Unveiling Fashion: Inaugural Sustainable Fashion Conference in the Nation’s Capital a Huge Success!
Last September 2018, Lady Farmer was excited to be a part of Unveiling Fashion, Conversations about Fashion and Sustainability, a sold-out event hosted by the newly formed DC Sustainable Fashion Collective.
Slow Shopping
The season of celebration and festivity has begun, and with it a blast of cultural messaging telling us that it's time to get busy and buy lots of things! Meanwhile (here in the northern hemisphere) the light is waning, the plants are shifting into dormancy and...
Women’s Empowerment: Refuse Fast Fashion and Change the World
We're living in amazing times. Women are changing the world with their courage to speak out, take a stand, and act outside of a male dominated paradigm. We listen to unfolding events and yes, we feel the surfacing of deep anger and frustration at the status quo, but...
The Medicine of Making
We've been sold the goods--literally. Somewhere along the line, we were convinced that it was better to buy everything we needed rather than to make, that our lives would be better when our food, our clothing, our living spaces and everything in them was produced...
My Summer With Lady Farmer – thoughts from our Summer Intern, Vanessa
I feel like I’ve blinked and the summer has passed completely. With one day left at my internship with Lady Farmer, I thought I would share a little bit about what I’ve spent my time working on and what I’ve learned as I walk away from Three Graces Farm. My excitement...
Lady Farmer Spotlight: Mo Moutoux at Moutoux Orchard
We are so excited to introduce Mo this week, not only as our Lady Farmer Spotlight but as one of our dynamic workshop leaders for the upcoming Lady Farmer Slow Living Conference Retreat, Nov. 9th-11th, 2018. She will be helping attendees plan for cultivating healthy...
How to Shop at Thrift Stores: 5 Tips For Finding Thrift Store Gems
Successful thrift store shopping doesn’t have to be fully a game of luck. Thrifting helps your wallet, your community, and your planet…but my favorite part is the search itself: I feel like I’m on a sort of adventure, looking for a gem in a messy jungle of fabric.
Lady Farmer Slow Living Conference and Retreat 2018: Looking Ahead
It's still mid-summer, but the wheel of the year is turning, my friends, and it's not too early to be thinking about fall plans. It's so easy to get caught up and let time just fly by without slowing down to notice your life. That's why we're here, and we've got...
FERMENTING FUN: A Quick and Simple Guide to Preserving Your Garden Veggies
Fermented vegetables are not only an easy way to get your probiotics, but a quick way to preserve fresh produce with minimal fuss. Although the foods need refrigeration once they are prepared and last several months as opposed to the year or...
Patriotic and Plastic Free!
The personal freedoms we enjoy in this country are central to our nationwide celebrations on July 4th. How about choosing this day to be FREE from single-use plastics? As history would have it, the birthday of our great nation happens at the zenith of summer. It’s the...
