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Welcome to the

     40th Annual Meeting
                of the
Northeast Organic Farming Association

             NOFA
NOFA’s 40th Anniversary
      Celebration Committee
                          Julie Rawson
                      Elizabeth Henderson
                         Grace Gershuny
                           Robert Cox
                           Bill Duesing


Questions for old and new members:
1. When, how and why did you get involved with NOFA?
2. Tell us a story about the most memorable person or event you remember from
NOFA.
3. What is the most important thing that NOFA has accomplished so far?
4. What are the major challenges and/or next great projects that lie ahead?
The Northeast




Home of the oldest organic farming
           associations
          in the country
        MOFGA and NOFA.
  Both are 40 years old in 2011.
Dennis Sauer and Bob Hawk wrote:

(In 1971) a group of farmers met in Putney,
   Vermont to talk. They talked about the
    problems of marketing their crops, of
    becoming good vegetable farmers, of
    developing techniques that would not
      erode the soil and would produce
          wholesome, healthy food.
               They founded the
    Natural Organic Farmers Association,
   dedicated to making the small organic
       family farm an economic reality.
Founded in Putney VT in the fall of 1971
                 as the
  Natural Organic Farmers Association
NOFA is a now network of over
    5,000 farmers, gardeners,
consumers, activists, and land care
 professionals belonging to seven
   independent state chapters.
NOFA consists of 3 entities
     •7 State chapters
  • The Interstate Council
•The membership as a whole
State chapters
   in Connecticut, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
      Rhode Island and Vermont
Each state chapter carries out a variety of educational and
              advocacy programs including:
                   Winter Conferences
                   On-Farm workshops
                    Outreach activities
           Publishing Guides to Organic Farms

                       Some chapters
        • certify farms and processors (VT and NY)
           • work on Raw Milk (Mass, especially),
       • manage all the state’s farmers markets (VT)
     • provide dairy technical assistance (VT and NY)
   • provide extension services (VT, NY, CT and Mass)
             • provide bulk ordering programs
     • Offer a Farmer’s Pledge program (NY and CT)
Brief Time Line
 1970s, Vermont and New Hampshire formed
          separate chapters and the
            Interstate Council to
         coordinate the chapters and
        the members in other states.
1982 Connecticut and Massachusetts chapters
           1984 New York chapter
 1980s New Jersey and Rhode Island Chapters
           1993 Name changed to
   Northeast Organic Farming Association
1999 NOFA Organic Land Care Program started
George Hall



 In 1973, George Hall from CT put vegetables on
   the NOFA truck taking vegetables to day care
       centers and shelters in New York City.
Last Saturday he was at the market in New Haven.
Jane Dwinell
NOFA/VT Bylaws, 1979

        What I remember is great board meetings,
        with fabulous potlucks, and good
        conversations.
We joined NOFA in 1975, soon after we moved to VT and bought our land.
    The only contact we had was through The Natural Farmer – meetings were
    too far away.




      Jack Lazor
  Butterworks Farm
late 70s or early 80s
Miranda Smith, Robert Houriet, Joey Klein
                            Vermont, c. 1987
NOFA is dedicated to a vision
of interconnected healthy communities
       living in ecological balance,
   deeply rooted in a sense of place,
 grounded in organic care of the land.
             NOFA Vision Statement
Samuel Kaymen
Unity College’s honorary doctorate being presented for Kaymen’s extraordinary
accomplishments in organic agriculture, ecologically-based farming, sustainable
food systems, and his ability to link that vision to social justice, environmental
education, international peace, and community well-being.
NOFA Interstate Council
oversees regional activities on behalf of the state
                    chapters

   Since near the beginning these have been
              The Natural Farmer

                    and
            The Summer Conference
Julie Rawson
                     Jack Kittredge
NOFA/Mass ED and
                           Editor
Summer Conference
                    The Natural Farmer
   Coordinator,
                        Since 1986
   1986-2010
NOFA History, 2011 Conference presentation
*Northeast Organic & Sustainable Farmers Network (Interstate NOFA LISA-
 funded project) team: Front: Ed McGlew, Margaret Christie, Enid Wonnacott,
 Miranda Smith. Rear: Grace Gershuny, Vern Grubinger, Judy Green, Karen
 Idoine (all l-r) – at NESFI, Belchertown, MA
                                                                       c.1989
NOFA History, 2011 Conference presentation
Published 1993
The NOFA Interstate Council published




