Please join Rural Vermont and Merck Forest and Farmland Center in Rupert, Vermont on Saturday, November 4th for a pig slaughter and processing day!
In the first half of this 2-part workshop, participants will learn how to humanely slaughter, gut, skin, and quarter a whole pig. The 2nd half of the workshop will feature instruction on how to efficiently butcher and process various pork cuts.
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
Are you passionate about natural foods? Love interacting with customers? Have great kitchen skills?
We are seeking motivated kitchen staff to join our friendly team in delivering excellent customer service while working in our deli. This entry-level role offers part-time hours for a dependable team member with benefits. Benefits include a 20% store discount, optional dental and vision, profit-sharing bonus, 3+ weeks paid time off, and more.
Our ideal candidate has professional kitchen experience in:
This is a full-time or part-time position. Benefits include medical (30+ hours/week), optional dental and vision, 20% store discount, profit-sharing bonus, 3+ weeks paid time off, 401k with matching 3%, paid parental leave, employee assistance program, and more.
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
Looking for work. Any position suites. I have experience in produce and livestock production. With a management background for both.
Pay is negotiable. Currently live out of state and willing to relocate if housing is available or possibly provided.
Feel free to email or call and leave a message
We are hiring for a Production Manager for the Farm at the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps in Richmond, Vermont. We raise organic vegetables on 14 acres as well as pastured meat birds and laying hens. We engage young adults in the daily work of farming and distribute the food we grow to our community through our Health Care Share, a public health and food security initiative. You can find the position description here and feel free to reach out with any questions.
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.
