Socially and Ecologically Responsible Agriculture Network

[Kathy Carter-White <kathycarterwhite AT earthlink.net>]

This is a test post and check in from Kathy Carter-White.  Shall we 
introduce ourselves?

I'm Facilitator for the Cherokee Small Farm Project, a development 
project of the Cherokee Nation which is "in" what you might think of as 
Oklahoma.

Cherokees have been farming for 4,000 years.  Since contact with 
Europeans, our lifeways have been changing and blending.  One of my 
interests is in learning about (and testing hypotheses about) the kind 
of farming that Cherokees used, as they evoleved to farmers of today.  
Some still farm simply, and there is much emphasis on agroforestry, wild 
gathering, and harmonious interrelationship with "unmanaged" 
ecosystems.  This intrigues me.  Also, I manage a small seed band for 
the Cherokee Tomato.  I am on the Board of Oklahoma Food-- a new concept 
of a food system, where both producers and buyers are our members, and 
everything is from Oklahoma.  I write grants, grow a garden and have an 
attorney license, although the closest thing I do to legal practice 
these days is incorporating Cherokee community nonprofit groups.

Check in.  What is your interest in sustainable ag?  And what are your 
skills, interests, dreams, intentions, etc.?
Kathy
Tahlequah, OK