NOFA Organic Principles and Practices Handbook Series
                       in 2004
        Reprinted by Chelsea Green in 2011
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    June 27, 2011                                                                            of over 5,000 farmers, gardeners,
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    April, 2011                                                                              food, organic farming practices and a
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http://nofa.org/index.php                                                                                                               Page 1 o
Elizabeth Henderson
   NOFA has encouraged thousands of people to learn more about
   organic gardening and farming and to share what they learned
   freely with others.
Juanita and Wally Nelson inspired many of us.
Alter natives to
 Insecticides for
    Managing
Vegetable Insects
    Proceedings of a
Farmer/Scientist Conference
                              Dr. Kim Stoner
     December 6 and 7, 1998
     New Haven, Connecticut
Rebecca Klein
Diabetes Prevention Community Garden in
             New Haven, CT
Mike Merner
started NOFA/RI
As a young biologist,
        father and enthusiastic
        gardener (who wanted to
        grow pesticide-free food
        for his family), I attended
        some of the first NOFA
        Summer Conferences at
        High Mowing School in
        N.H. searching for
        information. Those
        conferences were held in
        the early 1970s and after
        40 years as an organic
        grower I still look toward
        NOFA for information




Ed Stockman
Derek Christianson
NOFA/Mass board member 2002
   Started farming in 2002




I would suggest that helping to build a culture of an
open sharing of knowledge among the agricultural
community has been key. The capacity for our region
grows exponentially when farmers share their experience
and understanding with others.
NOFA has been
             the route
             through which
             people can take
             charge of their
             lives and what
             they eat, ...




Leslie Cox
I think that being more
                       inclusive and going
                       beyond the farmer or
                       the grower. I always
                       believe that the farmers
                       are not strong if the
                       consumers are not
                       there. I have always
                       been a proponent of
                       working with other
                       groups – environmental,
                       policy, including the
                       government – which we
                       never thought would
                       happen.




 Lynda Simpkins
President, NOFA/Mass
How about David
                Yarrow giving a
                workshop on sea
                minerals and trace
                elements and
                vibrations and
                geometric
                structures and
                photosynthesis in
                my early teens at
                the NOFA Summer
                Conference – when I
                was 14 or 15 years
                old – opening my
                eyes to the amazing
                complexity and
Dan Kittredge   order behind the
Wendy Wallick



We all owe great thanks to the hundreds of board
 members, members and volunteers who have
   created and grown NOFA and its chapters.
1984
3. What is the most important
                    thing that NOFA has accomplished so
                    far?
                    Creating seven strong state
                    organizations that have fostered a
                    thriving organic farmer-network and
                    organic community and movement
                    across the Northeast. On a national-
                    scale, this is a huge accomplishment
                    in itself. We tend to take the NOFA
                    organizations and the interstate
                    network for granted, but these
                    resources are quite unique and set a
                    high standard across the nation.


Kate Mendenhall, Executive Director, NOFA-NY
Expanding the
                        community of
                           those who
                           honor and
                         support “the
                           beauty, the
                         integrity and
                          the stability
                        of the biota.”


       Scott Chasky
former president, NOFA/NY
NOFA History, 2011 Conference presentation
Al Johnson
Organic Inspector
 NOFA/VT in the
     1970s
  NOFA NJ now
NOFA Conference Keynote Speakers
1975 - Wendell Berry

