Accomplishments

 

 

Awards

“Women: Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet” Yolo County Women’s History Month Award 2009

Organic Farming Research FoundationUnsung Organic Hero” 2008

Received Stewards of Sustainable Agriculture “Sustie” Award from the Ecological Farming Association, January 1999

Commemorative Honor Award, recognizing 10 years on the Davis Farmers’ Market Association Board of Directors, February 1987

 

Founding Members

Garden Moon Farm at the Davis Waldorf School, 1992

Hoes Down Harvest Festival, 1986

YoCal Produce Cooperative, 1985

Circle of Friends, 1985

Davis Farmers’ Market Association and Board of Directors, 1980

Yolo County Chapter, California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), 1978

Dixon Farmers’ Market, 1978

Good Humus Produce, 1976

Davis Farmers’ Market, 1976

Davis Food Co-op, 1976

 

Educational Projects

SLEWS — Student and Landowner Education and Watershed Stewardship

Hedgerow Planting Project with high school students, 2004

 

ETC — Environmental Traveling Companions

Three-day farm visits for disadvantaged teens from the inner city

Part of their 19-day “Understand Your Watershed Tours,” 2001 to 2008

 

Teach Sustainable Agriculture Classes at the UC Davis Student Farm

2004: Annie Main

2003: Annie Main

1983: Jeff and Annie Main

1982: Jeff Main


               Educational Projects, continued

Elementary School Classroom Farm Visits

“Crunch Lunch” Farm-to-School Program

Davis Unified School District, 2001 to 2008

 

Teach Wreath Class, UC Davis, 1990 to 2009

 

Waldorf School Farm Visits, 1997-2009

 

Farm-to-School Project

Developed curriculum for farm to school visits

Supported by a $5,000 Western SARE grant, 2002

 

WRUT — Wilderness, Rural and Urban Together

Created a 30-day environmental education experience for inner city teens,
including 10 days at Good Humus

Supported by a $20,000 grant from the WK Kellogg Foundation, 2000

 

International Society for Ecology and Culture — ISEC

Annie Main and son Zachary, 14, participated in ISEC’s travel program

Ladakh, India, 1998

 

Organizer for Davis Waldorf School Quilt Fundraiser

Annie Main, 1996, 1994

 

Davis Waldorf Gardening Teacher

Annie Main, 1990 to 1994

 

Organizing Community Food System Events

Organizer of the Hoes Down Harvest Festival Children’s Area

(Arts & Crafts Booths, Farm Animal Pens, Hay Fort, Games, etc.)

Ecological Farming Association

Full Belly Farm, Guinda, 1991 to 2009

 

Peach Harvest Community Celebration, Good Humus Produce, 1993-2009

 

“Bringing the Food Economy Home” Event

International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC) and Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)

Annie Main invited and introduced Helena Norberg Hodge, author of Ancient Futures and Bringing the Food Economy Home, director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture

Varsity Theater, Davis, California, June 1998

 

The Tasting of Summer Produce

Various locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1994, 1984, 1985, 1986

 

Davis Farmers’ Market Calendar Fundraiser, 1981, 1978


 

Agricultural Projects and Service

Plant native habitat hedgerows at Good Humus Farm

Supported by an $8,000 grant from the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) of the Natural Resource Conservation Service, 1998-2001

 

Started Good Humus CSA

Community Supported Agriculture program, 1993

 

Yolo County Farm Bureau Board of Directors

Jeff Main, 1993-1998

 

YoCal Produce Cooperative Board of Directors

Jeff Main, 1985-1990. President, 1988

 

Public Service

Davis Education Foundation Board Member

Annie Main, 2003-2004

 

Davis Waldorf Board of Directors

Jeff Main, 1990-1996

 

Davis Farmers’ Market Board of Directors

Annie Main, 1992, 1980 to 1990