it's people who don't come from the country and who see small-scale organic farming as a way to pursue their dreams.'"

"We had a delightful visit from Severine from The Greenhorns yesterday. We dug into a fresh blueberry peach pie while she told us about the many interesting projects she's involved in - including getting The Greenhorns movie produced and distributed. Her passion for getting young farmers hooked up with each other is wonderfully infectious - you go, Severine, we're big fans!"

"Begin to negotiate the terms of a new interaction with place, with the community relations that inform sensitive stewardship, begin a conversation with the next generation, share what you know, and nurture their fierce idealism with a piece of land to practice it upon."

Leaving Behind the Trucker Hat

“I never thought I wanted to farm,” Mr. Shute said. “But it feels like an honest living.”

"Have you ever encountered an idealistic young person with such presence that you thought, Whoa — this one might actually succeed in changing the world!?"

"While some of us moan and groan about the unmitigated awfulness of industrial agriculture and our craptastic food chain, others are literally sowing the seeds of an agrarian revival. The idealistic young farmers and gardeners fueling this ag-revolt have been christened "The Greenhorns" by one extraordinary, exuberant young farmer/filmmaker, Severine von Tscharner Fleming, who's documenting their horticultural heroics in a film by the same name..."