Bill Duesing
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Agriculture |
| Occupation | Executive Director |
| Location | Oxford, Connecticut |
| Introduction | For over 35 years, organic farmer, author and environmental artist Bill Duesing has been working to promote organic agriculture and greater local food sufficiency in Connecticut and the Northeast through lectures, writings, media and community work. He is currently the executive director of CT NOFA, the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut, and president of the NOFA Interstate Council. He is author of Living on the Earth: Eclectic Essays for a Sustainable and Joyful Future. Bill was the founding president of CT NOFA and founding chair of the New Haven Ecology Project and its Common Ground High School, located on a farm in New Haven. He is a board member and past president of the Connecticut Farmland Trust, spent several decades gardening with elementary and high school students in New Haven and Bridgeport and for ten years provided a weekly environmental essay on public radio from Fairfield, CT. |