CINDY CONNER grew up in Parkman, Ohio. Having been active in 4-H, she naturally went to Ohio State University where she met her husband and received a degree in Home Economics Education. Since she learned to make her own clothes in 4-H, sewing was her first area of interest in home economics. With arms and legs longer than average, she realized you don’t have to settle for what’s available in the store when you can make your own clothes to fit.
Being a stay-at-home mom to their four children gave Cindy the opportunity to carry that kind of thinking over to the food she prepared for her family. Her study of organic gardening and sustainability led her to become a market gardener, then an educator.
Cindy Conner founded Homeplace Earth to provide permaculture education with an emphasis on sustainable food production, including getting the food to the table using the least fossil fuel. She researches how to sustainably grow a complete diet in a small space at her home near Ashland, Virginia, and has produced the videos Develop a Sustainable Vegetable Garden Plan and Cover Crops and Compost Crops IN Your Garden. Cindy was instrumental in establishing the sustainable agriculture program at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College in Goochland, Virginia and taught there from 1999–2010. You can follow Cindy’s blog at HomeplaceEarth.wordpress.com.
All the worksheets in this book are available for download at http://tinyurl.com/mf4a33r