HRN Community Sessions
Just Food Conference 2013: Elizabeth Henderson
Elizabeth Henderson believes in organic, local produce for all classes! On this Just Food Conference 2013 update, Nathaniel Coburn and Erin Fairbanks are talking with Elizabeth about her farm, Peacework Organic Farm, and the possibilities for food justice through a CSA model. Tune in to hear about Elizabeth's pioneering work in community supported agriculture, and what it was like to be a woman farmer twenty-some years ago. How can farming not only provide local, healthy food, but living wage opportunities for the nation's lower classes? Tune in to learn more about Elizabeth's upcoming workshop at the Just Food Conference, and how climate change is threatening the livelihood of farmers everywhere. This segment has been sponsored by Heritage Foods USA.
"When I started farming the weather was fairly stable...Now you have to be ready for anything." [20:40] -- Elizabeth Henderson: farmer and workshop leader, Just Food Conference 2013