Q: Tell us about your agricultural operation, your background and how you got started in agriculture. 

Nancy was a landscape designer and then wanted to grow food and joined the Northeast Organic Farming Association and became an herbalist and we have been running a small CSA since 2007/2008.

Q: What does working in agriculture, and specifically being a woman in agriculture, mean to you?

Connection to the land, growing things, supporting all life.

Q: What do you wish the next generation of women in agriculture would know about your work? What advice would you give them?

It is hard work and going to bed a bit sun kissed and covered in soil is the purest way to be.

Q: Have you had access to formal education or informal training programs to help you grow your operation?

NOFA, landscaping courses, more NOFA, internet, sharing ideas from other farm-hers, my Great Aunt.