We’ve had the absolute pleasure of working with MaryJane Butters and MaryJanesFarm Magazine for several years now and couldn’t be more excited to have her join us at this year’s Rootstalk Festival! She’s a huge inspiration to us for her dedication to the message that organic living will lead to a healthy future for us all.
MaryJane Butters pioneered the Farmgirl movement, which promotes organic farming with a do-it-yourself attitude. Articles in her magazine, as well as her beautiful website, will inspire you to harvest green garlic scapes, sew a garden apron, or bake fresh biscuits from your own home-milled flour.
Cowgirl hat and all, MaryJane has always been a groundbreaker. She’s worked as a carpenter, wildfire lookout, founder of an environmental action group, and in 1976 she became the first woman station guard at the Moose Creek Ranger Station, the most remote Forest Service district in the continental US! Along the way, she built fences in the Tetons of WY, herded cows on the Snake River below Hell’s Canyon, and raised an organic market garden in White Bird, ID.
Today from her farm in Moscow, Idaho, MaryJane sells 60 different organic prepared foods and shares the message of simple organic living with readers of her magazine, newspaper column, and website www.maryjanesfarm.org. Her “everyday organic” lifestyle magazine, MaryJanesFarm, is available nationwide and her club the Farmgirl Sisterhood has over 3,000 members! In her spare time, she runs a Bed and Breakfast , blogs at the Raising Jane Journal, and manages the Pay Dirt Farm School. Whew!
“When we buy anything organic, we convey a powerful message. The demand for organic says, ‘enough.’ It says, we want to eat healthy food and we care about the health of farmers and whether or not they’re being wheedled down in price and essentially owned by a chemical or genetically engineered seed company. It’s no wonder cows are mad. And eaters. And yes, even us farmers. ”
-MaryJane Butters
You won’t want to miss her dynamic presentation at Rootstalk about modern organic agriculture and the DIY lifestyle, drawn from her diverse life experiences as an organic farmer, wilderness ranger, and homegrown, sustainable business leader.
To celebrate, MaryJane is offering some real treasures for our Rootstalk Giveaway Series and there will be 5 lucky winners this time around!
That’s right, 5 lucky winners will be chosen to win an amazing gift from MaryJane’s Farm!
Two winners will receive a 1 year subscription to MaryJanesFarm Magazine. That’s 6 issues packed with incredible recipes, home projects, gardening tips, and more goodies from the farm! MaryJanesFarm is an organic lifestyle magazine that aims to bring DIY inspiration and the healthy homegrown aspects of farmgirl living into everyone’s daily life. We always look forward to seeing the latest issue in our mailbox here at Mountain Rose!
One winner will receive this beautiful and practical 416 page guide to sustainable living! Looking for guidance on how to build a greenhouse, chop firewood, host a town event, care for a flock of chickens, make your own butter, grow a winter salad, or choose a water filter? MaryJane’s Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook is both an inspiration and a useful road map for farmgirls of all stripes.
Two winners will receive free membership to the Farmgirl Sisterhood! Receive special member benefits like the official Farmgirl Sisterhood badge depicting an adorable aproned hen, an official Farmgirl Sisterhood certificate signed by the Queen Bee herself, a special hexagonal Farmgirl Sisterhood designation by your name on the Farmgirl Connection, a 40-page monthly e-mail newsletter called MaryJane's Cluck packed with project ideas, news, and tips.
Plus, you’ll receive “Members Only” special product offers from MaryJanesFarm, and you can start earning Farmgirl Sisterhood Merit Badges right away by learning to weave on a handmade loom, planting a garden for the hungry, organizing a bike repair day in your neighborhood, or by writing letters of gratitude to people you appreciate most in your community. Think Girl Scouts for grown-ups! You can also post photos and narratives of your projects online to share with sister farmgirls!
There are several ways to enter and you can submit up to 6 entries for a chance to win these marvelous prizes!
1. Explore MaryJanesFarm and leave a comment here telling us how MaryJane's story inspires you.
2. Like MaryJanesFarm on Facebook and leave a comment here to let us know that you’re a fan.
3. Like the Rootstalk Festival on Facebook and leave a comment here to let us know that you’re a fan.
4. Share this giveaway on your Facebook page and leave a comment here to let us know you’ve posted the link.
5. Tweet about our blog giveaway on Twitter using the tag #MaryJanesRootstalk and leave a comment here to let us know that you’ve tweeted. Be sure to follow us @MaryJanesFarm and @MtnRoseHerbs
6. Visit the Farmgirl Sisterhood and tell us which Merit Badge Project you'd start first with your membership!
You have until Wednesday, August 24th at 11:59pm PST to enter. We will pick 5 winners at random on Thursday, August 25th!
1 Year Subscription to MaryJanesFarm Magazine!
13. Dirt Tribe says:
August 16, 2011
Explored Mary Janes Farm, sooooo inspiring. My grandparents were farmers, As a mother of 5, I am trying to be one myself…I love self sustainability, and am proud to make my own soap, beauty products, laundry soap, and work in my own garden everyday. Everyday I try to grow in the simple life by small daily choices on living style…This is right up my ally, I am a farm girl at heart!! Much love, blessings and smiles to you!
191. tree says:
August 21, 2011
i like MaryJanesFarm on Facebook.
FB name is tree tiemeyer
Free copy of MaryJane’s Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook!
150. equinnox says:
August 18, 2011
Liked both Rootstalk Fest and MaryJanesFarm on Facebook. Glad you are offering day passes for Rootstalk – very cool! I would not have been able to attend otherwise. Looks like a great line-up. See you in September!
Free membership to the Farmgirl Sisterhood!
83. Romantically Organic says:
August 16, 2011
The first merit badge project I would start first with my membership is community service! the world can never have enough helping hands!
260. mkcmom says:
August 24, 2011
Liked Rootstalk and MaryJanes Farm on Facebook! I’m really jazzed about the Farm Girl Sisterhood and can’t wait to explore the opportunities further! Not bad for someone who has just discovered natural living in her “middle years”! Mary Jane is a wonderful inspiration, and I am more than anxious to begin this awesome journey!
Winners: Please email blog (at) mountainroseherbs (dot) com to collect your prize!
