Are you interested in increasing your or your community’s sustainability, climate resilience, and food access? Rabbit meat is among the most sustainable proteins you can consume, using far less resources and definitely less work than most other livestock. And, yes, it really does taste like chicken... buttery, lean chicken!
Rural Vermont and Vermont Growers Association are excited to present their first cannabis workshop collaboration at Lovespun Homestead in southern Vermont! Lovespun Homestead is a licensed Tier 1 Outdoor Cultivator and our farm hosts, Alex and Em, welcome us to their lovely homestead and cannabis operation.
Please join us for an outdoor 3-hour workshop covering the ABCs of cannabis post-harvest processing and production. This workshop will cover:
Washing (esp. in a season like we just had)
Drying
Come learn how to fine-tune your high tunnel crop production skills & visit the trade show. This conference is for high tunnel vegetable growers and agricultural service providers of all experience levels. Hosted by UVM, UNH and UME. Pesticide credits awarded. See full program at: https://www.uvm.edu/~htunnel/High%20Tunnel%20Conference%20Registration%20Flyer%20v9-28-2023.pdf
Are you interested in local closed-loop nutrient systems? Join us for a field trip to Thetford Elementary School's compost system!
The Food Cycle Coalition is organizing a field trip to Thetford Elementary School in Thetford, VT, for an in-person gathering from 4-5:30 pm on Thursday, October 19th.
Owner of Four Girls Dairy, Peter Rainville, and UVM Extension will discuss optimizing forage quality and increasing home grown forages in diet. Four Girls Dairy is a 75 cow dairy with a robotic milker. Peter has been fine-tuning his operation over the years to create an efficient dairy operation with minimal additional labor. View the flyer at https://bit.ly/3RIFLrZ
Join us for a workshop led by bedded pack expert Dr. Marcia Endres, professor of Animal Sciences at the University of Minnesota. This in-person event will be held at Stony Pond Farm in Fairfield, VT, with farm owners Tyler Webb and Melanie Ross giving a tour of their composted bedded pack barn.
Bob Thompson of NRCS will share information about bedded pack management in Vermont, as well as financial support programs available. Attendance of this workshop fulfills NRCS's bedded pack training requirement to apply for funding for bedded pack barns.
Join us for a workshop led by bedded pack expert Dr. Marcia Endres, professor of Animal Sciences at the University of Minnesota. This in-person event will be held at Deer Flats Farm in West Pawlet, VT, with farm owners Mandy and Richard Hulett giving a tour of their bedded pack barns.
Bob Thompson of NRCS will share information about bedded pack management in Vermont, as well as financial support programs available. Attendance of this workshop fulfills NRCS's bedded pack training requirement to apply for funding for bedded pack barns.
Are you ready for the best meal you'll have all year? Our friends at A Vermont Table have put together an exclusive one night only 5 course farm-to-table dinner designed to pair perfectly with our Scott Farm hard cider collection. We'll enjoy the splendor of Scott Farm as we eat and build community together while supporting the local food systems that tie us to our very special Vermont home.
In response to
A celebration of community and Vermont agriculture featuring: Maple Wind Farm
Presentations on:
Farms Lead Healing our Watershed Homes
Building Community Care through Yoga
Ripsower and Land Care Cooperative
Pasture Walks - Demos - Farm Grill Lunch available 11-1 - BIPOC Affinity Space - Art experiences - Community Roundtable Discussion
In partnership with Interlace Commons, Land Care Learning, and New Perennials.
Made possible b tundins trom USDA and Senator Sanders
