Emerald Roots Farm Collective

27/08/2024

Last week I was in the beautiful town of Bisbee 🥰

It is such a scenic town with all of the mining town atmosphere still in effect. It was really popping in Bisbee! Lots of tourist and they had a music festival the weekend I was there.

We ate and drank at a restaurant called The Table. It was very good! 😋

Life is alright. 🙏🏽 Pray that you are all doing well.

06/08/2024

It’s my season of overflow 🙌🏽🫶🏽🙏🏽

Up next Emerald Roots Farm Collective is in collaboration with the
Take the Lead Conference in DC! I am so excited to be an event management consultant as well as gift bag sponsor featuring my Royal Tea. 🍵

Register now for the Power Up Concert & Conference!

✅ Find your community of powerful women
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✅ Gain tools and tactics for immediate impact
✅ Celebrate Women’s Equality Day

We are a proud Take The Lead Partner for Parity and look forward to seeing you ⭐️⭐️August 25-26 in Washington D.C.⭐️⭐️
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06/08/2024

Mini photo dump 🫶🏽

Looking at 🇨🇦 Canada 🙏🏽

It’s so amazing here. There was a music and vendor festival that happened at the park next to the property where I stayed. It truly lifts my spirits to witness-people boating 😊 and so many Black people enjoying live music, fellowship, fresh market and a beautiful day on the water.

Hope your Monday has started out good 😌

03/08/2024

A season of overflow! 🙌🏽🫶🏽👏🏽🎊💕💐🌼🌹🪸

God is so good 🙏🏽

19/07/2024

Happy Friday! 😊🥰

We are under a week away from this incredible event!

I am so honored to be a part of it and I am looking forward to seeing you all next week.

Get registered @ www.EqualPayForBlackWomen.com

11/07/2024

🎉I am so excited to announce that I will be speaking at the 5th Annual Black Women's Equal Pay Experience!🎉

What an exciting year I’ve had! 👏🏽🙌🏽😊

I hope you will join me at the 5th Annual Black
Women's Equal Pay Experience!

I love options and you have two amazing ways to join us:

Day One: FREE virtual sessions (July 26th)

V Full Experience: Virtual + In-Person Money & Mimosas Brunch and Workshop in Phoenix (July 26th & 27th)

Early Bird Special:
Register now for the Full Experience and get a 50% discount! Plus, early registrants receive exclusive bonuses to maximize their experience.

Why Attend?
• Gain valuable insights from industry leaders
• Network with like-minded professionals
• Learn practical strategies for career advancement and negotiation
• Be part of a movement driving real change

I truly believe this event will be transformative, and I would be thrilled to have you there. Whether you can attend for the free virtual day or join us for the full experience, your presence will contribute to this important conversation.

Ready to join? Register here: www. EqualPayForBlackWomen.com

09/07/2024

27/06/2024

SHRM Life in the Windy City!

Happy Thursday!

17/06/2024

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17/06/2024

I pray that all fathers everywhere had a very blessed Father’s Day 🤗🫶🏽💛

11/06/2024

It's the 40th anniversary of my 18th birthday 🎂🎉

Enjoying another day of life is the icing! It's been a continuous journey of blessings and miracles of God 🙌🏾🙏🏾

I jokingly say that it's the 40th anniversary of my 18th birthday 😅 But seriously, I stand proud at 58 because I can still kneel and pray everyday!

When I look back over my life, I can truly say that I am blessed and I give praises to God for all of it!!! !

I have had so many amazing blessings this year!

My husband and I celebrated our 31st anniversary 🎉🎉🎉🥰

I won the County election for USDA/FSA committee representation. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾

I signed a joint venture agreement with an organic farm in Cochise county 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Listen… BUT God!! ONLY GOD!! I am so grateful. Immensely 🥹🙌🏽🙏🏽

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. I hope you enjoy the birthday photo dump 😊🤗🐝👸🏽👩🏾‍🌾💐🥹🎊🫶🏽💓

04/06/2024

THE TRUTH ABOUT BEES 🐝

As most of you know, I am not only a farmer but a beekeeper, and I want to encourage everyone to look at bees in a new light. Bees are an integral part of the biodiversity on which we all depend for our survival. They provide us with high-quality food, including honey, royal jelly, and pollen, as well as other valuable products such as beeswax, propolis, and even honey bee venom, which has potential medicinal uses.

Sadly, over the past 15 years, colonies of bees have been disappearing, and the reason remains unknown. Referred to as ‘colony collapse disorder’, billions of honey bees across the world are leaving their hives, never to return. In some regions, up to 90% of bees have disappeared!

We can all do our bit to support these brilliant bugs.

Why not plant flowers rich in nectar, such as lavender and bluebells, which will help bees find the food they need? And when you/your family is buying honey, try to choose varieties that are locally made, to support our honey bees and their beekeepers!

