Member of the Month - October 2018
October's Member of the Month: Maria Reade
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Scholarships Available for Food Loves Tech Expo in NYC
Apply by Wednesday, Sept 19 to the Vermont Fresh Network Conference Program
BOOK REVIEW: Lean Logic, a Dictionary of the Future and How to Survive It, by David Fleming
A review of David Fleming’s Lean Logic, a Dictionary of the Future and How to Survive It (623 pages, Chelsea Green, 2016).
Visiting Cobb Hill: a farming community in Hartland
Cobb Hill was founded in 1997 on the principles of sustainability, resilience, and intentional living.
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.
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
The state of dairy in Vermont
Many of us choose to call Vermont home because we have a love for local food, the working landscape and our strong rural communities yet the future of Vermont’s working landscape is now in jeopardy. What will Vermont look like without small, family dairy farms and what will take their place? How do we protect this way of life? These are tough questions that many in the industry and throughout the state are asking. We have been working with partners to determine what we can do to help dairy farmers in this time of genuine crisis.
2018 Member Survey Results
Member Survey Results
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.