1979 - Bill Mollison

1982 - Robert Rodale

1987 - Dr Jack Dennison from UMass                 2000 - Eliot Coleman
1988 - Helen Nearing                               2001 - Catherine Sneed
1989 - Noel Perrin                                 2002 - Joel Salatin
1990 - Marty Strange                               2003 - Sally Fallon
1991 - Dana Jackson                                2004 - Vandana Shiva
1992 - Joan Gussow                                 2005 - Satish Kumar
1993 - Kent Whealy                                 2006 - Miriam Therese McGillis
1994 - Frances Moore- Lappe & Paul Martin DuBois   2007 - Bill McKibben & Hazel Henderson
1995 - Lynn Miller                                 2008 - Arden Andersen &Mark McAfee
1996 - Rosalie Sinn                                2009 - Paul Stamets & Will Allen
1997 - Gene Logsdon                                2010 - Catherine Murphy & Sally Fallon
1998 - Wendell Berry
1999 - Inger Kallander
The NOFA Organic Land Care Program has
the mission "to extend the vision and
principles of organic agriculture to the care of
the landscapes where people live, work and
play."
NOFA Organic
            Land Care
             Program
            formed by
         NOFA/Mass and
           CT NOFA in
               2000
   Currently over 550
NOFA Accredited Organic
Professionals in 20 states
NOFA Interstate Council
    2010 Retreat
The Natural Farmer is archived at UMass’s DuBois Library
         Many back issues are available on line.
    Funding for searchable on-line versions secured.
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Beginning Farmer
Each NOFA chapter dedicates programming to aspiring and just-starting farmers, collectively referred to as Beginner Farmers.
Through a project supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program of the National Institute of Food and
Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2010-49400-21847, NOFA-NY, NOFA-VT, NOFA/Mass, NOFA-NJ, CT NOFA and NOFA-NH have been
able to explore the needs of Beginner Farmers in their states and expand their programs to better support and serve those needs.
Particular emphasis is placed on improving Beginner Farmers' access to education and peer support and networking.

This education and networking happens through:

      Workshop tracks at each state's winter conference
      Scholarships to Annual Conferences
      Year-round Beginner Farmer gatherings, farm tours, social events and summit meetings
      Apprenticeship and mentorship opportunities

Beginner Farmer Programming is a coordinated regional effort. The chapters of NOFA aim to attract farmers to the Northeast to


                                                    NOFA Beginning Farmer Project
earn to farm and to provide the environment for this to happen. Furthermore, the NOFA chapters support these Beginner Farmers as they move beyond the apprenticeship and on-
farm learning phase into starting up and maintaining successful farm enterprises. Each chapter administers distinct programming to better meet the educational and networking needs
within their state.

                                 the first joint project of most state chapters and
Please use the links on this page to navigate to each state's webpage for Beginner Farmers.


                                                      MOFGA with the goal to
                                    Beginning Farmer Programs by State
                                        NOFA-NY: www.nofany.org/bfam
                                        NOFA-NJ: www.nofanj.org/beginningfarmer.htm
                                                               make the Northeast
                                        NOFA-VT: www.nofavt.org/grow-organic-food/beginning_farmers
                                        NOFA-NH: www.nofanh.org

                                                          a great place to learn to farm.
                                        CT NOFA: www.ctnofa.org/index.htm


http://nofa.org/beginningfarmer.php                                                                                                                                         Page 1 of 2
NOFA is a member of
• International Federation of Organic
   Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
  • National Sustainable Agriculture
           Coalition (NSAC)
• National Organic Coalition (NOC)




   Steve Gilman Policy Coordinator
NOFA is proud to be a founding member of




  Important to stress that organic ag
  is more than a marketing label!
NOFA History, 2011 Conference presentation
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          important policy work to build
      a strong, regional organic food system.
 It's easy! Just shop for things you buy every day
   and NOFA gets a $50 donation upon first use
          and at least 1% of all purchases.

      SIGN UP TODAY!
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NOFA History, 2011 Conference presentation
Earth’s Nine Life Support
         Systems
                      Green is safe zone.
Organic agriculture is an ecological
  



production management system that
promotes and enhances biodiversity,
biological cycles and soil biological
activity. It is based on minimal use of
off-farm inputs and on management
practices that restore, maintain and
enhance ecological harmony.
The primary goal of organic agriculture
is to optimize the health and
productivity of interdependent
communities of soil life, plants, animals
and people."
                         USDA Definition
The future of human life on
                earth hangs in the balance.
                Despair dogs us. Things could
                go either way – towards the
                destructive triumph of short-
                sighted greed or towards a
                limitless blossoming of
                creativity, cooperation and
                democracy, a world of
                interdependent self-reliant
                communities where people
                grow their own food, live
                lightly and share generously.
                That means that everything
                each of us does that contributes
                to the health of our planet
Liz Henderson   however modestly can be what
                will make the difference.
NOFA History, 2011 Conference presentation
David Yarrow writes


To have put in place the framework for a
sustainable regional food system in the
northeast, especially the growers, shared
knowledge base, food marketing
infrastructures, and ideological alliances.
NOFA History, 2011 Conference presentation
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NOFA History, 2011 Conference presentation

