Sustainable Farming, What, How & Why The Wellness Salon Thursday, September 13, 2013.

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Sustainable Farming, What, How & Why The Wellness Salon Thursday, September 13, 2013

Types of Farmers  Corporate/Commodity  Wholesale  Family  Market Gardeners

Ways of Farming  Conventional  IPM  Biodynamic  Certified Organic  Organic Exempt  Farmer’s Pledge

Farm Products  Honey  Vegetables  Fiber (Wool)  Meat  Eggs  Dairy  Fruit  Nuts  Maple Syrup  Fungus (Mushrooms)

Markets  Wholesale  Farm Stand  Farmer’s Market (Summer &Winter)  Pick-your-own  CSA (Spring/Summer; Winter)

CSA  History  Seed Money  Share Risk  Share Harvest

Importance of Local Farms  Economical  Environmental  Social/Economic

Helping Farmers  The Facts  Go Local  Seize the season  Support Fair Trade  Farm to Table  Foster a Farmer  Get involved!

Your Support Helps  Keep farmland productive  Keep Dollar$ local  Reduces energy use  Increase farm profits  Increase local food production

Organic OR Conventional?  Pesticides  Herbicides  GMO

Organic or Conventional?

Organic OR Conventional?

Desertification in China

Dead Zone-Gulf of Mexico

Drought 2012

Organic OR Conventional?  Pesticide Residues  NO GMO/Antibiotics  Nutrient levels  Improving Soil

The End…? The Beginning!

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