Honey bees are nature's unsung heroes, quietly sustaining our food supply and beautifying our surroundings with their vital pollination skills.
Let's celebrate these tiny titans and protect their important work! 🤗🐝🎉🎊🐝🙌🏽

- Beekeeper P 🫶🏽

The more you know:

Honey bees live in hives (or colonies). The members of the hive are divided into three types:

Queen:👸🏽 One queen runs the whole hive. Her job is to lay the eggs that will spawn the hive’s next generation of bees. The queen also produces chemicals that guide the behavior of the other bees.

Workers: 🐝 these are all female and their roles are to forage for food (pollen and nectar from flowers), build and protect the hive, clean and circulate air by beating their wings. Workers are the only bees most people ever see flying around outside the hive.

Drones: 🐝 These are the male bees, and their purpose is to mate with the new queen. Several hundred live in each hive during the spring and summer. But come winter, when the hive goes into survival mode, the drones are kicked out!

If the queen bee dies, workers will create a new queen by selecting a young larva (the newly hatched baby insects) and feeding it a special food called “royal jelly“. This enables the larva to develop into a fertile queen.

Did you know 🤔

Honey bees are incredible flyers!! They fly at a speed of around 25km per hour and beat their wings 200 times per second!

Fun Fact 🤗

Incredible as it may seem, the honey bee has FIVE eyes, two large compound eyes and three smaller ocelli eyes in the centre of its head. Bees' compound eyes help them see color, movement, and patterns, making their eyes most useful when it comes to visualizing and identifying flowers. Honeybees need to be accurate at identifying colors to help them find the right flowers to pollinate.

Long Live the Queen! 👏🏽🙌🏽👸🏽🐝

The average worker bee lives for just five to six weeks while the Queen can live up to five years!! She is busiest in the summer months, when she can lay up to 2,500 eggs a day!

Hail to the Queen! 👸🏽

My Simple Recipe of the Week 😊

Sourdough bread is best for this recipe but use whichever bread you’d like.

Toast bread and brush with olive oil, spread a good amount of room temperature goat cheese or cream cheese, add thinly sliced apple (Granny Smith is good for this recipe) sprinkle chopped pistachios and top with a generous amount of LOCAL raw honey.

Enjoy 💕

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28/05/2024

I took this photo while working from home this past week. 😊

I was broadcasting live from my shoe room which served as my temporary studio. 🤩👠 🎥 I was presenting the WildWild and WowWow West 😉👩🏾‍🌾

I hope you all had an amazing memorial weekend. 🤗

Happy Tuesday! 🫶🏽

27/05/2024

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21/05/2024

Snakes are a farmers friend 💕

One thing that I love about farming and agriculture is the intricate way in which the ecosystem works. It is fascinating to see how different species of animals impact our ability to farm and grow food. While many people may have an aversion to snakes, they are truly a farmer's best friend. Snakes play a vital role in protecting crops from predators like rodents and other pests such as insects and spiders, making them an integral part of the farming ecosystem. Snakes control the pest populations, such as rodents, that can damage crops, leading to healthier fields and potentially higher yields

By learning more about snakes, I hope that I can help change the way that people think about them. While some may still find them intimidating, the information provided should help to humanize these creatures and show that they are not as frightening as they may seem.

Farming has been a journey of self-discovery and growth, and one of the most significant challenges I have faced is overcoming my fear of these creatures. However, as I delved deeper into the world of agriculture, I realized that these creatures are not enemies, but allies in my quest to create a sustainable and thriving food system. By embracing them and recognizing their importance in the ecosystem, I have been able to transform my fear into understanding and my doubts into determination.

~ Farrmer P 🫶🏽

Did you know 🤔

Ever wondered why snakes might give you an eerie feeling? They don’t have eyelids! This means they don’t blink and have to sleep with their eyes wide open. Instead of eyelids they have a thin membrane attached to each eye to protect them.

Fun Fact 🤗

They have a very big family

According to the latest count, there are 3,789 snake species, making them the second largest group of reptiles after lizards. They are divided into 30 different families and numerous subfamilies. Australia is home to approximately 140 of them.

Symbolic 🤩

Historically, serpents and snakes represent fertility or a creative life force. As snakes shed their skin through sloughing, they are symbols of rebirth, transformation, and healing. The ouroboros is a symbol of eternity and continual renewal of life.

Additional Information

Types of snakes you’re likely to find on a farm:

Garter snake� are one of the most common snakes to find on farms, so much so that people often mispronounce their name as “garden” snakes! They are typically too small to eat rodents, and like to feast on slugs, crickets, earthworms, grasshoppers, and frogs.

Black rat snake� with their long, thick bodies, black rat snakes may look intimidating, however they are completely harmless! They are excellent climbers, and may even make their way to the rafters of your barn to hunt down rats and mice.

