"If you find yourself at a Farmer's Guild meeting, you’re as likely to find a date as you are a tractor. With seven chapters across Northern California, the Guild has become the “it” destination for agrarians looking to mingle. Small farmers and farm-curious folks arrive at these once-a-month gatherings to swap planting tips and talk rural life over beer and a homegrown potluck. The Guild is half party and half knowledge exchange. And it’s entirely about face-to-face connections at a time when most social networking has lost touch with its in-person origins.
“Conventional agriculture is mechanized and industrialized. You buy inputs from one company and sell to another,” says Evan Wiig, the Guild’s Executive Director. “But in sustainable agriculture, you need to develop relationships with so many more people than that and not just by signing contracts. You have to reach out to your neighbors, to chefs, and even to media who want to help you tell your story...”
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“Conventional agriculture is mechanized and industrialized. You buy inputs from one company and sell to another,” says Evan Wiig, the Guild’s Executive Director. “But in sustainable agriculture, you need to develop relationships with so many more people than that and not just by signing contracts. You have to reach out to your neighbors, to chefs, and even to media who want to help you tell your story...”
Read the rest of the article by Kristina Johnson on Civil Eats...
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