Hi Everyone,
I hope you all had a wonderful New Years celebration, and welcomed in the New Year in what ever way made you happy. I have been sharing in a wonderful tradition for the past 40 years, of joining friends and family in rural Vermont, surrounded by nature and the warm embrace of community. Other than the pandemic, there were only two other times when we did not gather, once when my friend was giving birth and once when they were abroad for a sabbatical. It is a tradition I cherish. We have shared the joy of watching our families grow, from babies, to adults, to parents themselves. I am truly grateful that I get to witness the Circle of Life in such a profound way every New Year.
Register for NOFA-NY’s Annual Winter Conference!
As a big NOFA-NY fan and board member, I am inviting all of you to join NOFA-NY’s Annual Winter Conference. It is one of the largest organic food and farming conferences in the nation – gathering hundreds each year to meet old friends, learn new skills, provide support, and celebrate community. Due to the pandemic, we had to make the difficult decision back in the summer, as to whether it should be in person or virtual again, and luckily, we chose virtual, since the current spike with the variant would have kept most of us away. We will miss seeing all of you in person, but we look forward to applying what we learned during last year’s virtual conference to make it even better this year! You can check out the schedule of workshops here. I hope you’ll join me for this awesome conference!
My Guest this Week on the Progressive Radio Network is Ed Maltby, the Executive Director of the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance!
Ed Maltby is a producer with over 45 years experience managing conventional and organic dairy, beef, sheep and vegetable enterprises 
on a variety of farms in Europe and the United States. An important focus of his work has been assisting regional farms to cooperatively market their products into mainstream markets, ranging from direct marketing lambs and organic produce; establishing a cooperative of dairy farmers who direct market their own brand of milk in Western Massachusetts, and led the development of a 12,000-member community-based consumer cooperative in Northampton, MA. Since 2005, Ed has worked as Executive Director of the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance, an organic family farm member organization dedicated to preserving organic integrity and a sustainable pay price for farmers. He is a founding member of the Organic Farmers Association (OFA) that provides a national voice for organic family farms. Ed served on the USDA Dairy Industry Advisory Committee, advising Secretary of Agriculture on dairy policy, and on the Executive Committee of the National Organic Coalition. In 2006, when one of the last two remaining USDA slaughterhouses in MA was destroyed by fire, Ed worked with the family-owned Adams Farm Slaughterhouse to develop a creative and sustainable financing package for construction in order to rebuild as a 16,000 sq. foot USDA-certified slaughterhouse that is Animal Welfare Certified, Halal, Kosher, and organically certified. The plant opened in November 2008 and in March 2009 he became the General Manager.
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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