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Agency of Ag Issues Winter Reminder to Farmers
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."
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Practical Produce Safety Plan Writing Workshops Announced for February 2015
This plan clarifies the specific meaning of produce safety on your farm. It can be used to train your employees or can be shared with interested retail customers, local, and wholesale buyers. The workshop is appropriate for both organic and conventional growers, and is fully compatible with the VVBGA Produce Safety Accreditation currently being developed.
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New book explores food systems in Vermont and beyond
"Food, Farms, and Community: Exploring Food Systems" is a new book by UVM Extension faculty Lisa Chase and Vern Grubinger. The book examines critical issues, successful programs, and challenges for improving food systems in Vermont and around the country.
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Attention Raw Milk Producers: Rural Vermont Releases 5th Annual Raw Milk Production Survey
THANK YOU for helping Rural Vermont’s work to expand economic opportunity for farmers and food access for customers. Note: this survey is available to fill out electronically OR as a downloadable PDF at ruralvermont.org. Please consider sharing with other raw milk producers.
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Vermont Food Education Every Day Awarded $100K USDA Grant to Connect Northeast Schools and Local Farms
Vermont Food Education Every Day (VT FEED) is pleased to announce that a $100,000 grant received through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm to School Program will support its efforts to better connect school cafeterias and students with local farmers and healthy eating.
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Presentation Proposals for UVM Food Systems Summit Due Jan. 15
UVM and Vermont Law School are seeking presentation proposals for the 2015 Food Systems Summit on “The Right to Food.”
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Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross Urges Dairy Producers to Enroll in Margin Protection Program Ahead of Dec. 5 Deadline
Montpelier -- Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross is encouraging all Vermont dairy farmers to enroll in the Margin Protection Dairy Insurance Program (MPP) by Friday, December 5th, 2014.
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NOFA-VT Journey Farmer Program
NOFA-VT is currently accepting applications for their 2015 Journey Farmer Program.
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Governor Shumlin Harvests the Season’s First Christmas Tree
HUNTINGTON -- Vermont’s Christmas tree industry received one of its early customers yesterday when Gov. Peter Shumlin arrived at Purinton’s Christmas Tree Farm in Huntington, Vt., to select and cut a tree for the state Pavilion Office Building in Montpelier. The Governor’s annual tree-cutting event not only signals the start of tree-hunting season for many Vermonters, but also draws some well-deserved attention to Vermont’s robust Christmas Tree Industry, which supplies over 134,000 trees to Vermonters and customers throughout New England and as far away as Bermuda. Gov. Shumlin was joined by farm owner Peter Purinton, his sons Cody and Austin, state Rep. Tom Stevens, and the head of Vermont Agency of Agriculture’s Plant Industry Division, Tim Schmalz, along with several members of the press.
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VT SCHOOLS BOOST LOCAL FOOD SALES WITH “HARVEST OF THE MONTH”
Participation in the free Harvest of the Month (HOM) project is way up for Vermont schools this year and organizers report it’s having an impact on sales of local farm products.
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Winter issue of Vermont's Local Banquet now available!
Winter may have teased us with that snowstorm last week, but you know the season has changed when you see a brand new issue of Local Banquet in stores and online. Our current issue features articles on farming with kids, bees in Vermont, an intro to permaculture, and an essential topic for all you gardeners: how to cook (yes, cook) a pesky garden woodchuck...
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City Market's 17th Annual COTS Tree Sale
Burlington, VT – City Market’s COTS Tree Sale to benefit Burlington’s Committee on Temporary Shelter is now in its 17th year! Burlington’s downtown food co-op will once again sell fresh balsams from Moffatt’s Tree Farm in Craftsbury, Vermont. The sale will start with the first delivery from Moffatt’s on Wednesday, December 3 and end by Saturday, December 13 (or when all the trees are gone!).
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