Soil Sisters: How Women Transform Our Food System

WHAT TO DO: Farmer Jane

Women working in sustainable agriculture unite to share gardening and farming tips, sample locally made products and hear inspiring stories. Lisa Kivirist, author of Soil Sisters: A Toolkit for Women Farmers, gives the keynote presentation at the event. Woman farmers from Browntown to Blanchardville will be in attendance. Free; register by emailing info@midlibrary.org.

press release: What's the key ingredient to healthier communities? More women leading food system change! Come celebrate the historic roots and inspiring stories of women in sustainable agriculture with Lisa Kivirist, author of Soil Sisters: A Toolkit for Women Farmers. Lisa leads the Rural Women's Project, a venture of the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES). She is the author of the 2015 book Homemade for Sale: How to set up and market a food business from your home kitchen. She and her family run Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast in Browntown. 

Join us starting at 6:00 to meet area women farmers, learn valuable farm and gardening tips, and sample locally-made products! Lisa will give a formal presentation starting at 7:00.

Registration is encouraged for this event.

Partners/Sponsors: "5 Minutes on the Farm" (88.9 WORT FM), Edible Madison magazine, Fairshare CSA Coalition, Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES), Soil Sisters of Wisconsin, Women Food & Ag Network, Wisconsin Farmer's Union, Willy St. Co-op

Participating Women Farmers:

• Betty Anderson, The Old Smith Place (Brodhead)
• Mary Ann Bellazzini, Campo di Bella Winery and Farm to Table (Mount Horeb)
• Dela Ends, Scotch Hill Farm (Brodhead)
• Kim Hunter, The Green Goats (Browntown)
• Diana Kalscheur Murphy, Dreamfarm (Cross Plains)
• Beth Kazmar, Tipi Produce (Evansville)
• Lisa Kivirist, Inn Serendipity Farm and B&B (Browntown)
• Kriss Marion, Circle M Market Farm (Blanchardville)
• Barb Perkins, Vermont Valley Community Farm (Blue Mounds)
• April Prusia, Dorothy’s Range (Blanchardville)
• Lauren Rudersdorf, Raleigh’s Hillside Farm (Brodhead)
• Beth Wright, Winterfell Acres (Blanchardville)