The Greenhorns Guide for Beginning Farmers [PDF, 1.8 MB] This is a guidebook for beginning farmers. It is written to help you plan your professional trajectory into the field of sustainable agriculture. In this 30-page guide, we cover some of the major areas of institutional support for young farmers, some likely venues of learning and useful references. You should come away with a sense of how to approach the many hurdles with style, persistance, and improvisational zip. Guide for Beginning Farmers [PDF, 1.8 MB] * The guidebook is written by young farmers, for young farmers. It's a collaboration of Greenhorns - affiliated greenhorns, and those who have contributed online to: foryoungfarmers.wikispaces.com   We are building a recommended reading list for you to access on this website. Books on finding land, writing a business plan, saving seed, animal husbandry, agroecology-biological control/insect management, starting a CSA, food processing, workbooks on USDA/ATTRA programs and grants, and pleasure reading for young farmers (Roman Agronomy textbooks, dried flower instructions...) While we construct, we are also adding book reviews to our blog, The Irresistible Fleet of Bicycles. Also check out Severine’s site, Pixie Poppins -- there is quite an extensive book list there with everything from alternative building to ethnobotany.