Monday, October 21, 2019, 9:00 am until 12:00 pm
Soul Fire Farm, 1972 NY HWY 2, Petersburg, NY 12138
This field day will focus primarily on two components, communication strategies on the farm and building healthy soil and the mutual support between the two.
For Soul Fire Farm, positive relationships and clear communication among team members are essential to the organization’s work to fight racism in the food system while promoting soil health and carbon sequestration on the farm. During this field day, the Soul Fire Farm team will explain the benefits and challenges of the communication strategies they use for building healthy organizational culture. The Soul Fire team will also discuss their implementation of reduced tillage practices and other regenerative soil farming methods and describe Soul Fire’s other programs including Black-Indigenous-People of Color (BIPOC) farmer and builder immersions, youth food sovereignty programs, and multiracial Uprooting Racism in the Food System workshops.
In addition, the Soul Fire Farm team will share their perspectives on the process of engaging in Food Justice Certification and how it has supported development of organizational policies. A representative of the Agricultural Justice Project will report on the joint NOFA-AJP project to provide technical assistance to farms on their labor and pricing policies and answer questions about Food Justice Certification.
There is no charge. Free and open to the public. Please RSVP, especially if you would like to stay for lunch. https://www.nofany.org/our-events/2019-on-farm-field-days
