Full report and overview of the NOFA-VT 2016 study on price competitiveness of produce purchased directly from local farmers.
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Vermont Organic Farmers (VOF), the certification branch of NOFA-VT, created these guidelines for organic production.
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This info sheet provides general guidance and information for potential presenters before submitting a proposal for the annual NOFA-VT Winter Conference.
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Sponsorship, Advertising & Exhibiting Information for the NOFA-VT Winter Conference
The Consumer Protection Section of the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets is hosting scale inspection events around the state during April 2019 for anyone who uses scale(s) at farmers markets or farm stands.
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Apply online or download a pdf of the scholarship application here. Deadline to apply: January 26th, 2019.
Video recordings of the sessions of the 2021 Farmers Market Conference.
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The NOFA-VT Winter Conference is a highlight of the winter for farmers, gardeners, homesteaders and enthusiastic eaters. Please join us–and over 1,000 of your fellow organic food lovers–for our 37th year of learning, inspiration, good food, and great conversation.
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We want all presenters to have successful workshops! We've compiled some best practices to help you plan your workshop and ensure your success.
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Download this beautiful brochure that explains the many reasons to buy directly from a farmer.
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NOFA-VT has worked with over 30 organic vegetable farmers to select, track, and analyze their crop-specific costs of production. These factsheets aggregate and present the results of their work.
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In 2018 and 2019 NOFA-VT worked with a number of organic farms in Vermont to analyze their greenhouse crop cost of production. This research has culminated in several factsheets that aggregates and presents the results of their work.
These Crop Cash resources can be used by farmers markets and other partners to promote the program to customers.
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These resources are from the intensive workshop, Cutting Through the Noise: Successful Marketing Campaigns That Reach Customers, given by Jean Hamilton and Rose Wilson at the March 2018 VT Farmers Market Conference.
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NOFA strives to promote organic food and farming that are inclusive of all farmers and consumers, regardless of race, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation or belief. We urge conference presenters to consider their workshop content through the lens of race, equality, and social justice.
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The Distribution and Wholesale Financial Analysis Decision Making Tool is designed to assist with the financial decision making related to product market channel, distribution and delivery selection.
Farm to Community Mentors are farmers, educators, and community members who facilitate links between other farmers, educators, and community members.
Join NOFA Vermont Farm to Community Mentors as they visit a variety of different farms.
Our Farm to Institution work strives to promote efficient, strategic programs to benefit farmers, food service, students, and communities.
This information sheet shows examples of farmer correspondence, and discusses applicable curriculum ideas.
The Farmer Correspondence Program is a seasonal exchange between Vermont farmers and their neighboring schoolchildren.
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Presentations and documents from the March 29, 2017 Vermont Farmers Market Conference.
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Presentations and documents from the 2019 Vermont Farmers Market Conference.
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These are signs created by NOFA-VT & the VT Farmers Markets Association to be used during the COVID pandemic.
This toolkit provides resources with detailed instructions and data collection templates for you to use at your own market as well as ideas for how to use this data to help support your market.
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Results from NOFA-VT's annual survey of farmers markets across the state.
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An audit is a thoughtful and measured evaluation of your operation. This tool will enhance your ability to think critically about your systems, improve your operations, and streamline staff priorities in order to increase sales and margins in your retail operation.
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A guide for direct marketing farmers who are looking to expand their offerings to SNAP customers. It provides step-by-step instructions for farms to accept SNAP on their farm, at farmers markets, and through CSAs or delivery.
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A brochure for farmers interested in pursuing organic certification
For all institutions (adjusted for all states) that are working to develop their local food buying programs and to market these programs to their customers, administrators, or other staff.
Local food has evolved to an increasingly dominant sales channel. This report documents major trends in the shifting retail and institutional wholesale channels for local food, with a focus on produce, proteins, and dairy.
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NOFA-VT’s quarterly seasonal newsletter, chock-full of farming and gardening information, local foods resources, book reviews, opinion pieces, analysis of public policy initiatives, recipes, events listings, and more.
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Interested in advertising in or writing for NOFA Notes? Download our advertising rate sheet and schedule, or contact Kim Mercer, Marketing & Outreach Coordinator, at [email protected] or call 802-434-4122 x 15.
NOFA Vermont's annual reports detail the work we've done during the year prior.
