Mulches: Pros & Cons of Various Materials
Join us for our next workshop in our Garden Like a Farmer series!
Succession Sowing from Solstice to Solstice
The summer solstice marks a seasonal shift to plan the remainder of the growing season. Our goal is to have a continuous harvest through late summer and into December by transplanting and direct seeding multiple times. Solstice is when we prepare to start seeds for our favorite fall crops that grow particularly well during the cool weather of autumn – radicchio, cauliflower, broccoli, fennel, endive, lettuce, cilantro, and scallions, among many others.
quiet rustic barn apartment
Contact Name
Sarah Lyda
Phone Number
802 224 6622
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Small sweet barn apartment available near summers end. Low to no rent while we travel in exchange for caretaking small flock of birds, donkeys and perhaps dog Ideally looking for friendly, community minded, helpful, capable, available, couple or single person with, at least, some farm/maintanance experience. Potential $ for work if qualified. Our end of the road retired dairy farm in Washington VT has loads of potential for ag use.
Farmer Olympics
Farmer Olympics has become an annual tradition for NOFA-VT, and we’re excited to host our 11th year of the games at Root 5 Farm in Fairlee.
Farmers, start putting together a team today! This fun-filled event brings together farm crews from around the state for a silly mid-summer break from work. Join us for friendly competition, delicious pizza, and camaraderie.
Managing Biodiversity on the Farm: Soil, Habitat, and Agroforestry in Practice
This interactive workshop, held on an active organic apple orchard at Flagg Hill Farm, will introduce producers to practical strategies for improving biodiversity within working farm systems, with a focus on integrating conservation and production goals.
Participants will engage with a newly developed best practices tool and field guide to assess and enhance habitat and protect natural resources.
Breaking the Lawn: Sowing Resilience in the Subdivision
Conventional subdivisions present a unique set of challenges for ecological landscaping— compacted (often clay) soils, neighborly optics, and monocultures of lawn and Home Depot shrubbery.
Join Brett Towle, ecological designer and owner of Dicot Landscape Studio, for a field-based exploration of how to assess and implement ecology-forward plantings in everyday neighborhoods, with real budgets and real constraints. It's not about eliminating your lawn, but finding the right amount of it.
Building Biodiversity: Habitat, Soil, and Pasture Regeneration
This interactive workshop at Choiniere Family Farm will introduce practical strategies for improving biodiversity on working farms using a newly developed field guide for organic producers.
With expertise from farmers and in partnership with Audubon VT, participants will be introduced to a best practices tool and accompanying field guide to assess and enhance habitat on their farms for birds and other wildlife.