Hey, soil sister: Atina Diffley
It took a while, but Atina Diffley has finally broken her habit of dressing like a farmer.
"I don't get up in the morning and put on dirty clothes anymore. I kept doing it for three years," she admitted with a hearty laugh.
Now the organic farmer turned writer, teacher and consultant has to get her exercise at the gym. She's even started wearing makeup, a concession to promoting her just-published memoir, "Turn Here Sweet Corn." "I've had to shift my image of myself," Diffley said.
"She kept saying, 'I don't believe in makeup. I am what I am,'" said chef and author Beth Dooley, Diffley's writing mentor. So how did Dooley finally persuade her? "I told her it was no different than garnishing a plate."
By: Kim Palmer
Story Date: 2012-04-18T00:00:00