Meet the Farmers: Mat & Guy Choiniere
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Future Homesteader's Dream
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Do you dream of homesteading but can't afford your own place yet? This could be just what you're looking for. A charming old country farmhouse in Fletcher, Vermont, with four apartments in it on 2.75 acres. All private entrances. One apartment will be opening up late this fall, but I would be willing to show it earlier during nicer weather.
The land was formerly farmed by tenants that grew crops for a weekly farmers market. Lots of perennials including small cherry trees were left behind. There are wild grapes and apple trees around the border of the property. A mostly constructed greenhouse of windows was left. Previous tenants have had chickens; other small amounts of farm animals could be negotiated.
No one used the garden this season and minimally last year so it will take some restoration to bring it back for anyone willing to work at it.
The available apartment has a living room space, kitchen and bath downstairs, bedroom upstairs. This apartment has a stone basement which is good for crop storage. Water is from a well.
I am hoping to find someone who is interested in farming or gardening the land again. If this sounds like you, email me with any additional questions.
$1,000/month Tenant pays own utilities, heat, electricity. Landlord pays for trash and recycling and snow removal and lawn care. High speed fiber internet is available, not included. On a paved road. Fletcher is a farming community and there are several nearby Farmer's Markets in surrounding communities.
NOFA-VT 41st Annual Winter Conference
41st Annual Winter Conference: Back to the Roots
Each year, the NOFA-VT Winter Conference provides a valuable opportunity for farmers, homesteaders, gardeners, land managers, educators, students, policy-makers, and other food-system activists to participate in our vibrant community event by sharing ideas, resources, and skills.
Farm to School in the Winter Months
What does farm to school look like in the winter? What can we explore in these colder months?
Join educators Courtney and Susie from Shelburne Farms to learn ways of incorporating farm to school when the gardens and bees are “sleeping”. From sugaring to sheep we’ll learn about gifts from farms beyond the garden. In this workshop we’ll share activities and resources for K-6 educators.
Pumpkin-palooza
Celebrate the season’s favorite squash by creating delicious pumpkin treats in the Shelburne Farms kitchen. But first, go on a tractor ride to meet one of the farmers who grow our pumpkins!
Temporary, Part-time farm worker needed
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Jaiel Pulskamp
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802-498-7866
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Kettle Song Farm is looking for a temporary, part time (2-4 days a week), experienced farm employee to help with Brussels Sprouts harvest in Worcester, VT. Looking for someone who is able to start as soon as possible, work in all types of weather, has a positive attitude, is responsible and hard working, and can lift 50lbs. Pay range is between $12 and $15 an hour and is commensurate with experience. If interested please call 802-498-7866 or send an email to [email protected].
Sea to School
Interested in incorporating local seafood into your school meal program?
Join us as we learn from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute about their Sea to School Project We’ll learn how to highlight regional seafood on your school menu and the many benefits of building connections between your school and the sea. We’ll also hear from School Nutrition Director, Karly Kent of Lamoille North School District in Vermont about her experience partnering with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and the benefits of incorporating Sea to School has had at her school.
12th Annual Farm to Plate Network Gathering
This year’s Gathering is all about “Cultivating Connections.” Coming out of the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, the desire to reconnect in-person runs deep. With global events intensifying fissures in our society, supply chains, and the climate, more than ever, we need approaches, models, programs, and innovation spanning the private and public sectors that bring people together to strengthen the environmental, social, and economic fabric of our food system.
Vermont Wild Kitchen - Cookies with Marya Merriam
Join Vermont Fish and Wildlife and Rural Vermont in the Vermont Wild Kitchen! For this episode we'll be baking up cookies with Marya Merriam!
As always, bring your appetites, friends, and questions and join us in the Vermont Wild Kitchen.
You can tune in on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0zOL5N0OgA
Healthcare Enrollment + Webinar for Farm(work)ers
Rural Vermont is again partnering with experts at Vermont Legal Aid to offer farmer-specific support around all things related to healthcare plan enrollment. Topics that may be covered: general support around open enrollment and choosing a plan, the status of the public health emergency and what that means for your healthcare plan, subsidies available for 2023 premium support, healthcare coverage for children and pregnant people without legal status, and premium subsidies potentially available for family members when one person receives employer-offered healthcare.