Adapting to climate change looks different on every farm. This field walk in the orchards at Scott Farm will explore the range of climate risks impacting orchards and diversified farms, from changing rainfall patterns to extreme temperature fluctuations. Scott Farm manager Simon Renault and orchardist Erin Robinson will share insights into the diverse strategies they're using to adapt to these challenges, with a focus on business planning and preventative management. ​

Pollinators are essential to healthy agroecosystems and provide both ecological and agricultural benefits. Join Joe Bossen of Cloud Water Farm and Spencer Hardy from the Vermont Center for Ecostudies for a hands-on exploration of farm landscapes that both produce food and support healthy, diverse pollinator populations.

Explore a previously degraded riparian buffer that has been transformed through a restoration study that uses plants and fungi (myco-phytoremediation) to mitigate phosphorus, increase pollinator habitat, offer medicine, food, and tools for the Abenaki Peoples and nurture eco-literacy in the bioregional community. Together, we’ll cover the site history, ecological reconciliation principles, methodology, results from the pilot and Year 1 of this study, and discuss how to replicate these results elsewhere.

Join us for a fun day at the mushroom farm and learn how to install your very own mushroom bed in your garden! This class has no prerequisite knowledge of farming or gardening, and will leave you feeling very confident in completing this project for yourself at home. We will start with a tour of the farm, answer any questions you have about fungi, and move outdoors for a hands-on, interactive tutorial. You'll even go home with instructions and a bag of spawn to inoculate your own garden bed! 

Get to know Trillium Hill Farm, a certified organic vegetable farm rooted in the heart of Hinesburg village! Run by farmer-owners James and Sara Donegan, Trillium Hill Farm is committed to nourishing both the land and community. The land has been in James’ family since 1801, and today, the farm’s focus is on feeding neighbors through their CSA and farm stand, where you can find their fresh organic produce as well as products from over 50 different local farms and producers.

Certified organic since 2012, today farmers Eric and Mary Skovsted grow over 130 varieties of organic veggies, herbs, and berries that keep their farm stand stocked and their community fed.  As stewards of the land, Eric and Mary, along with their farm crew, work hard at keeping their soils healthy while ensuring their food remains accessible to as many folks as possible. After back to back years of serious flooding, we want to come together to celebrate the resiliency of Joe’s Brook Farm and their community.

Farmers Jess Purks and Connor Self operate a half-acre organic vegetable and flower farm in Shrewsbury, Vermont. Now in their third growing season, Jess and Connor are building a resilient food system from the ground up, using minimal tillage, human-powered tools, and regenerative land stewardship practices that prioritize soil health and biodiversity. With support from a 2024 NOFA-VT Resilience Grant, they continue to deepen their commitment to ecological farming on a small but mighty scale. RSVP and enjoy dinner baked in NOFA-VT’s wood-fired pizza oven, followed by a farm tour. 

Come visit Corse Farm Dairy, home of “Corse’s Contented Cows” since 1868! Abbie Corse, along with her parents Leon & Linda Corse and a former Dairy Grazing Apprentice, now partner, MacKenzie Wallace, tend to a herd of 50-60 extensively grazed dairy cows and are committed to conservation and building a more sustainable food future through their farming practices. The farm has been organically certified since 2008, and the land has been a working dairy farm for over 150 years and has been farmed by six generations of the Corse family.

Get to know The Farm Between, an ecological fruit nursery and farmstand nestled along Route 15 in Jeffersonville, Vermont! Since 2023, Angus Baldwin and Holly Simpson—also the farmers behind West Farm—have been stewarding this unique farm, blending their love for food, biodiversity, and community. The Farm Between specializes in hardy fruit trees, berry bushes, and native and pollinator plants, while their year-round farm stand features fresh, organic produce from West Farm.