Comments on: The Greenhorns: New Book + Resources

By: Uusia kumppanuusmaatalouden malleja | Pohjoinen permakulttuuri

Uusia kumppanuusmaatalouden malleja | Pohjoinen permakulttuuri — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:44:49 +0000

[...] Suuret hurraa-huudot The Greenhornsille. Valtaosa linkeistä on poimittu heidän uudesta kirjastaan, jossa on valtaisia määriä erinomaisia johtolankoja pientilamalleista. [...]

By: New models for awesome Community Supported Agricultures (CSAs) « Milkwood: permaculture farming and living

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:50:59 +0000

[...] Big huzzahs to The Greenhorns, as many of the links above can be found in their new book which has wonderful amounts of excellent leads for different small farm models. [...]

By: The wisdom of the radish (why we eat the way we do) « Milkwood: permaculture farming and living

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:01:37 +0000

[...] point. Having googled it, turns out it’s one of the many fabulous farmers that make up the greenhorns movement in the US: [...]

By: Moving Outside | rossana martinez

Moving Outside | rossana martinez — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:27:14 +0000

[...] information about the Greenhorns here: book, [...]

By: Book review: The Wisdom of the Radish. « The Door is Ajar

Book review: The Wisdom of the Radish. « The Door is Ajar — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:42:35 +0000

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By: Greenhorns stickers and badges and kerchiefs and… « Milkwood: permaculture farming and living

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:01:24 +0000

[...] The Greenhorns book is slowly creeping around the farm from hand to hand, and the cause for many conversations. The biggest ones are currently: what are the biggest barriers to entry to young and beginner farmers in Australia? Why don’t we have more young-uns taking on small-farm growing? How do we help make this be more normal? How do we help train more beginner farmers, facilitate inter-regional apprenticeships/internships, etc etc etc? What are the best workarounds for land access? [...]

By: New Book: Farm Anatomy, in all its splendour « Milkwood: permaculture farming and living

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:01:32 +0000

[...] Rothman is, you might have noticed, also the illustrative force behind The Greenhorns book, website, and ongoing series of amazing posters and things. She also does fabric design and [...]

By: milkwoodkirsten

milkwoodkirsten — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:06:51 +0000

Yes, people are addressing it all the time, especially by holding up ‘best practice’ systems. A good point to remember is that by localising and scaling-down animal production systems, any bad practice inherently affects less animals, and the chain-of-responsibility is much more clear than in a large-scale (or corporate) run operation.

By: kaye

kaye — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:02:08 +0000

I agree, if you have animals you have to treat them like your children and secure them so they are safe at all times, feed then well so they don’t get sick and if they do get help for them not as I hear so often ‘they are only animals, why waste the money’!

By: jeannettesmyth

jeannettesmyth — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:20:20 +0000

has anyone addressed the issue of animal cruelty by new or urban farmers who cannot or will not buy construction materials adequate to protect their goats, poultry, rabbits, from predators? and who also can’t afford proper meds and vet care? i’ve noticed a lot of animal cruelty going on in survivalist/punk farmer blogs.