Kingsnake� like rat snakes, kingsnakes like to feed on rodents; unique to this species, however, is their propensity to eat other snakes — especially the venomous ones! Everythingreptiles.com says that “kingsnakes are diurnal, meaning they are active during the day and sleep at night.” This makes kingsnakes a great pet (although you should buy from a reputable breeder or rescue and never try to catch a wild snake)!

Venomous snakes� are members of the pit viper family; which one you’re most likely to encounter depends on your location in the United States.
In the West and Midwest, your primary concern will be rattlesnakes. In the dryer regions of the West, rattlesnakes are often found on the outskirts of farms, where food and water (from irrigation systems) are likely to be present. Hay bales are often home to large numbers of rats, which is like a buffet for reptile predators.
Along the East Coast, you’re more likely to encounter a copperhead. These snakes, known for their copper-red colored heads, are one of the most commonly seen species in the United States. Like rattlesnakes, they follow their food source and will be attracted to rodents that call your farmland home.

Source: http://AGDAILY.com

My Simple Recipe of the Week 😊

I can’t even express how easy it is to prepare this wholesome and beautiful meal.

Season your favorite pieces of chicken to your liking, to enhance the flavors, you may use onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, rosemary, salt and pepper, and then drizzle with olive oil.

Cut fresh broccoli. Slice sweet potatoes. Drizzle them with olive oil, season with salt and pepper.

Place all ingredients on preheated baking sheet. Place in oven at 375. Cook 15 to 20 minutes or until chicken is done. You may serve with rice or eat alone.

Enjoy! 💕

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12/05/2024

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08/05/2024

1 Chronicles 4:10

And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!”

God continues to expand my territory!!! I am so grateful for all of the doors that are opening for Emerald Roots Farm Collective

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30/04/2024

A lesson we can all learn from wildflowers.

Maintain your beliefs and persevere, regardless of how bleak the situation may appear. Like wildflowers, which bloom in even the most unfavorable conditions, you have the potential to grow and flourish, exceeding your limitations and achieving your goals.

Be a wildflower 🫶🏽💐💐🪸🌾

23/04/2024

Happy Tuesday 🤗

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19/04/2024

Out here in these in sunshine, pollinated streets! 🤗😊
Soaking and Shading Sunshine! ☀️😎

QueenP is FarmerP! 🫶🏽 Happy Friday! Stay hydrated! It’s getting hot!🥵 🔥☀️🫣😅

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17/04/2024

A LESSON ON TREES 🌳

Nature's remedy for stress lies in trees, offering a tranquil escape from the pressures of work and personal responsibilities. Trees have a positive impact on mental health, offering a variety of therapeutic benefits such as reducing stress and anxiety, improving mood, and promoting feelings of calm and relaxation. Spending time in wooded areas or simply taking a walk among the trees has been shown to lower cortisol levels, a hormone associated with stress, and promote a sense of calm and well-being.

Even the act of talking to a tree or merely sitting quietly under one can help you organize your thoughts, sort through emotions, and gain a clearer perspective on life's challenges by allowing you to reflect on your experiences and emotions in a peaceful and calming environment.

Trees provide a serene and peaceful backdrop for self-reflection, which allows individuals to dive deeper into their thoughts and emotions, leading to a greater understanding of themselves and their place in the world.

This spring, rediscover your sense of self by sitting beneath a tree and embracing the beauty of nature.

~Farmer P 🫶🏽


Did You Know 🤔

Planting trees can help reduce your energy costs.

Strategically planting trees and shrubs can save you up to 25 percent on your energy bills. A shade tree can help cool your home by as much as 20 degrees in the summertime. Not only do they provide shade in the summer, but serve as a windbreak in the winter, too.

Fun Fact 🤗

Trees can help you find your way if you get lost in the woods.

In northern temperate climates, moss will grow on the northern side of the tree trunk, where there is more shade. Also, a tree’s rings can help point you in the right direction too. If you’re in the northern hemisphere, you can see the rings of the tree grow slightly thicker on the southern side since it receives more light. In the southern hemisphere, the opposite is true, with rings being thicker on the north side.

Live Forever 😇

Trees are the longest living organisms on Earth, and never die of old age.

California holds the record for the oldest living trees. Some of the state’s bristlecone pines and giant sequoias are 4,000-5,000 years old. Methuselah, an estimated 4,852-year-old ancient Bristlecone Pine, is one of the oldest living trees in the world.

Enjoy my simple recipe of the week while relaxing under a tree.

Basil Limoncello Cooler

Place two chopped lemons, fresh basil leaves and half cup of simple syrup sugar in a large pitcher. Stir until lemon pieces release their juice and you can smell the aroma of the basil. Add desired amount of equal parts limoncello and vodka and stir.

