Farmers Gabrielle Tuite and Henry Webb grow high-quality vegetables and salad greens on their farm, with over 18,000 sq ft of protected growing space throughout their greenhouses and high tunnels. With a commitment to ecologically sound, regenerative, and innovative farming practices, Old Road Farm is a model of resilience and care for the land.

Are you interested in alternative land access and tenure, and alternative business structures? Join NOFA-VT and guest presenters from around the country and Canada for a monthly discussion exploring alternative land access models and business structures. Each month, we’ll hear from an agricultural project actively engaged in land access or land tenure outside of conventional mechanisms, with a specific focus on first-generation, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ farmers and land stewards. 

Movement health + wellness from an athletic perspective for those whose livelihoods rely on their body. Discussion of how athleticism fits into physical labor and what movement self-advocacy is.

Topics covered include:

overall health related to athlete well-being
learn tips on managing food, fluid, sleep, and stress
high use movement patterns: hinge, squat, and carries
ways to reduce occurrence of low back pain and injury

Movement health + wellness from an athletic perspective for those whose livelihoods rely on their body. Discussion of how athleticism fits into physical labor and what movement self-advocacy is.

Topics covered include:

overall health related to athlete well-being
learn tips on managing food, fluid, sleep, and stress
high use movement patterns: hinge, squat, and carries
ways to reduce occurrence of low back pain and injury

Expanded discussion of risk avoidance and management of musculoskeletal injuries. Information will include movement self-advocacy and considerations for implementing change for self and within a farm's strategies. ​

Tuesdays, 4:00 pm PST/7:00 pm EST

Each session: 60 minutes