Keynote Sarah Smith
…and Vegetable Prescription Program, in which pregnant women, and children with a body mass index greater than 30 percent (the obese category), get a doctor’s prescription for free fruits and…
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Fermentation and Food Relocalization
…example, “production and regulation of serotonin and other chemical compounds that determine how we think and feel are regulated by gut bacteria. Even human reproduction depends upon bacteria: Women’s bodies…
Keynote Andre Leu
…here. And I’m really excited about seeing the next generation here. One of the things we can celebrate as organic farmers is that we’re growing farmers – youth, women –…
Young Farmers Creative Beginnings
…tries to target people who are price conscious and might otherwise buy their food at Wal-Mart. More women than men have signed up. “They’re aware of healthy food but didn’t…
Honoring Hestia
…Colette adores her pressure canner, a $30 yard sale find when the Thompsons still lived in Harrison. She credits a Women in Agriculture (WAgN) tour to Gloria Varney’s Nezinscot Farm…
Farmers Markets
…customer interaction and feedback on my products. It’s my social time, my community and my network.” Reaching Everyone Through USDA programs such as the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Farmers’…
Local Food
…with $50 worth of produce to pick up from a local farm over a 10-week season. Demand for participation in this program is much greater than funding allows. The Women,…
Epazote
…health care practitioner should be consulted before using them; consumption has been documented to cause dizziness, vomiting, and in several cases death. Pregnant and nursing women should also note that…
Agri Tourism
…and where it comes from,” says Gloria. They’ve held a women’s farming institute for two seasons and will open a farm day camp this summer. Their on-farm dining experiences, which…
Community Agriculture
…community of people supports a farm, and the farm supports that community. An early version of CSA developed in Japan in the mid-60s, when a group of women banded together…