  • 1. Welcome to the 40th Annual Meeting of the Northeast Organic Farming Association NOFA
  • 2. NOFA’s 40th Anniversary Celebration Committee Julie Rawson Elizabeth Henderson Grace Gershuny Robert Cox Bill Duesing Questions for old and new members: 1. When, how and why did you get involved with NOFA? 2. Tell us a story about the most memorable person or event you remember from NOFA. 3. What is the most important thing that NOFA has accomplished so far? 4. What are the major challenges and/or next great projects that lie ahead?
  • 3. The Northeast Home of the oldest organic farming associations in the country MOFGA and NOFA. Both are 40 years old in 2011.
  • 4. Dennis Sauer and Bob Hawk wrote: (In 1971) a group of farmers met in Putney, Vermont to talk. They talked about the problems of marketing their crops, of becoming good vegetable farmers, of developing techniques that would not erode the soil and would produce wholesome, healthy food. They founded the Natural Organic Farmers Association, dedicated to making the small organic family farm an economic reality.
  • 5. Founded in Putney VT in the fall of 1971 as the Natural Organic Farmers Association
  • 6. NOFA is a now network of over 5,000 farmers, gardeners, consumers, activists, and land care professionals belonging to seven independent state chapters.
  • 7. NOFA consists of 3 entities •7 State chapters • The Interstate Council •The membership as a whole
  • 8. State chapters in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont
  • 9. Each state chapter carries out a variety of educational and advocacy programs including: Winter Conferences On-Farm workshops Outreach activities Publishing Guides to Organic Farms Some chapters • certify farms and processors (VT and NY) • work on Raw Milk (Mass, especially), • manage all the state’s farmers markets (VT) • provide dairy technical assistance (VT and NY) • provide extension services (VT, NY, CT and Mass) • provide bulk ordering programs • Offer a Farmer’s Pledge program (NY and CT)
  • 10. Brief Time Line 1970s, Vermont and New Hampshire formed separate chapters and the Interstate Council to coordinate the chapters and the members in other states. 1982 Connecticut and Massachusetts chapters 1984 New York chapter 1980s New Jersey and Rhode Island Chapters 1993 Name changed to Northeast Organic Farming Association 1999 NOFA Organic Land Care Program started
  • 11. George Hall In 1973, George Hall from CT put vegetables on the NOFA truck taking vegetables to day care centers and shelters in New York City. Last Saturday he was at the market in New Haven.
  • 12. Jane Dwinell NOFA/VT Bylaws, 1979 What I remember is great board meetings, with fabulous potlucks, and good conversations.
  • 13. We joined NOFA in 1975, soon after we moved to VT and bought our land. The only contact we had was through The Natural Farmer – meetings were too far away. Jack Lazor Butterworks Farm late 70s or early 80s
  • 14. Miranda Smith, Robert Houriet, Joey Klein Vermont, c. 1987
  • 15. NOFA is dedicated to a vision of interconnected healthy communities living in ecological balance, deeply rooted in a sense of place, grounded in organic care of the land. NOFA Vision Statement
  • 16. Samuel Kaymen Unity College’s honorary doctorate being presented for Kaymen’s extraordinary accomplishments in organic agriculture, ecologically-based farming, sustainable food systems, and his ability to link that vision to social justice, environmental education, international peace, and community well-being.
  • 17. NOFA Interstate Council oversees regional activities on behalf of the state chapters Since near the beginning these have been The Natural Farmer and The Summer Conference
  • 18. Julie Rawson Jack Kittredge NOFA/Mass ED and Editor Summer Conference The Natural Farmer Coordinator, Since 1986 1986-2010
  • 20. *Northeast Organic & Sustainable Farmers Network (Interstate NOFA LISA- funded project) team: Front: Ed McGlew, Margaret Christie, Enid Wonnacott, Miranda Smith. Rear: Grace Gershuny, Vern Grubinger, Judy Green, Karen Idoine (all l-r) – at NESFI, Belchertown, MA c.1989
  • 23. The NOFA Interstate Council published NOFA Organic Principles and Practices Handbook Series in 2004 Reprinted by Chelsea Green in 2011
