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Greenhorns Radio

For Young Farmers, By Young Farmers

Greenhorns Radio is radio for young farmers, by young farmers. Hosted by acclaimed activist, farmer and film-maker Severine v T Fleming, Greenhorn Radio is a weekly phone interview with next generation farmers and ranchers, surveying the issues critical to their success. We hold no punches. Greenhorns is a six year old grassroots cultural organization with a mission to recruit, promote and support young farmers in America by producing media, events and stunts that connect and and inspire.

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Produced by Carrie Dashow

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Severine Von Tscharner Fleming

Severine is the director of Greenhorns, she been an organizer and cultural worker within the young farmer movement for almost 10 years, proud co-founder ofNational Young Farmers coalition, FarmHack and Agrarian Trust, and board member of the Schumacher Center for New Economics. Her work has spanned many media to celebrate, bundle and broadcast the voices and life-ways of young agrarians, from films, radio, blog gossip, guidebooks, an anthology, 2 new farmers almanacs, and newly, a mix tape and vinyl record! This trans-media work is designed to connect individuals within the broader community of action, helping to orient the work on the land, career, stamina and interpretation of place-based possibilities. The mission of the greenhorns is to promote, recruit and support the rising generation in organic agriculture. Greenhorns is based on Lake Champlain in Essex, New York, a 360 mile sail-boat ride from NYC.

Latest Episodes

Greg Hart, The Family Farm

Episode 296, Aired: April 11, 2017
Greg Hart farms 1500 acres in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. He works on the property with his wife and 3 young children, as well as 3 other workers and various WWOOFers from all around the world. The Harts practise regenerative agriculture and try to raise awareness about the urgent need to ...

Erika Rumbley, The New Garden Society

Episode 295, Aired: April 4, 2017
Erika Rumbley is the Co-Founder and Director of The New Garden Society (TNGS). Each year The New Garden Society trains 100+ incarcerated students in the art and science of plants, building a bridge from Greater-Boston prisons and youth detention facilities to local careers in organic la...

Ildi Carlisle-Cummins, Cal Ag Roots Project

Episode 294, Aired: March 28, 2017
Ildi Carlisle-Cummins is Director of the Cal Ag Roots Project at the California Institute for Rural Studies. Cal Ag Roots puts historical roots under current California food and farming change movements by telling the story of California agricultural development in innovative, useful, a...

Robert Olivier, GrubTubs

Episode 293, Aired: March 21, 2017
Robert Olivier, founder of GrubTubs, Inc. invents and develops all aspects of insect based technologies, from conceptual design work to prototyping and final fabrication. Currently he is engineering a bioconversion facility in Austin, TX, to transform food waste into animal feed. Olivie...

Marie Hoff, Capella Grazing Project

Episode 292, Aired: March 7, 2017
Marie Hoff founded Capella Grazing Project in 2013. Using rare, heritage breed Ouessant sheep, she grazes in such unlikely spots as vineyards, orchards, on cover crop at local farms, and for landowners seeking holistic lawn-mowing services. In this unconventional manner of ranching, she...

Locky Catron, Oggun Tractor

Episode 291, Aired: February 28, 2017
Locky Catron graduated from Iowa State University with an Agricultural Business degree and joined the three-person Cleber, LLC, team in Alabama. Her experiences working both in Big Ag and on organic farms led her to have a passion for regional food systems and a more diversified agricul...