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 m ...

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 surrou ...

. 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 alterna ...

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

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Awards

* 2004 MacArthur Fellows Program

References

External links

Farm website"Cheryl Rogowski"
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