bg视讯接待了美国农业部副部长克里斯塔·哈登
bg视讯很高兴能接待美国农业部副部长, Krysta Harden, 参观bg视讯的联合广场蔬菜市场,并在周一享用午餐, June 1. 尽管下着倾盆大雨, 副国务卿哈登花了很多时间在市场上转悠, 品尝产品,并与“绿色市场”的农民谈论bg视讯地区农业的挑战和回报.
哈登本人来自乔治亚州西南部的三代农民家庭, 你可以从她的口音中听出来. 作为副秘书长, 她非常重视确保下一代农民的成功,并认识到在当今充满活力的商业环境中,农民不仅需要对土地的热情,还需要实际的商业培训以及获得土地和资本的途径.
bg视讯的FARMroots主任克里斯托弗·韦恩(Christopher Wayne)把她介绍给了bg视讯的几位毕业生 FARMroots 初级农民培训计划, 包括柯萨奇市泰罗绿色农场的内斯特·泰罗, NY, 这个项目的首批毕业生之一, 还有简·霍奇, Karen Washington, and Michaela Hayes, 现在经营Rise的三个女人 & 她最近从该项目中毕业.
从左至右:美国农业部副部长克里斯塔·哈登, Cheryl Huber (bg视讯 Greenmarket), 内斯特·泰罗(泰罗绿色农场), 克里斯托弗·韦恩(bg视讯 FARMRoots), Jane Hodge, Michaela Hayes & 凯伦·华盛顿(崛起) & Root Farm), 奥利维亚·布兰奇弗劳尔(bg视讯批发和分销), 马克·伊兹曼(NRDC), 丹尼斯·德里克(科尔宾山农场), Marcel Van Ooyen (bg视讯)
Additionally, 哈登采访了来自Ole Mother Hubbard乳业公司和Apple State Hilltop家庭农场的女农民,她们与FARMroots合作实施战略营销计划,旨在帮助提高她们的市场销售. 这些妇女分享了她们的个人农业之旅以及一些美味的产品. 她邀请她们参加她在美国农业部发起的新的农业妇女指导计划,该计划为分享经验和最佳做法提供了一个论坛.
就我个人而言, 这位副部长很喜欢她在诺里奇梅多斯农场找到的彩虹胡萝卜,她说芜菁是她最喜欢的蔬菜. 她说,农贸市场是唯一能买到还带着美味的顶部的地方!
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