Kate Mendenhall's guest appearances

Kate Mendenhall

iEat Green with Bhavani

Food Sleuth Radio

Jim Goodman

Liz Carlisle

Sanjay Rawal

Laura Lengnick

Andrianna Natsoulas

Carey Gillam

Beth Hoffman

Katie Martin

Stacy Malkan

Barbara Storper

Eva Greenthal

Emily Jackson

Mark Winne

Leah Penniman

Grace Gershuny

OwlTail

Bio:Kate Mendenhall, is the Director of the Organic FarmersAssociation, a national non-profit organization, who'smission is to provide a strong and unified voice for domesticcertified organic producers. Kate worked with Pesticide ActionNetwork and CUESA at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in SanFrancisco before traveling to the east to work for NOFA-NY for adecade, the last five years as their Executive Director. Now Katelives in her hometown in Okoboji, Iowa.  She worked as theManaging Director for the Iowa Organic Association for threeyears while starting her own organic livestock farm. She continuesto farm while leading Organic Farmers Association.  Hernationwide experience and dedication to organic farmersthroughout her career makes leading the Organic FarmersAssociation her dream job, and she is a fierce advocate for whatorganic farmers need and want from the ground up!     The Best Gluten-Free Vegan Carrot Cake     Preheat oven to 350*   3 cups gluten-free Flour 1 cup ground oat flour 1 cup ground coconut 4 tsp cinnamon 1 Tbs baking soda 1 Tbs baking powder 1 ½ t. salt 1 cup raisins 2 cups walnuts ½ cup potato starch ½ t. nutmeg 1 cup puffed millet or rice 4 cups shredded carrots 2 cups apple sauce 1 ½ cup maple syrup or Agave 4 Tbs flax seed dissolved in ¼ cup warm water 6 t. vanilla 1 ½ cup oil 1 Tbs apple cider vinegar 1 can organic crushed pineapple, drained   Mix the first twelve ingredients into a bowl. Mix the remaining ingredients, except for the carrots, into a separate bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry. Mix in the carrots. Bake at 350 for 40 min. or until a knife comes out dry.

Bio: Kate Mendenhall, is the Director of the Organic Farmers Association, a national non-profit organization, who's mission is to provide a strong and unified voice for domestic certified organic producers. Kate worked with Pesticide Action Network and CUESA at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco before traveling to the east to work for NOFA-NY for a decade, the last five years as their Executive Director. Now Kate lives in her hometown in Okoboji, Iowa.  She worked as the Managing Director for the Iowa Organic Association for three years while starting her own organic livestock farm. She continues to farm while leading Organic Farmers Association.  Her nationwide experience and dedication to organic farmers throughout her career makes leading the Organic Farmers Association her dream job, and she is a fierce advocate for what organic farmers need and want from the ground up! The Best Gluten-Free Vegan Carrot Cake Preheat oven to 350* 3 cups gluten-free Flour 1 cup ground oat flour 1 cup ground coconut 4 tsp cinnamon 1 Tbs baking soda 1 Tbs baking powder 1 ½ t. salt 1 cup raisins 2 cups walnuts ½ cup potato starch ½ t. nutmeg 1 cup puffed millet or rice 4 cups shredded carrots 2 cups apple sauce 1 ½ cup maple syrup or Agave 4 Tbs flax seed dissolved in ¼ cup warm water 6 t. vanilla 1 ½ cup oil 1 Tbs apple cider vinegar 1 can organic crushed pineapple, drained Mix the first twelve ingredients into a bowl. Mix the remaining ingredients, except for the carrots, into a separate bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry. Mix in the carrots. Bake at 350 for 40 min. or until a knife comes out dry.

iEat Green - 01.27.22 - Kate Mendenhall

Did you know that organic farms provide beneficial ecological services to rural communities and the planet? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Kate Mendenhall, organic farmer and Executive Director of the Organic Farmers Association. Mendenhall witnessed the negative impact of industrial agriculture in her rural IA community and chose organic farming to help feed and preserve the health of her community members.  She describes the organic certification process and explains how certification helps farmers better steward their land. Unfortunately, USDA’s Farm Service Agency recently reduced the “cost share” for organic farmers, and unfairly distributed more stimulus funds to support industrial food and farming systems. Mendenhall offers a call to action.Related website:  https://organicfarmersassociation.org/

Did you know that organic farms provide beneficial ecological services to rural communities and the planet? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Kate Mendenhall, organic farmer and Executive Director of the Organic Farmers Association. Mendenhall witnessed the negative impact of industrial agriculture in her rural IA community and chose organic farming to help feed and preserve the health of her community members.  She describes the organic certification process and explains how certification helps farmers better steward their land. Unfortunately, USDA’s Farm Service Agency recently reduced the “cost share” for organic farmers, and unfairly distributed more stimulus funds to support industrial food and farming systems. Mendenhall offers a call to action.Related website:  <a href="https://organicfarmersassociation.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://organicfarmersassociation.org/ </a>

Kate Mendenhall, Executive Director of the Organic Farmers Association