Meet a Vermont-based team at the Northeast Farm to School Institute
Meet a multi-disciplinary team from Lamoille County, working together to improve and expand the district's farm-to-school programs.
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Vermont Ag Hall of Fame Announces 2018 Inductees
NOFA Vermont's executive director, Enid Wonnacott, recognized for Lifetime Achievement in the Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame.
4th Annual Farm Olympics
4th Annual Farmer Olympics to be Held at Sterling College on August 8
Food, Money, and Joy: How Direct Markets Support Eaters and Farmers
According to a study done by the American Independent Business Alliance, “On average, 48 percent of each purchase at local independent businesses was recirculated locally, compared to less than 14 percent of purchases at chain stores.” Whether it’s dairy, maple, produce or fruit, skipping the supermarket and instead buying food directly from Vermont farmers helps keep more money in the local economy, and in turn helps grow the economic well-being of Vermont.
Request for Workshop Proposals- 37th NOFA Vermont Annual Winter Conference
37th NOFA Vermont Annual Winter Conference February 16-18, 2019 | University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Proposal application period: July 1, 2018 – September 19, 2018
2018 NOFA Summer Conference
Honoring Our Roots, Tending Our Future August 10-12, 2018 • Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Support Organic Dairy Farmers
NOFA-VT has started a fundraising campaign to add an additional $50,000 to our Farmer Emergency Fund. Organic dairy farms in Vermont, and nationwide, are seeing historical lows in their pay price, with some farmers receiving an almost $10/cwt (hundred weight, or hundred pounds of milk) drop over the past year. Some milk buyers have also implemented a quota, limiting the amount of milk a farm is able to produce.
Advertise in the Vermont Organic Farm & Food Guide
Drowning in our wool
There’s a problem in Vermont. Small-scale shepherds are drowning in their own wool. Why? It’s because of a lack of small-scale fiber mills in the state. This letter is a plea for creative business people to consider opening a mill. Being a shepherd and not a miller, I haven’t done any formal market research, but my off-the-cuff guess from informally chatting with both shepherds and millers is that the state (or larger region) could support several small-scale mills.
Seeking Marketing Intern for Summer 2018
A Review of David Fleming's "Surviving the Future"
We’re already in critical danger. Indeed, it’s no good thinking that collapse can be avoided, as all attempts to reform the growth paradigm are doomed to failure. The best we can do is “manage our descent”, conscientiously cultivating those habits of mind and practical behaviors that will help fashion a good life post-collapse.
Spring Policy Update
Spring 2018 NOSB Materials Posted
The next National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting will be taking place on April 25-27 in Tucson, AZ. The NOSB will be voting on and discussing the use of materials on organic farms and in organic food at this upcoming meeting.
What makes a CSA so lovely?
NOFA Vermont online directory makes it easy to sign up for Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Young Chefs Test Their Skills in Iron Chef Competition
As one of the first youth culinary competitions in the country, Jr Iron Chef VT has challenged and inspired more than 3,000 Vermont students to learn about and source local ingredients, develop recipes that inspire school meal programs, and cook whole, local foods from scratch. Jr Iron Chef VT is a program of Vermont FEED (Food Education Every Day), a partnership project of NOFA-VT and Shelburne Farms.