Summer Workshops Series

Summer Workshops for 2012 are under development. See below for workshops from last summer.

Gardeners & Homesteaders

• Getting Started With Organic Beekeeping
• Systems and Species: A Peak-Oil Homestead Example
• Weed Dating at Stony Loam Farm & NOFAvore Social
• Season Extension and Late Summer Projects in the Home Garden & Celebration with Guest Vermont Secretary of Ag Chuck Ross
• Urban Hen House Hop – Keeping Chickens in Small Places
• Mud City Loop Homestead Hop & NOFAvore Social
• Intro to Sausage Making & NOFAvore Social

Commercial Vegetable, Fruit & Maple

• Recordkeeping and Whole Farm Planning for Farms with Multiple Crops and Employees
• Strawberry Production at Killdeer Farm
• Marketing Basics for New Growers
• Blueberries and Raspberries for Commercial Growers
• Cooling Systems at Jericho Settlers Farm
• Shiitake Mushroom Cultivation Workshop & NOFAvore Social
• Basic Cover Crop Strategies for Soil Health and Seed Production & NOFAvore Social
• Sugarbush Invaders, Detection and Control, Tools and Strategies
• Vegetable and Berry IPM for Commercial Growers
• Genetically Engineered Crops – What Do You Need To Know? Discussion and NOFAvore Social
• Irrigation Systems at Harlow Farm
• Equipment and Tools for Small Scale Vegetable Production
• Potato Production

Commerical Dairy, Livestock & Meat Processing

• Adding Value through Animal Welfare and other 3rd Party Certifications
• Livestock Fencing and Pasture Walk
• Introduction to Pasture Management: Using Ruminants to Improve Pasture
• Pastured Poultry at Applecheek Farm
• On-Farm Poultry Slaughter
• VT Beef Producers’ Summer Social: Capitalizing on the Power of the Vermont Brand
• Raising Quality Pigs in Vermont
• Introduction into Starting a Commercial Goat Dairy
• Exploring New Ideas at the Choiniere Dairy Farm
• Scaling Up: Producing and Processing for the Larger Regional Market
• Processing & Storing Small Grains Field Day
• Using Chickens to Grow Winter Squash and Ending Up with Pigs