Hi All,

This past weekend I got to hang with my husband, two sisters, my brother and my sister in-law. It felt so good! It felt so normal, and yet at the same time, so precious, knowing that it could be taken away again, at a moments notice, anytime a new variance shows its head. Oh how I hope not! The gratitude I have for being a part of this family is immense, and I don’t take it for granted. Time is a funny thing, how a situation can feel like it happened years ago and at the same time feel like it happened yesterday. Hanging with my siblings this weekend felt like that. It felt like we hadn’t all been together in years, and it also felt like we were never apart. It was delicious!

NOFA-NY’s Winter Conference was a Success!

This past week was the NOFA-NY Winter Conference, which was filled with workshops and round table discussions on everything from How to Grow Organic, to Seed Saving, Dairy Farming, Livestock, Policy work, and Climate Change. It was an amazing conference, but if you are anything like me, you were not able to participate in all of the workshops you wanted to. Fortunately, all of the presentations were recorded, so you can still access them up until March 1st with your conference ticket. However, if you hadn’t purchased a NOFA-NY Winter Conference ticket, you can purchase a $40.00 ticket to access all of the live recordings! What a deal!!

Kate Mendenhall, the Director of the Organic Farmers Association Joins Bhavani on the Progressive Radio Network!

Kate Mendenhall, is the Director of the Organic Farmers Association, a national non-profit organization, who’s mission is to provide a strong and unified voice for domestic certified organic producers. Kate worked with Pesticide Action Network and CUESA at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco before traveling to the east to work for NOFA-NY for a decade, the last five years as their Executive Director. Now Kate lives in her hometown in Okoboji, Iowa.  She worked as the Managing Director for the Iowa Organic Association for three years while starting her own organic livestock farm. She continues to farm while leading Organic Farmers Association.  Her nationwide experience and dedication to organic farmers throughout her career makes leading the Organic Farmers Association her dream job, and she is a fierce advocate for what organic farmers need and want from the ground up!

I hope you can join us on Thursday for a wonderful conversation!

My Radio Show

iEat Green with Bhavani on the Progressive Radio Network is live, every Thursday, from 10-11 am, EST.  To tune in to the live show, just navigate to PRN.fm and listen in! Or, if you prefer, listen on the phone by calling 712-775-6850.

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With Love and Gratitude,

Bhavani

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