我们非常激动地邀请到富有魅力的Sydney Blume作为我们八月份的焦点成员. Sydney is a recent graduate of Appalachian State’s Sustainable Development department who now works as the ASU garden manager. 她 helps to apply the principles of Sustainable Development into all 3 sustainable gardens the university has to offer.
Sydney has been “impressed and excited with things happening through BRWIA since [her] first year at App.” 她 first became aware of the organization when she joined the “Farmers at the Round Table” club her freshman year because she was interested in connecting with local Watauga and Ashe County farms. 作为一名毕业生,现在对在高地地区建立食品安全感兴趣, 成为BRWIA的一员似乎是很自然的选择. 作为BRWIA成员, she now has free access to connecting with farms and learning from experienced growers through the CRAFT network. 本月的成员焦点是非凡的艾莉森·詹宁斯, development Director for Watauga Habitat for Humanity and advisory board member for the Western Watauga Food Outreach 项目. 在仁人家园,艾利森将人们聚集在一起,建造家园、社区和希望. 她很自然地被创建社区的组织所吸引,这就是她喜欢BRWIA的原因. 艾莉森也有餐饮服务的背景, 拥有烹饪艺术和酒店餐厅管理学位.
很多人可能不知道她的这一点, 但她的家人已经在这些山上生活了八代多了. 埃里森的祖父母, 克拉伦斯·贝瑞和弗吉尼亚·马斯特, 他们是在Cove Creek的高中认识的, 并结婚, 最终在20世纪40年代定居在祖父/福斯科社区. 她的童年是去看望曾祖父度过的, 哈代·贝里, 她的夏天充满了这些山脉提供的丰富和礼物. 当被问及她在这里度过的童年时光时,艾莉森说, “瓦托加县的夏天是我童年最美好的回忆. 我的妹妹, 贝茜, 我和汤森家的孩子们会在山上漫游好几天, picking plump blackberries that my grandmother would use to make the best blackberry jelly that would last all year. 我们会穿过山谷去拜访汤森一家, 谁会把刚搅拌好的黄油寄给我奶奶. I remember vividly as Larkin Townsend made sweet sorghum molasses in the early fall and all the neighbors gat在这里d to help, 在凉爽的地方, 漆黑的秋夜. 那是特别的食物,而我们都是普通人." 本月的成员聚光灯将荣誉授予才华横溢、魅力十足的苏珊·欧文. 苏珊在瓦托加县当了34年的农民. 她 became a member with 韦德app because she believes in giving people in rural communities the opportunities to grow food and become farmers through grants and programs, 这帮助她开始了自己的农场.
苏珊相信要帮助小农场,为弱势群体提供机会, 这是她通过BRWIA的会员资格和她广泛的志愿服务来实现的吗. 她想帮助别人,她喜欢尽可能多地参与进来. 苏珊积极参与社区活动, 在该地区的多个董事会任职, 来自山桂园俱乐部, 北卡罗来纳药草协会, 和 Watauga County Beekeepers’ Association; she also helped to establish New River Organic Growers and helped to design the FARM Cafe herb garden. 她从母亲那里学到了志愿服务,并努力尽可能地参与其中. “I believe so much in volunteering because I feel like we need to make our world the best we can, 在董事会做志愿者让我感觉更有联系——我遇到了很多很酷的人. 我喜欢尝试改变世界,”苏珊说. 黛比·鲍尔是 the Bethel School Garden coordinator with the Lettuce Program under BRWIA's Community of Gardens. 作为亚利桑那州立大学可持续发展食用校园的前花园协调员, she has been teaching children of all ages how to tend a garden and w在这里 their food comes for over a decade. 她对自己的时间很慷慨, putting long volunteer hours and a good amount of sweat equity to keep the school garden productive and thriving. One of the most rewarding aspects of her work with the students is cooking what has been grown in the garden. 看到一个孩子说他们不喜欢羽衣甘蓝或菠菜。”吃一份羽衣甘蓝沙拉或菠菜奶昔真的让我的工作变得有价值!" 黛比也是在瓦托加和阿什县建立种子图书馆的重要组成部分. “我为图书馆的巨大成功感到骄傲, 包括盛大开幕式上的巨大投票率和被检查的种子数量,她说. 黛比个人也是一个专门的种子保存者, 现在正在学校建立一个种子保存花园. 对黛比来说。”BRWIA is a community organization that not only helps farmers but brings the whole community together. The staff and board are comprised of the most dedicated and diverse group of people that center their energy on the sustainability of the community by creating ways to support local food community, 学校的花园, 种子库等等. 能成为这支球队的一员,我感到非常荣幸和自豪."
朱迪思•凤凰城 served as BRWIA 董事会 Chair from 2014 - 2018 and continues to be an outstanding advocate for 韦德app. 在她任职期间, BRWIA经历了巨大的发展和认可, with great thanks to Judith's arrangement of numerous speaking engagements and her dedication to the organization. Judith understands the important role that consumers play in ensuring a healthy and vibrant local food system. 她 believes that consumers have a responsibility to the growers to ensure that they are able to keep producing high quality food grown from our community's soil. 虽然她不打算为自己种植食物, her commitment to supporting local producers is an integral piece to the health of our local food economy. 作为告别,朱迪斯分享了以下内容: “在过去的十年里, 我在BRWIA担任过许多角色,包括农场之旅志愿者, 参加了许多家庭种植的讲习班, 董事会成员, 最近担任董事会主席.
Each role has given me the opportunity to support what I believe in and what I want to have access to: local vegetables, 鸡蛋, 肉类和其他增值产品. 我喜欢知道我的食物真正来自哪里,并与个别农民联系. As 董事会 Chair I felt empowered to “shamelessly” promote BRWIA 和 High Country 食品中心 to friends, 陌生人和民间组织,因为我知道韦德app官网BRWIA有助于我们的社区蓬勃发展. I know my membership dues go beyond my immediate needs to help ensure food justice by underwriting programs such as the Double Bucks initiative that gives SNAP users easier access to fresh food grown by our local producers. 最终还是要靠人民. The BRWIA women and men are hardworking visionaries who are helping make Boone 和 High Country a strong and resilient community. 我满怀信心地将控制权交给新任董事会主席茱莉亚·肖沃尔特." 朱迪思•凤凰城
韦德app is currently seeking three qualified candidates to fill our AmeriCorps VISTA openings.
特别活动:2月27日星期二| 9:30- 11:00,蓝岭宴会厅(201室),普莱蒙斯学生会@亚利桑那州立大学
Dr. 小约翰·博伊德. 和卡拉·博伊德将在一个非正式的社区对话中分享他们的经历, “保持数控 & VA农民种植.” |