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Organic Horticulture Outreach

Organic Horticulture Outreach. Andrew Williams, Alabama. NRCS Outreach Coordinator (Retired) CEO, The United Christian Community Association (TUCCA) President of Williams Enterprises LLC Rural Economic Boards - Alabama Sustainable Agricultural Network (ASAN)

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Organic Horticulture Outreach

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  1. Organic Horticulture Outreach

  2. Andrew Williams, Alabama • NRCS Outreach Coordinator (Retired) • CEO, The United Christian Community Association (TUCCA) • President of Williams Enterprises LLC • Rural Economic Boards -Alabama Sustainable Agricultural Network (ASAN) -Perry & Marengo County Economic Development Boards -Rural Heritage Foundation Boards • Lives on a Small Farm -Produce Organic Vegetables -Goats & Cattle -Timber

  3. Setting the Stage • Life is all about… -Telling stories -Recording events • Stories Consist of • Past (history that you can’t change) • Future (you can’t predict) • Present (you can do something about)

  4. My Story • Traveled down a gravel road • Turned on a dirt road (rusty, mail box) • Down the hill near branch • Stopped beside road and picked blackberries • Started up hill then stopped and picked red & yellow plums

  5. When you get to the house • You might see a fig tree (by the butane tank) • In the back yard you would see peach trees • Canning & other types • On the other side of the house you would find • A pear tree • Down by the barn you would find a walnut tree

  6. Behind the barn • Hog pen • Within the hog pen, there was a “fattening pen” • There was a fenced in area • organic garden

  7. Then… • There was rough looking house • Had smoke coming out of it • There were two buckets on the back steps • What are they? • “slop bucket" and “slop jaw” • There was also another house • “Out house”

  8. The Above Story • Describes a Food Security System • Every Farmstead had one • We got away from the story

  9. “THE FARM BILL” (2008) • Public Law 110-234 • Food, Conservation and Energy Act • Represent over $300 billion over 5 years • The Farm Bill increased funding for • Organic Funding • Fruit and vegetable production

  10. That is why we are here • References • Grassroots Guide to 2008 Farm Bill Sustainable Agricultural Coalition 110 Maryland Avenue NE Washington, DC 20002 www.sustainableagriculturecoalition.org 202-547-5754 • Andrew Williams 5850 Hwy 66 Safford, Alabama 36773 334-216-1344 (cell) 334-627-3276 (office) andrewwilliams66@yahoo.com

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