$40 for members, $50 for non-members, kids under 12 are free. Price includes walk, dinner (wood fired pizza/salad/lemonade), art-making, and music. All proceeds go toward the NOFA-VT Farm Share program. Register here.
Spend the afternoon walking to four different farms along a 4.5 mile route. At each stop, participants will have a chance to tour the farms and meet the farmers, participate in community-building activities, and celebrate the ways in which local, organic agriculture, and the strong community it creates, are effective in combating large scale problems of today. We’ll visit Maple Wind Farm, Burnt Rock Farm, Pleasant Mount Farm, and end the day with a celebration of live music and dinner from NOFA-VT's wood fired pizza oven at Jubilee Farm.
This fundraising walk brings to life the vision of NOFA-VT's late Executive Director, Enid Wonnacott, and her idea of a farm-to-farm walk across the state. The event honors Enid’s respect of farmers, desire to unite farmers and the greater community, and love of walking long distances. Enid saw farmers to be deeply creative, spirited, skilled, practical and wise people who are strongly dedicated to the land. She wanted people to know the farmers in their community, and to thank them for their love and dedication to the land, and for feeding us.
Schedule
12-1:15 pm - Park & register
Brewster Pierce Elementary, 120 School Street, Huntington, VT. Walkers are shuttled to Maple Wind to begin walk.
12:30-1:30 pm - Tour at Maple Wind Farm
Maple Wind Farm, 1340 Carse Road, Huntington, VT. Maple Wind Farm specializes in raising high quality meats and eggs. Pigs root and wallow, chickens scratch and peck, and cows munch fresh grass daily. The pastured animals build soil and add fertility to provide us clean food. From Maple Wind Farm, walk to Burnt Rock.
2-3:30 pm - Tour and Community Art at Burnt Rock
Burnt Rock, 7052 Main Road, Huntington, VT. Burnt rock specializes in sweetpotatoes, potatoes, onions, winter squash and baby spinach. Community artist Erok Gillard will assist participants in making block print flags with wood blocks (all materials provided). From Burnt Rock, walk to Pleasant Mount.
3:45-4:45 pm - Tour at Pleasant Mount
Pleasant Mount, 4501 Main Road, Huntington, VT. Tour the farm (optional), then walk to Jubilee Farm.
4:30-6:30 pm - Pizza, live music & celebration at Jubilee Farm
Jubilee Farm, 4582 Main Rd Huntington, VT. Jubilee Farm has a farmstand in an historic barn selling local produce, dairy, meat, eggs, fermented foods, and more. End the hop with a celebration of live music played by local bluegrass musicians, and dinner from NOFA-VT's wood fired pizza oven.