beach or as majestic as the mountains but it has a humble beauty that is very ground- ing.” Well said.


Interested in knowing more? Here are a few resources:


and Jenny at fielderandphysic@gmail.com and look for a lot more coming from them as they explode onto the Triad farming scene. Like working outdoors? You could be invited for a friends and family workday, they will feed you well and provide the beer and the great outdoors of course. Plus you’ll get to see their cool yurt. Follow them on Facebook: https://www.facebook. com/fielderandphysic/ Instagram: @fielderandphysic


Out of the Garden Project: www. outofthegardenproject.org Follow them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ outofthegardenproject/ *besides reducing food waste and


helping alleviate the food insecure in our Triad area, their annual overhead cost is less than 5% of their budget. They have weekend food programs, fresh mobile markets where around 1500 folks leave


with about 65 pounds of fresh food and a CSA Harvest Box you can join with 50 weekly shares. They also have a shared kitchen for budding entrepreneurs who want to sell their food items and need a certified kitchen to cook out of.


Fielder and Physic Farm: email Lilly more info. on women farmers:


National Women in Agriculture Associa- tion www.nwiaa.org (local Piedmont chapter in Ruffin, NC)


Women, Food and Agriculture Network https://wfan.org/


NC Farm Bureau Women’s Program https://www.ncfb.org/womens-program/


NC Women of the Land Agricultural Net- work


http://www.ncwolan.org/


USDA Women in Agriculture. https://www.usda.gov/our-agency/initia- tives/women-agriculture


Piedmont Farm Tour: April 25-26 2020. Passes are on sale now, you can tour local


sustainable farms in the Piedmont and see where your fresh, local food is coming from! www.carolinafarmstewards.org


Remember to support your local farmers markets, restaurants and grocery stores that source locally grown food (and be sure to ask them what exactly does their “local” mean. The goal is local within the region.


JoAndra (Jo) Proia is the monthly Outdoor Writer for Natural Triad. Her nature writing and poetry have been published in sev- eral outdoor magazines and she published her first guidebook “Piedmont Lakes” in the spring of 2017. She is an ACA Certified Kayaking and Stand Up Paddleboard In- structor, Yoga Instructor, Water Fitness In- structor and Outdoor Guide and recently started her own business: Outdoor Women by Jo Proia, her mission is to help women experience the outdoors in an empowered manner. She lives in Summer- field with her husband and son, cat, and when she’s not working can be found in the woods, on her horse or on the water in a kayak or on a SUP. She can be reached at jo.proia@naturaltriad.com or Follow her on Facebook: www.outdoorwomenbyjp. com. See ad on page 15.


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