Come visit the team of farmers that make up The Farm Upstream, an organic vegetable farm and native plant nursery! Since 2021, Jake Kornfeld, Cory Froning, Jacqueline Huettenmoser, and Spencer Hardy have been building a community-centered farm focused on sustainability and collaboration. The farm hosts both a veggie and native plant CSA for their neighbors in Jericho. With support from a 2024 NOFA-VT Resilience Grant and a 2024 Vermont Family Farmer of the Month award, they continue to deepen their commitment to their community through continuous improvements to their farmstand. RSVP and enjoy dinner baked in NOFA-VT’s wood-fired pizza oven, followed by a farm tour.
In partnership with the One Hive Foundation, a special screening of their film, Seeding Change: Farming Beyond Neonics, will close out the evening! From Quebec farms to Cornell field trials, farmers and researchers explore what cultivating a future without neonicotinoid (‘neonic’) treated seeds could look like in the Northeast U.S. and beyond, as bans increasingly take effect on the world’s most widely used insecticide.
The Farm Upstream is a Vermont Family Farmer of the Month awardee and Resilience Grant awardee.
Cost: $15-$30 adults, $10 kids 4-12, free for BIPOC*
*We aim to keep our event prices low for everyone, but if the cost of registration is a barrier, please reach out to request a scholarship. Additionally, NOFA-VT offers the option of free registration to anyone who identifies as Black, Indigenous, or a person of color (BIPOC) in an effort to actively work toward dismantling systems of racism that have historically disadvantaged BIPOC and continue to do so today. Learn more.