  • 24. Search Home About Us Advocacy Programs Publications Store Chapter Websites BEGINNING FARMERS CLICK HERE SUPPORT ORGANIC CT MA NH NJ NY RI VT Free Classifieds Northeast Organic ADVOCACY UPDATES AG JUSTICE UPDATES UPCOMING NOFA Farming Association Comments from NOFA regarding the AMS proposed National Leafy The Northeast Organic Farming Greens Marketing Agreement Association is a non-profit organization June 27, 2011 of over 5,000 farmers, gardeners, landscape professionals and U.S. Department of Agriculture throws Organic Under the Bus consumers working to promote healthy April, 2011 food, organic farming practices and a cleaner environment. http://nofa.org/index.php Page 1 o
  • 25. Elizabeth Henderson NOFA has encouraged thousands of people to learn more about organic gardening and farming and to share what they learned freely with others.
  • 26. Juanita and Wally Nelson inspired many of us.
  • 27. Alter natives to Insecticides for Managing Vegetable Insects Proceedings of a Farmer/Scientist Conference Dr. Kim Stoner December 6 and 7, 1998 New Haven, Connecticut
  • 28. Rebecca Klein Diabetes Prevention Community Garden in New Haven, CT
  • 30. As a young biologist, father and enthusiastic gardener (who wanted to grow pesticide-free food for his family), I attended some of the first NOFA Summer Conferences at High Mowing School in N.H. searching for information. Those conferences were held in the early 1970s and after 40 years as an organic grower I still look toward NOFA for information Ed Stockman
  • 31. Derek Christianson NOFA/Mass board member 2002 Started farming in 2002 I would suggest that helping to build a culture of an open sharing of knowledge among the agricultural community has been key. The capacity for our region grows exponentially when farmers share their experience and understanding with others.
  • 32. NOFA has been the route through which people can take charge of their lives and what they eat, ... Leslie Cox
  • 33. I think that being more inclusive and going beyond the farmer or the grower. I always believe that the farmers are not strong if the consumers are not there. I have always been a proponent of working with other groups – environmental, policy, including the government – which we never thought would happen. Lynda Simpkins President, NOFA/Mass
  • 34. How about David Yarrow giving a workshop on sea minerals and trace elements and vibrations and geometric structures and photosynthesis in my early teens at the NOFA Summer Conference – when I was 14 or 15 years old – opening my eyes to the amazing complexity and Dan Kittredge order behind the
  • 35. Wendy Wallick We all owe great thanks to the hundreds of board members, members and volunteers who have created and grown NOFA and its chapters.
  • 36. 1984
  • 37. 3. What is the most important thing that NOFA has accomplished so far? Creating seven strong state organizations that have fostered a thriving organic farmer-network and organic community and movement across the Northeast. On a national- scale, this is a huge accomplishment in itself. We tend to take the NOFA organizations and the interstate network for granted, but these resources are quite unique and set a high standard across the nation. Kate Mendenhall, Executive Director, NOFA-NY
  • 38. Expanding the community of those who honor and support “the beauty, the integrity and the stability of the biota.” Scott Chasky former president, NOFA/NY
  • 40. Al Johnson Organic Inspector NOFA/VT in the 1970s NOFA NJ now
  • 41. NOFA Conference Keynote Speakers 1975 - Wendell Berry 1979 - Bill Mollison 1982 - Robert Rodale 1987 - Dr Jack Dennison from UMass 2000 - Eliot Coleman 1988 - Helen Nearing 2001 - Catherine Sneed 1989 - Noel Perrin 2002 - Joel Salatin 1990 - Marty Strange 2003 - Sally Fallon 1991 - Dana Jackson 2004 - Vandana Shiva 1992 - Joan Gussow 2005 - Satish Kumar 1993 - Kent Whealy 2006 - Miriam Therese McGillis 1994 - Frances Moore- Lappe & Paul Martin DuBois 2007 - Bill McKibben & Hazel Henderson 1995 - Lynn Miller 2008 - Arden Andersen &Mark McAfee 1996 - Rosalie Sinn 2009 - Paul Stamets & Will Allen 1997 - Gene Logsdon 2010 - Catherine Murphy & Sally Fallon 1998 - Wendell Berry 1999 - Inger Kallander
  • 42. The NOFA Organic Land Care Program has the mission "to extend the vision and principles of organic agriculture to the care of the landscapes where people live, work and play."
  • 43. NOFA Organic Land Care Program formed by NOFA/Mass and CT NOFA in 2000 Currently over 550 NOFA Accredited Organic Professionals in 20 states
  • 44. NOFA Interstate Council 2010 Retreat
  • 45. The Natural Farmer is archived at UMass’s DuBois Library Many back issues are available on line. Funding for searchable on-line versions secured.
