Contact Information
Coordinator: Amanda Whittemore
Address: St. Cloud, MN
Phone Number:320-293-6140
Email:amanda
whittemore
hotmailcom (amandawhittemorehotmailcom)
Mission
The mission of this group is to promote the use of environmentally and economically sound agricultural practices and to ensure a healthy future for family farms and all of the people of central Minnesota.
The Aims and Purposes of this Association are:
- To develop a support system for family farmers in acquiring knowledge and understanding of economical and environmentally sound practices of production farming
- To achieve this through a newsletter with the latest information on sustainable farming practices, as well as providing farm tours, seminars, and supervised test plots
- To develop policies which will influence legislation in areas pertaining to environmental problems, i.e. groundwater contamination
- To support farming methods without endorsing commercial products
- To support and encourage Extension and University research programs that promotes sustainable agriculture
- To promote farming as a positive way of life
Central SFA Board Members
Chair:
Arlene Jones (stmathiasfarmgmailcom)
Vice Chair:
Mel Wiens (lmwienscchoicenet)
Secretary:
S Ruth Lentner (rlentner2981yahoocom)
Treasurer:
Del Moen (pastordelcharternet)
At Large:
Larry Skoglund (skoglundsmidwestinfonet)
Michael W. Stine (mwstinejunocom)
Vicki Kettlewell (vickisunupranchcom)
Sue Wika (suewikaminnesotaedu)
Past Events
100 Orchards Project:
SFA-CM launched a project called the 100 Orchards Project. Its mission is “to teach our neighbors how to plant and care for diverse, stable, and resilient orchards that provide productive quantities of high quality food.”
Fall Field Days:
Every fall we have a number of field days at member farms where we meet and discuss the projects that farmer is doing. It is mostly about community and it is lots of fun! Watch this space for more information coming soon.
Annual Meeting:
Early each year we have our annual meeting, where we bring in a speaker about a current topic of interest, and we meet to discuss the business of the chapter.