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The Strategic Plan captures our excitement and passion for building an economically viable, ecologically sound and socially just Vermont agricultural system.
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NOFA-VT collects cost of production data annually from Vermont organic dairy farmers. Results include aggregated financial and production benchmarks.
A 5-part video series and backup documents that describe in detail how to start and manage a no-till vegetable production system using all organic practices. Presented by Bryan O'Hara of Tobacco Road Farm in Lebanon, CT.
A complete guide to farmers market start-up and maintenance, Organizing and Maintaining Your Farmers Market is an essential resource for market managers and organizers.
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Part 1 of "Selling to K-12 School Meals Programs: A Webinar Series for Vermont Producers"
Part 2 of "Selling to K-12 School Meals Programs: A Webinar Series for Vermont Producers"
NOFA-VT advocates for agricultural practices that rely on natural systems, rather than chemical inputs, to respond to pest and disease pressure.
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Rapid Market Assessment (RMA) is a simple tool that markets can use to take a snapshot of a given market day. To be most effective, it is best to plan regular RMAs throughout the market season; however, even just conducting the assessment once will collect a lot of information about customer habits
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This is a set of recommendations from the VTFMA Board on how farmers market managers can think about interpreting the Universal Guidance for their markets. The VTFMA is not a regulatory body and these recommendations are only intended to guide market managers in their planning.
In 2016, the Brattleboro Winter Farmers Market was at a crossroads: do they stay in their lovely light-filled downtown location and increase vendor fees to cover rising costs, depend on unpredictable fundraising, or find a new home?
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This study examines responses from three focus groups and two online surveys of instate and out-of-state food consumers in Vermont to determine the frequency, motivation, and barriers of shopping at direct markets.
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Scoring rubric that will be used to evaluate resilience grant applications.
A suite of resources to support farms with understanding how land use regulations affect the rural enterprises they may develop or already have on their farms.
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Three college case studies feature successful and diverse approaches to values-based and local/regional food purchasing.
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A comprehensive guide more than 700 organic farmers and processors in Vermont, you don't have to choose between local and organic.
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This report, “Stagnant, Saturated, or Ready to Surge?” was commissioned by NOFA-VT to understand how current trends in food retailing and consumer values shape the opportunities and challenges for Vermont’s direct to consumer food marketers. The report is based on secondary research and interviews.
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Interested in getting your products certified organic? Use this fee sheet to help determine your certification costs.
Institutional Procurement Tools for Local and Regional Food Buying
Certified organic producers in Vermont discuss the relationships they have with their customers and communities.
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Certified organic producers discuss what is behind the organic claim on certified organic products.
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Certified organic producers Brent and Regina Beidler of Beidler Family Farm in Randolph Center, Vermont, discuss the increase in the use of genetically modified organisms in dairy operations and clarify the means by which they prevent GMO contamination of their organic crops.
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John Hayden of The Farm Between in Jeffersonville, Vermont, discusses the role that biodiversity plays in improving the fertility and production on his certified organic farm.
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Alison Baker, chef at Cedar Cicle Farm in Thetford, Vermont, explains the connection between the way farmers manage their soils and the flavors in the food crops they harvest.
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NOFA Vermont's 34th annual gathering for organic enthusiasts, farmers, gardeners, and consumers - Our Soil, Our Health - will be February 13-15 in Burlington, VT
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The complete program for NOFA Vermont's 34th annual winter conference: February 13-15 in Burlington, Vermont
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Information & documents concerning NOFA Vermont's 35th annual Winter Conference, "Beyond Borders: Our Role in the Global Food Movement"
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NOFA Vermont's 36th annual gathering for organic enthusiasts, farmers, gardeners, and consumers - Organic Matters: Culture & Agriculture - will be held February 17-19, 2018 in Burlington, VT.
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The complete program for NOFA Vermont's 36th annual winter conference: February 17-19 in Burlington, Vermont
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Apply online or download a pdf of the scholarship application here. Deadline to apply: January 25th, 2018.
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Brochure, Program, and other documents related to the 38th annual Winter Conference
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Do you want to increase sales at your winter farmers market? NOFA-VT has created a series of info cards to help promote products at the winter market and encourage customers to buy more local food.
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Map and information for Winter Farmers Markets in Vermont
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