Join us for farm-fresh pizza and a celebration of Naga Bakehouse, a family-run wood-fired bakery, gristmill, and micro-farm in Middletown Springs. Committed to relocalizing the food system, owners Julie Sperling and Doug Freilich directly source grains and bakery ingredients from local organic farmers. With 2022 NOFA-VT Resilience Grant funds, Julie and Doug are creating a regional flour mill that brings delicious foods back to the grain shed and builds a vibrant, local economy. RSVP and enjoy dinner baked in NOFA-VT's wood-fired pizza oven, followed by a tour.

Much of Vermont’s most agriculturally important lands are located in low-lying areas prone to flooding. Though flooding enriches soils and enhances farm productivity, it also poses serious challenges to food safety, natural resource management, and long term farm business viability. Fellow farmers, join us in exploring how two established farms in Burlington’s Intervale are navigating the complexities of floodplain farming.

Join us for farm-fresh pizza and to celebrate Golden Russet Farm in Shoreham! A family-run, certified organic farm since 1987, Pauline, Judy, and Will Stevens, along with their crew, grow seedlings for their spring nursery farmstand, then fresh vegetables, herbs, and cut flowers for local markets throughout the year. With a hyper-local sales focus, the farm distributes the majority of their produce within 15 miles of the farm. RSVP and enjoy dinner baked in NOFA-VT’s wood-fired pizza oven, followed by a farm tour.

Join us for a hands-on baking workshop with local grains and sourdough at Brot Bakehouse School and Kitchen in Fairfax.  Learn all about the beauty (and challenges) of natural bread making with local grains. Discussion topics will include the principles of natural fermentation in bread making, allergy-friendly baking, and selling and marketing your bread locally. Then, get your hands into the (sour-)dough to make a natural leavened flatbread.

Do you have a dream of starting a farm? Join Farm Dreams to explore your farm vision, connect with other aspiring farmers, learn about resources for beginning farmers in Vermont, and grow your understanding of approaches to farm business management and land access. This two-part series will cover the basics and provide structured activities for you to develop your vision. You will leave with an action plan to support you in making your farm dream a reality.

Celebrate 10 years of local food and farms during Vermont Open Farm Week 2024!  Taking place at farms across Vermont: August 4-11, 2024. This week-long celebration of Vermont farms offers visitors a backstage pass to learn more about local food origins, authentic agritourism experiences, and the chance to build relationships with local farmers. Farm visitors can look forward to maple and honey tastings, yoga on the farm, ice cream socials, behind-the-scenes tours, on-farm dinners, 5k races, concerts and so much more!  

Join us for the New Suns Fall Festival in North Thetford! New Suns Community Center is the first land donation received by the Every Town Project, through the Northeast Farmers of Color (NEFOC) Land Trust. The Every Town Project is an initiative focused on securing permanent land access and stewardship for People of Color in every town in Vermont. New Suns is evidence of what is possible when reparations are centered.

Farmer Olympics has become an annual tradition for NOFA-VT and we’re excited to host this year’s games at Flack Family Farm in the northwest part of the state. Farmers, start putting together a team today! This fun-filled event brings together farms from around the state for a silly mid-summer break from work. Join us for friendly competition, delicious pizza, and camaraderie. Farm teams come up with names and costumes or team t-shirts, and compete in both physical and brainy activities.

In our changing climate, many farms are considering or utilizing protected growing spaces to have more control over aspects like temperature and water. Commercial growers, learn about siting a new high tunnel and the management of water, heat, and wind for new and existing structures. Take a tour of and learn about the greenhouses at Joe’s Brook Farm. Owner Eric Skovsted will showcase their heating, venting, irrigation, and other infrastructure considerations.

Join us for farm-fresh pizza and to celebrate Foote Brook Farm! Third-generation farmers Tony and Joie Lehouillier own and operate Foote Brook Farm, a 100-acre diversified, certified organic produce farm in Johnson. They grow over 145 varieties of organic vegetables, as well as 25 acres of sod grass near the convergence of the Lamoille River and Foote Brook. 

Innovative organic practices contribute to a thriving diversified farm. Join for a workshop at Earth Sky Time Community Farm aimed at commercial growers of all scales and see some of the farm's many organic practices at work.

Join Salvation Farms for a lovely evening at Sandiwood Farm for a dinner of deliciously prepared local dishes from farms in the area. This meal will include a soup, salad, main entree, and dessert all made from local surplus produce by Sterling College and Two Sons Bakehouse.

Join us for farm-fresh pizza and to celebrate Snug Valley Farm in East Hardwick! Snug Valley Farm raises grass-fed and pasture-raised meats with respect, sustainability, and the environment as guiding values. After many years of successful dairy farming and Holstein breeding, Snug Valley Farm transitioned to raising pasture-raised meats. 

RSVP and enjoy dinner baked in NOFA-VT’s wood-fired pizza oven, followed by a pasture walk to learn more about intensively managed holistic grazing.

Willow trees provide increasingly vital ecosystem services as riparian buffers: they mitigate the effects of flooding and rapidly absorb excess nutrients. In addition to aiding Vermont’s flood-prone landscapes, willow is an excellent local weaving material. In this workshop, Joe Bossen and Racheal Ouellette will give a tour of Cloud Water Farm’s willow plantings and share the ecological roles of different willow varieties.

Agroforestry is a set of practices that are becoming increasingly popular with Vermont farms. Farmers, are you looking for a natural climate solution to build resilience while expanding products and enterprises? This workshop at Bread & Butter Farm will focus on site preparation, critical for successful agroforestry plantings. In the coming years, the farm will be adding silvopasture, alley cropping, and windbreaks to the 400 acres that they steward.

Registration is now open for ACORN's 16th Annual Tour de Farms biking farm tour! We will once again be riding through the rolling hills of Shoreham and Orwell on Sunday, September 15, 2024.

Learn how to garden like a cut flower farmer! Using primarily no-till cultivation methods and hand tools, Laura Xiao of By Hand Farm grows cut flowers on a small plot of leased land. During a tour of the farm, Laura will share cultivation and harvesting techniques as she takes you through the variety of flowers she grows.

Climate change mitigation and adaptation has been a key motivation for Evening Song Farm owners Ryan and Kara Fitzbeauchamp since relocating their farm in 2012. For 12 years they have been increasing farm resilience by improving soil health and fertility with management strategies, such as no-till planting through cover crop residue, undersowing cash crops, and transplanting through clover sod.