Agency of Ag Issues Reminder to Farmers: Winter Manure Spreading Ban Begins December 15th
Winter requires farmers to operate with great care and also abide by season-specific rules. "Winter presents all of us with weather-related challenges, but for farmers, there is a heightened need for vigilance," according the Chuck Ross, Vermont's Secretary of Agriculture. "Safety, stewardship practices, and advance-planning must remain top-of-mind for all our farmers this winter."
Read More Rural Vermont Reaches 1,000 Member Goal!
In the midst of Rural Vermont's 30th Anniversary Finale event on November 22nd at the Bethel Town Hall, the grassroots family farm advocacy group became 1,000 members strong, representing an unprecedented level of support for its advocacy for real food, real farms and real change. This remarkable milestone was announced to a packed house and resounding applause!
Read More Cozy up with the Winter issue of Local Banquet!
Now that it actually feels like winter, pick up a copy of Vermont's Local Banquet's winter issue. Learn how to make bone stock, get the scoop on ice cider and pastured ducks, or see if you know any of the Vermont farmers who have been overseas lately to teach other farmers...
Read More New Transdisciplinary PhD Program in Food Systems Offered at UVM
UVM's new transdisciplinary doctoral program in food systems is the first of its kind in the nation and will play a role in developing this emerging field of scholarship.
Read More City Market 2015 Patronage Refund
City Market is excited to announce our 2015 Patronage Refund checks to Members have been mailed out to over 11,280 members. Member purchases totaled almost 68% of Co-op sales in fiscal year 2015, and the City Market Board of Directors has voted to return over $926,000 in cash to Members as this year’s Patronage Refund. On November 6, the Co-op mailed checks to 11,280 Members, with an average check of $82. Almost four cents of every dollar eligible Members spent is being refunded.
Read More Skinny Pancake To Open in Hanover, NH
The Skinny Pancake will be opening a new 4,000 sq ft location in the heart of downtown Hanover, NH in the Spring of 2016. With a mission of building a healthier, safer and more delicious foodshed while creating everyday enjoyment that is fun and affordable, the Skinny Pancake will return hundreds of thousands of dollars back into the Upper Valley economy in the form of purchases from local farms and food producers.
Read More Plymouth Artisan Cheese joins Oprah's "2015 Favorite Things" List
THE PLYMOUTH ARTISAN CHEESE GIFTBOX WINS OPRAH’S #FAVORITETHINGS2015 !!!!!! NOVEMBER 5, 2015: Good Morning America - New York City Oprah Winfrey annouced her favorite things this morning, and it’s time for Vermont to celebrate because our very own Plymouth Cheese made the cut!
Read More Cultivating agricultural literacy across Vermont
Kickoff event November 16th in Middlebury features presentation of an oral history project by students and Farm to Community Mentors
Read More Soil regeneration and clean water touted as foundation for healthy food at annual Vermont Farm to Plate Gathering
Farm to Plate Network concludes fourth year of work implementing Vermont’s food system plan by exploring connections between the health of soil and water to the long term productivity and sustainability of local food production
Read More Pies for People: Local Food and Collaborative Efforts Feed a Community
This month, volunteers will be turning wholesome excess food that was originally destined for compost into delicious pies. Pies for People, a grassroots event organized by Sterling College, High Mowing Organic Seeds, Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE), and the Hardwick Area Food Pantry, will combine surplus squash purée with donated ingredients to make into 150 pies, which will then be donated across the community.
Read More The Sticky and Sweet on Sodexo
For many new students at UVM, the golden goodness we get to spread on our pancakes in the dining halls is a no brainer. In the land of maple syrup, to be serving up the fake stuff would count as blasphemy right?
Read More Rural Vermont Celebrates 30 Years: Anniversary Finale on Sunday, November 22nd at Bethel Town Hall
All year long, Rural Vermont has been celebrating thirty years of amplifying the voices of farmers and advocating for a fair food system. On Sunday, November 22nd, Rural Vermont hosts their 30th Anniversary Celebration Finale at 7pm at the Bethel Town Hall with “Farmers Tell Their Stories” and special musical guests Patti Casey, Colin McCaffrey, and Pete Sutherland. Cash bar by the Black Krim Tavern. Admission is $10 and tickets purchased in advance come with special, reserved seating for the show. RSVP, tickets, and more info at www.ruralvermont.org.
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