Add ice cubes and a cup of sparkling water. Serve with a lemon wheel and basil sprigs. Cheers 🥂

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13/04/2024

Spring is like New Glasses 🤓

As Spring arrives, it's as if my eyes have been opened to a world of vibrant colors and crystal-clear clarity, like the feeling of wearing new glasses for the first time. 🥰

The beautiful scenery of flowers in bloom, lush grass, leafy trees, and clear blue skies puts a smile on my face.😊 🫶🏽

08/04/2024

How did you all feel about the eclipse today?

What did it mean to you… any revelations or thoughts of new beginnings

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06/04/2024

Harvest Tomatoes

As I bask in the glory of spring, I hope that all of you are also reveling in its splendor. The sounds of birds chirruping, the warmth of the sun, and the delicious taste of freshly picked produce from one's own backyard - these are the simple pleasures that make life so precious. The pictures above are the harvest from my garden at the Heart & Soil Peoples Garden in Phoenix it has yielded an abundance of mouth-watering treats for me to savor.

And helping to usher in the spring and summer, tomatoes have began to reach their peak of ripeness and flavor. Whether you enjoy them fresh from the garden or incorporated into your favorite dishes, there's no denying the appeal of these delicious fruits!
Enjoy my simple and easy recipe for the week, featuring tomatoes as the star ingredient

Did you know 🤔

There are thought to be more than 3,000 varieties of heirloom or heritage tomatoes currently being grown globally, and more than 15,000 known varieties in total.

Fun Fact 🤗

China is the largest producer of tomatoes historically, accounting for approximately a quarter of the world’s total production. The USA and India are the second and third highest producers respectively.

Aphrodisiac 🤫☺️🫣

When tomatoes were first introduced to Europe in the 16th Century, they were small, golden and cherry sized. This appearance gave them the name ‘golden apples’. Many European countries took this as inspiration and named them with gold names, such as the German ‘goldapfel’. The French were also convinced tomatoes were aphrodisiacs and named them “love apples.”

Enjoy my simple and easy recipes for the week, featuring tomatoes as the star ingredient

Tomato and cucumber salad

Slice cherry tomatoes in half or dice larger tomatoes into chunks, add your cut cucumbers, drizzle olive oil, toss in Italian dressing, add salt and pepper; top with thin sliced red onion and feta cheese. Enjoy!

Tomato sandwich

The simple ingredients; lightly toasted white bread, mayonnaise blended with vegetable flavored cream cheese, and fresh tomato of course.

Add Salt and pepper to taste … So good!

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02/04/2024

Meanwhile-on Saturday- and every Fourth Saturday of Month-We give away free fresh produce at the Heart & Soil Peoples Garden. By offering free produce, we aim to foster a sense of community and support among our neighbors and friends.

My harvest was so delicious!

27/03/2024

I have always been passionate about sharing the stories behind my signature pieces, and this hat is no exception. The story begins with my mother, who owned several vintage hats including this one, they became a symbol of her unique style and grace. When I wear this particular hat, it reminds me of how much she valued self-expression through fashion. Whenever someone compliments me on this hat, they are unknowingly acknowledging not just my personal taste but also paying homage to my mother as well as generations before us for whom headwear held so much meaning and value.

The significance of hats have such important historical context attached to it within African American culture. Hats like these were once wore as symbols of status or resistance against societal norms. ~~~ Throughout history, hats have played a role in black culture as a means of resistance, solidarity, and empowerment. During the Civil Rights Movement, for example, hats were worn as a symbol of pride and unity among activists.

And so my story ends with teaching this lesson:

After enduring an ill-mannered comment from a colleague regarding this hat, I chose to turn the situation into a teachable moment. I expanded on the history and importance of hats in Black culture, enlightening not only that particular colleague but also the rest of our team through engaging discussions around hats and my culture.

And guess what! —— During the global HR meeting yesterday, my grace in giving this lesson inspired women to wear hats as a symbol of solidarity and support for Women’s History Month. They are now planning on rocking out the rest of March with their stylish headwear.

As I wore this hat backwards yesterday, on purpose, so that they could all see my face, my face that resembles my mother’s face, 🥹☺️🥰
I was able to deliver with grace, a full lesson -just like she would have. 🙌🏽🙏🏽

Happy Womens History Month! Continue to celebrate all cultures throughout our history.

21/03/2024

As we transition into the season of spring, it marks the beginning of a perfect time to plant and nurture beautiful flowers. Many early spring blooms require overwintering in the ground before they can produce their colorful petals but as the weather warms up, you can still indulge in some seasonal variations by sowing their seeds as the soil begins to thaw.

These are some classics to start with 💕

Lily of the Nile

Gardenia

Pansies

Daffodils

Happy Planting,

~ Farmer P 🥰