  • 46. Search Home About Us Advocacy Programs Publications Store Chapter Websites Beginning Farmer Each NOFA chapter dedicates programming to aspiring and just-starting farmers, collectively referred to as Beginner Farmers. Through a project supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2010-49400-21847, NOFA-NY, NOFA-VT, NOFA/Mass, NOFA-NJ, CT NOFA and NOFA-NH have been able to explore the needs of Beginner Farmers in their states and expand their programs to better support and serve those needs. Particular emphasis is placed on improving Beginner Farmers' access to education and peer support and networking. This education and networking happens through: Workshop tracks at each state's winter conference Scholarships to Annual Conferences Year-round Beginner Farmer gatherings, farm tours, social events and summit meetings Apprenticeship and mentorship opportunities Beginner Farmer Programming is a coordinated regional effort. The chapters of NOFA aim to attract farmers to the Northeast to NOFA Beginning Farmer Project earn to farm and to provide the environment for this to happen. Furthermore, the NOFA chapters support these Beginner Farmers as they move beyond the apprenticeship and on- farm learning phase into starting up and maintaining successful farm enterprises. Each chapter administers distinct programming to better meet the educational and networking needs within their state. the first joint project of most state chapters and Please use the links on this page to navigate to each state's webpage for Beginner Farmers. MOFGA with the goal to Beginning Farmer Programs by State NOFA-NY: www.nofany.org/bfam NOFA-NJ: www.nofanj.org/beginningfarmer.htm make the Northeast NOFA-VT: www.nofavt.org/grow-organic-food/beginning_farmers NOFA-NH: www.nofanh.org a great place to learn to farm. CT NOFA: www.ctnofa.org/index.htm http://nofa.org/beginningfarmer.php Page 1 of 2
  • 47. NOFA is a member of • International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) • National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) • National Organic Coalition (NOC) Steve Gilman Policy Coordinator
  • 48. NOFA is proud to be a founding member of Important to stress that organic ag is more than a marketing label!
  • 50. Go Organic when you shop! Sign up for a NOFA credit card to support NOFA's important policy work to build a strong, regional organic food system. It's easy! Just shop for things you buy every day and NOFA gets a $50 donation upon first use and at least 1% of all purchases. SIGN UP TODAY! www.CardLabConnect.com/nofa
  • 52. Home Reporting Marketing Tools Edit Profile Edit Program Design Contact Us FAQ View your program's progress Donations start small and grow over time. As your number of supporters increases, so will your program earnings. Use your Marketing Tools to help increase your support. Q3 2010 Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 New Card Holders during period* 0 0 6 5 QTD Total Card Holders** 0 0 19 24 First Purchase Bonus Earned $ - $ - $ 300.00 $ 250.00 QTD Rewards Earned*** $ - $ - $ 343.59 $ 558.48 Check Amount $ - $ - $ 643.59 $ 808.48 Date Check Sent N/A N/A 05/13/2011 07/25/2011 Last updated on 07/11/2011 QTD Amounts are updated Monthly * Represents the number of Card Holders that have made a First Purchase ** Total Card Holders may decrease if a Card Holder closes their account
  • 54. Earth’s Nine Life Support Systems Green is safe zone.
  • 55. Organic agriculture is an ecological    production management system that promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It is based on minimal use of off-farm inputs and on management practices that restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony. The primary goal of organic agriculture is to optimize the health and productivity of interdependent communities of soil life, plants, animals and people." USDA Definition
  • 56. The future of human life on earth hangs in the balance. Despair dogs us. Things could go either way – towards the destructive triumph of short- sighted greed or towards a limitless blossoming of creativity, cooperation and democracy, a world of interdependent self-reliant communities where people grow their own food, live lightly and share generously. That means that everything each of us does that contributes to the health of our planet Liz Henderson however modestly can be what will make the difference.
  • 58. David Yarrow writes To have put in place the framework for a sustainable regional food system in the northeast, especially the growers, shared knowledge base, food marketing infrastructures, and ideological alliances.

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