Cheryl Rogowski (born ) is an American
farmer
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mig ...
from
Pine Island, New York
Pine Island is a hamlet in the town of Warwick in Orange County, New York, United States. It is the largest community in the Black Dirt Region, which is famous for its "black dirt onions." It gets its name from its slight elevation over the surro ...
.
She began farming in 1983 when the Onion Harvest Festival was reestablished and she was crowned Princess.
In 1984, in her early 20s, she received from her father and grew broom corn, sunflowers, zinnias, chili peppers, ground cherries.
She grew a
community-supported agriculture
Community-supported agriculture (CSA model) or cropsharing is a system that connects producers and consumers within the food system closer by allowing the consumer to subscribe to the harvest of a certain farm or group of farms. It is an altern ...
program, starting in 1998, from 12 to 156 members, and sells at farmers' markets.
She participates in El Puente ("The Bridge") CSA for low-income people.
She supports English lessons for migrant workers, mentors
Future Farmers of America
National FFA Organization is an American 501(c)(3) youth organization, specifically a career and technical student organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education. It was founded in 1925 at Vi ...
students, and helps with "Just Food", and "The Tastemakers" annual food festival.
She appeared on an Urban Farming panel in
New York City
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.
Awards
* 2004
MacArthur Fellows Program
The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 ind ...
References
External links
Farm website"Cheryl Rogowski" ''Prendismo''
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American women farmers
People from Warwick, New York
MacArthur Fellows
Living people
1960 births
Farmers from New York (state)
21st-century American women
21st-century women farmers
20th-century women farmers
20th-century American farmers
21st-century American farmers