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"If you talk to any really good farmer they'll tell you that they've had a doubling and tripling of their applicant pool over the last few years," said Severine Von Tscharner Fleming, an upstate New York farmer, activist and the director of the new film The Greenhorns, which profiles young farmers across the country and explores their motivations.

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"If you talk to any really good farmer they'll tell you that they've had a doubling and tripling of their applicant pool over the last few years," said Severine Von Tscharner Fleming, an upstate New York farmer, activist and the director of the new film The Greenhorns, which profiles young farmers across the country and explores their motivations.

Turnstyle: Why Are Young, Educated Americans Going Back to the Farm? Turnstyle 2011

One of her principal collaborators is Severine Von Tscharner Fleming, a farmer, filmmaker and activist from upstate New York who was a speaker at the Farmer's March on Dec. 4th.

Turnstyle: In Occupy Wall Street, Some Small Farmers Find a Natural Ally Turnstyle 2011

One of her principal collaborators is Severine Von Tscharner Fleming, a farmer, filmmaker and activist from upstate New York who was a speaker at the Farmer's March on Dec. 4th.

Turnstyle: In Occupy Wall Street, Some Small Farmers Find a Natural Ally Turnstyle 2011

On October 24, the restaurant Fresh Starts and filmmaker Severine von Tscharner Fleming will screen "The Greenhorns," a film about the spirit, vision, and stories behind new farmers, followed by an interactive information session on the Farm Bill.

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De Tscharner agreed to set up the account on the spot.

In a Ruined Country 2005

Lev's first move was to establish a financial-management company named Ledbury and open an investment account at the Swiss bank Lombard Odier, at 11 Rue de la Corraterie, in Geneva, through the offices of a partner named Richard de Tscharner.

In a Ruined Country 2005

The "due diligence" that followed that meeting seems to have consisted of a few meetings in Switzerland during which the structure of the account was hashed out and a subsequent trip by the banker Richard de Tscharner to Ramallah (where he was wined and dined by Rachid and was given a model of the al-Aqsa mosque as a gift by Arafat).

Letters to the Editor 2005

The "due diligence" that followed that meeting seems to have consisted of a few meetings in Switzerland during which the structure of the account was hashed out and a subsequent trip by the banker Richard de Tscharner to Ramallah (where he was wined and dined by Rachid and was given a model of the al-Aqsa mosque as a gift by Arafat).

Letters to the Editor 2005

On May 17, 1997, Rachid wrote a formal letter to de Tscharner establishing the account, whose funds would be derived from "Taxes and Customs revenues" and also from "Revenues derived from various economic activity of the Palestinian Authority, through its state-owned companies."

In a Ruined Country 2005