Dear Greenhorns. 

Falling fallen followed. 

The sweet flesh of pumpkins.

Discernment, consequences, weatherizing. 

We Greenhorns are focused on campus development, painting, roofing, wiring, siding, furbishment -- the better to host you with my dears. 

With an October that feels like early June, we can get quite a lot done. 

Check out the instagram if you want to follow along. 
@thegreenhorns @reversinghall @smithereenfarm

1. VOTE YES, on 3

In Maine we have an extraordinary opportunity to vote for FOOD SOVEREIGNTY and the Right to Food Act. 

Here is the text of the proposed constitutional amendment:

Right to food. All individuals have a natural, inherent and unalienable right to food, including the right to save and exchange seeds, and the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being, as long as an individual does not commit trespassing, theft, poaching or other abuses of private property rights, public lands or natural resources in the harvesting, production or acquisition of food.

https://www.facebook.com/righttofoodforme/

https://righttofoodformaine.org/explainer-podcast/

https://www.pressherald.com/2021/10/20/commentary-question-3-a-common-sense-effort-to-enshrine-our-right-to-grow-our-own-food/

Participating in our own survival ( through personal food production and provision) does seem like a natural right, as members of a living world, this bill would put that right into law.

MAINERS ! 
Prove wrong the naysayers who say that “ amateurs shouldn’t grow their own food”.

VOTE YES FOR MAINE’s RIGHT TO FOOD Amendment on TUESDAY! 

CLEAN WATER:

Mining Speculators given another chance in Maine ?!

Oh NO~ 

Bad news is also with us. The mine  company that we have been worried about in our watershed is currently drilling on ‘Big Hill.' This is a project the mining company calls “ Big Silver”. As you can imagine, with all the billions sloshing around this global economy, investors putting down big bets on wildcat speculators, little companies who specialize in quietly ‘opening up’ new mines. Wolfden Resources LLC is just such a company, last active in Burkina Faso, they are presently working on 2 projects here in Maine.

Earlier this month there was a meeting at the Maine LUPC ( Land Use Planning Commission) where we hoped that the state would REJECT Wolfden's application for re-zoning their Pickett Mountain site, but instead the state offered Wolfden the chance to withdraw, rework, reset and reapply.

This means Wolfden can reorganize, get another round of investment, hire effective lawyers and continue threatening the future of clean water in Maine. I recommend listening to the original audio here:

https://soundcloud.com/saveourseaweed/wolfden-review13-oct2021/s-U7RZ2vKVNTB?si=bdc1aa28ab504ed4bd397053fc33b7d4

If you’d like to join this campaign, stay with us, or help bring attention and support to the next phase of the fight please see: www.pembrokecleanwater.com. WE ask you to please share this with journalists and environmentalists you know. 

For more information please reach out:
cleanwater@greenhorns.org

CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEXT

NEW FARMERS ALMANAC! 

2. ALMANAC o ‘ clock

Yes, its time to begin the insemination and early mitosis phases of your next literary hatchling. What?  We are talking about the New Farmers Almanac, a literary journal created by farmers for farmers— all about farming, and our work together. The Almanac generally has about 100 contributing writers, illustrators, artists, poets. We welcome submission in many forms_ essays, creative non fiction, action research, found- archival materials.

You are most welcome to send your ideas to: almanac@greenhorns.org  which gets you added to the ‘ potential contributor list” . Shortly Jamie, Severine and Briana will be reaching out with more provocation on this front.  

 

ACCOMODATIONS in MAINE
 
The Greenhorns Campus 

3. Greenhorns Campus. 
Winter availability. 

Looking for a winter hide-a-way on the beautiful and remote Maine coast? 
Greenhorns campus has been shaping up quite well, thanks to the painting and the roofing, the wiring and the decorating— we are getting ourselves ready to host more people and educational programming in 2022 and already we’ve got some housing to share for the winter. 

Below are the offerings available, please spread the word if you know someone ‘between things.'

All rentals come with access to Reversing Hall Library, trail and trail work, winter work-trade work, washer and drier, big speed internet, firewood and frozen farm food for affordable purchase . f you are interested to work in the woods,  work on painting, participate in trail building or and learn about oxen logging, those are also activities we are undertaking please let me know if you think this could be a fit, and to arrange a visit:  severine@greenhorns.org

Puffin Cabin
3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom with shower, kitchenette, living room. 
This is a tiny little cabin by the river, part of the historic Crossroads Motel. 
Newly painted with a cork floor. 
Available from December 1 to June 1st. 

Grey Lodge
A former mining lodge at the site of the old Pembroke Ironworks across from the Motel by the Pennamaquan River. 
3 Large bedrooms, bathroom with 2 toilets, shower and bath. 
Electric baseboard heat plus wood stove in the parlor.
Modest but large kitchen, living room, parlor, plenty of studio space. 
We will be building out the farm shop in this building over winter. 
3 bedrooms available. $400/ month per room with first and last month plus deposit due on move in. 
Available from November 1-June 1st

River House
Recently updated house by the Pennamaquan River, tucked up against the forest with access to  100 acres of trails
5 Bedrooms, big living room/ dining room, nice kitchen, bathroom with tub.
Oil boiler heat, washer drier in large dry basement
Adjacent house, Art house has more bedrooms but no plumbing, good for studio space. 
$1,200/ month Available from November 1- June 1st, longer terms can be negotiated. 

Yurt
Smithereen Farm yurt, close to the sauna, outdoor toilet, shares indoor shower and bathroom and kitchen with the Smithereen Farmhouse, which has winter farm crew living.  Has internet, electricity, wood stove. Very cosy and well insulated, extremely beautiful location looking out over Cobscook Bay, close to trails etc. 
$2000/month


How next, how better, what bold differently..
Be in touch!


Severine, Greenhorn ED ( for now!)