12/15/08
Press Release
For immediate release
The North East Organic Farming Association of Rhode Island will host a
special evening with farmer and author Elizabeth Henderson. “Local,
Organic, and Fair Farming” will be the topic of her speech.
Elizabeth farms at Peacework Organic Farm in Wayne County, N.Y. and has
been producing organically grown vegetables for the fresh market for over
25 years. She is a founding member of NOFA/Mass, a longtime member of
the board of NOFA-NY, and represents NOFA in national discussions of
organic standards. She's active in land protection and agricultural justice
issues. Her writings on organic agriculture appear in The Natural Farmer and
the NOFA-NY Food, Farms and Folks, and she is one of the authors of The
Real Dirt: Farmers Tell about Organic and Low-Input Practices in the
Northeast, lead author of Sharing the Harvest: A Guide to Community
Supported Agriculture (Chelsea Green), and wrote the NOFA manual Whole
Farm Planning (NOFA, 2003) with Karl North. Her farm, Peacework
Organic Farm, supplies vegetables to the 300 member Genesee Valley
Organic Community Supported Agriculture Project, in its twentieth year in
2008. She is one of the first three NE-SARE Farmer Educators.
The event is Friday January 16 at 7pm at Brown University; SmithBuonanno Hall 106, 95 Cushing Street, Providence. The Hall is near the
corner of Meeting Street and Brown Street and is more easily accessed from
Meeting Street.
NOFA members are admitted FREE. Nonmembers cost $5. Farms that are
members of NOFA are welcome to set up a table with information at this
event. This is a good chance for farms to market their CSA programs. This is
the first of an upcoming series of speakers on issues that relate to organic
farming.
This event will also be the start of the “Organic Matters in Rhode Island”
campaign. NOFA/RI will be publicizing and celebrating the benefits of
Organic Farming.
For more information contact Erik @ 401-884-5118 or you can e-mail Dan
nofari@nofari.org.