Posts by Karlem
Trainee Spotlight: Allan Gandelman and Main Street Farms
by Amy Cheatle March, 2013 Allan Gandelman and farming partner Bob Cat greet visitors to their Homer, NY farm wearing huge grins. Their project, Main Street Farms, located between Syracuse and Ithaca, is a small but…
Read MoreWe're now on Ithaca Community Radio!
Thanks to Groundswell Steering Committee Member Sharon Clarke, you can now tune into the Groundswell Local Food & Farming Radio Show on Ithaca Community Radio every third Friday of the month from…
Read MoreThe New American Farmer Education Project
Do you work with Immigrants, Refugees and/or First Generation Americans? Do they have an interest in farming? The New American Farmer Education Project can help refugees and other immigrants to…
Read MoreFence-Raising Parties at the Groundswell Incubator Farm!
Learn skills, make friends, have fun and support new farmers in our community!Have you ever wanted to learn how to install a deer fence at your farm or homestead? Better…
Read MoreTrainee Spotlight: Steven Kidd, Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
A photo from the Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden: “Marilyn Mosely explains the garden’s child-affirming Memorial Sunflower Project to a new neighbor. Though one of our community’s invisible structurally unemployed, she…
Read MoreTrainee spotlight: Devon Van Noble, Van Noble Farm
Devon and one of his pigs. Groundswell trainee, staff member, and new farmer Devon Van Noble shares his personal journey from dreamer to farmer. by Devon Van Noble I feel…
Read MoreJust Harvest: Growing abundance in food deserts
by Zach Murray Research has widely confirmed that millions of Americans live in communities that lack sufficient access to nutritious affordable foods. In many of these communities known as “food…
Read MoreThe New American Farmer
Groundswell receives award to train immigrant and refugee beginning farmers We’re excited to announce a new, one-year grant award of $73,443 from New York Department of State’s New Americans Initiative!…
Read MoreThank you Groundswell Festival Vendors & Volunteers!
A painting of the Big Tent at our event. Thanks to artist Khalil Bey! Groundswell’s very first Local Foods & Farm Festival was a success– and we couldn’t have done…
Read MoreInfrastructure, Equipment, and Tools
Digging a test hole at the Incubator Farm. By Devon Van Noble Finding or creating the right tool for the job. Using what you have in front of you. Self-sufficiency.…
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