Blog: Farmer Who?

Hello Everyone! My name is Nicole Ort and I am a new Patch Blogger for Local Voices. I am a recent JMU graduate and life-long member of the Long Valley Community. I am thrilled to be blogging on Patch to connect with my local community.

I am here as a self-proclaimed representative of the up-and coming agriculture community. What does that entail? Well, its a little bit of everything. All of the "old fashion" farming practices that my Dad and Grandfather learned the hard way, along with all the things they've been doing all along without even realizing: educating consumers and promoting healthy lifestyles.

Farmer Who? represents my goals of educating customers on what we do as local farmers, putting an identity to the people who grow your food, educating you on how we do it, and why you should care.

I will be focusing my blog on the following topics:

• Consumer Education
• Nutrition and Food Preparation
• Horticulture
• Farming Practices
• Anything else that Long Valley should care about: local events, people, and places that make a difference in our local community! 

I would like to connect with the community so please leave me suggestions or contact me with other topics you would like to see.