During fall 2011, LUrC canned over 70 pints of apple sauce and 50 pints of grape jam from local apple trees and grape arbors and returned 10% of that to the owners.

* We remove fruit before it falls in your yard and makes a mess.
* We give you 10% of whatever product we make from your fruit.
* We schedule the exact time of the harvest in advance.
* We bring a small team of no more than three experienced harvesters.
* We use all our own tools.
* We clean up after ourselves.
* We do not charge.

If you are own a fruit tree or arbor and are interested, or if you know of a fruit tree or arbor that is not being harvested, please contact us at leagueofurbancanners@gmail.com
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March 12th, 7PM at Bryant Lake Bowl. Panel of farmers and activists to follow. Sponsored by Land Stewardship Project

March 27th, 7PM at the Casket Cinema in the Casket Arts Building. Panel to follow. In collaboration with California Street Farm.

All screenings made possible by generous sponsors: The Wedge, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, and Stone’s Throw Urban Farm

And a Printable Greenhorns poster to put up wherever you see fit!

http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-area-calculator-tool.htm

from lost & found films lostfoundfilms.com

http://bioengr.ag.utk.edu/extension/extpubs/PlanList97.htm

JOB DESCRIPTION: Assistant Farm Manager
Stout Oak Farm is hiring a Assistant Farm Manager to join our team for the 2012 season. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 – 3 years vegetable farming experience, ability to perform repetitive physical tasks, a strong work ethic, and a good sense of humor. We are looking for someone who can keep up a fast pace, is willing to learn on the job, and loves working outdoors (even in challenging weather conditions). Assistant Farm Manager responsibilities include: greenhouse propagation, transplanting, weeding, bed preparation, seeding, irrigation, harvesting, filling restaurant orders, packing CSA shares, and managing the harvest and field crew to ensure work is being completed properly and on time. This position requires organization, good communication skills, and flexibility. The Assistant Farm Manager will work closely with the Farm Manager to implement crop plans and planting schedules, create a weekly work plan, and prioritize tasks. This position is ideal for a someone who is serious about building his or her organic vegetable production and farm management skills.

Applicant must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. The position is paid by the hour and runs from April through October (35 – 40 hours/week). Compensation depends on experience. The basic work schedule for this position is Tuesday through Friday, plus a half day on Saturday. The work day begins at 7:00am. Housing is not available.

To apply, please email Kate at stoutoakfarm@gmail.com, and include a resume, two professional references, and a brief description of your previous farm experience. We look forward to hearing from you!

Stout Oak Farm
83 Middle Rd
Brentwod, NH 03833
www.stoutoakfarm.com

A French court has declared the US biotech giant Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, a judgment that could lend weight to other health claims against pesticides.

In the first such case heard in court in France, the grain grower Paul Francois, 47, said he suffered neurological problems including memory loss, headaches and stammering after inhaling Monsanto’s Lasso weedkiller in 2004.

He blames Monsanto for not providing adequate warnings on the product label.

The ruling was given by a court in Lyon, south-east France, which ordered an expert opinion of Francois’s losses to establish the amount of damages.

“It is a historic decision in so far as it is the first time that a [pesticide] maker is found guilty of such a poisoning,” Francois Lafforgue, Francois’s lawyer, told Reuters.

Monsanto said it was disappointed by the ruling and would examine whether to appeal against the judgment.

read the full article HERE

Mobilizing and Organizing from Below will be a gathering of activists and organizers, workers and parents, revolutionaries and militants and radicals and dissenters, dedicated to increasing our ability to come together and challenge the systems of exploitation and oppression that have taken hold of the world. The conference will be a weekend of intensive, horizontally-organized political education, in which we can share skills, analyze the problems we face, and pose difficult questions. It will also provide a space for people from different traditions to come together and recognize the depth of our similarities and the richness of our differences; a space for reflection and discussion, distinct from both the chaotic excitement of spontaneous mass actions and the intense demands of long-term organizing work.

Why this conference, and why now? This moment in history is a moment of global revolt: against tyranny, against the violence of the state and capital, against the systems which pit us against each other. In country after country, social movements are taking to the streets in unprecedented numbers against authoritarian regimes and the transnational 1%. What can all these social movements learn from each other? What can Cairo learn from Santiago? What can Madison learn from Greece? (And what about the other way around?) What does global solidarity from below look like for a world in revolt?

At the same time, social movements remain, especially in the US, fragmented and underprepared for the demands of the moment: MOBConf hopes to facilitate conversations across generations, across cultures and subcultures, and across the commitments to different sets of tactics which can divide us. How do we build our capacities to intervene and act on a rapidly changing historical terrain? What kinds of long-term infrastructure do we need to build to make this happen? Can we sharpen our theoretical understanding of the situation we’re facing? And how can we carry all of this into our everyday lives, making a movement truly grounded in care and sustained by solidarity? Our goal is to begin answering these question in a gathering as participatory and horizontal as the movements it will draw upon, and we hope you’ll join us in Baltimore to help make this happen.

MOBCONF will be a chance for everyone committed to building autonomous social movements that work towards popular power, real democracy, and an end to oppression to learn from each other’s experiences and develop more effective networks of solidarity. Ready to join in? We invite you to submit a proposal for a workshop, panel, or performance, and to bring information about your work to our bookfair/science fair style hall of projects, but also to think about using the other radical spaces in Baltimore to organize autonomous parallel events during the weekend.

MOBCONF
June 1-3, 2012
Baltimore
http://mobconf.org
mobconf2012@gmail.com
http://twitter.com/mobconf
http://www.facebook.com/events/294370927295532/

Here is the Abode’s website:  http://www.theabode.org/

If you’re interested in learning more, please contact sarajobin@juno.com.  The next meeting of the Farm Committee is Wednesday February 29 at 6pm and you are welcome to come.  Sara worked on the farm last year and is planning to be the Assistant Farmer/ Business Manager this year.