Things We Really Like

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Blogs

 Linda Booth Sweeney
Linda is on a mission to make systems – rather than fragments -- the context for the way we think about decision making, learning and design.  Linda wrote Teaching about Living Systems on the Farm: Remembering What We Already Know in the FBEA Winter Spring 2009 Newsletter.

Matt & Sophia Going Westy
Matt and Sophia (from Hawthorne Valley Farm in Ghent, NY) have set out on their year-long sabbatical adventure. Their plan "is to take these next twelve months to relish and explore things that spark our joy and interest.  We will be visiting farms and education programs, leading and taking their own trips into the wilderness, visiting friends and family, rock climbing, working/volunteering, consulting, practicing and studying yoga, getting to know the night skies, learning to play guitar and getting better at juggling....generally soaking up richness, making connections, and living life as fully as we know how."

The North Country School and Camp Treetops Farm Blog, Lake Placid, NY: Kat Tholen, co-farm director talks about life at the farm with students, teachers, and family
http://nct.org/page.cfm?p=739

Sylvester Manor, Bennett Konesni
An emerging farm-based education program on Shleter Island, NY with a great musical focus.

The Adventures of Jed & Emilia
Jed and Emelia are "Amtrakkin'" their way across the country, visiting friends, family and educational farms.


 

Interesting Articles
Cultivating Minds: Food-Related Curricula Take Root Nationwide by Bernice Yeung Originally published November 5, 2008 © Edutopia.org; The George Lucas Educational Foundation
Farmer in Chief By Michael Pollan An open letter to President-Elect Barack Obama This article appeared in the New York Times on October 9, 2008
* Often, you will have to register with the publication host site to view the article. You may also have to search for the article in the host site archive by date / title if the link has been moved.

 Books
American Farmer: The Heart of Our Country, Photographs by Paul Mobley,Text by Katrina Fried
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp & Camille Kingsolver
Fields of Plenty by Michael Ableman In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Reclaiming the Commons: Community Farms and Forests in a new England Town by Brian Donahue

Magazines
Edible Communities Publications
Orion Magazine
Plenty Magazine

Activities Guides
Shelburne Farms Project Seasons: Hands on Activities for Discovering the Wonders of the World
The Food Project Books and Manuals including  French Fries and the Food System: A Year Round Curriculum Connecting Youth with Farming and Food
Gaining Ground's Model for of hunger relief and volunteerism

 Organizations

Agriculture in the Classroom
http://www.aginclassroom.org/
American Farmland Trust
Association for Living History, Farm & Agricultural Museums
ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
The Ecological Farming Association
Farm Sanctuary
Historic New England
Local Harvest
NEEEA: New England Environmental Education Alliance
The New Farm: Farmer-to-Farmer Know-How From the Rodale Institute
National Farm to School
New England Small Farm Institute
NOFA: Northeast Organic Farming Association
The Orion Society
Pixiepoppins.org
The SAGE Crossing Foundation

Somewhat Unrelated but Interesting Nonetheless

The Story of Stuff: Annie Leonard explains the life cycle of consumer goods