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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Organic OR Conventional?  Pesticides  Herbicides  GMO

11. Organic or Conventional?

12. Organic OR Conventional?

13. Desertification in China

14. Dead Zone-Gulf of Mexico

15. Drought 2012

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

17. The End…? The Beginning!

18. Thank you! Contact: Regina@seedsowerfarm.comRegina@seedsowerfarm.com