Organic Specialist Training for Crops

This training is for existing farmers, new farmers, and people interested in gaining specialized knowledge of organic production and certification for a company, agency, organization, and/or if you want to pursue a career in organic certification. The training includes in-person lectures, discussion groups and field trips focused on farm crop production including vegetable production. It is preceded by a 4 hr. online workshop on the history and meaning of “organic” as well as general organic requirements.

Salvation Farms Aid is a benefit concert for Salvation Farms, a non-profit working to build increased resilience in Vermont’s food system through agricultural surplus management. The benefit concert was designed in the image of Farm Aid and inspired by Phish’s Halloween concerts. We encourage you to dress up as your favorite musician for this Halloweekend event!

Curious about diversifying your farm enterprises without breaking the bank? Want to hear from a local dairy farmer how accessing the right grants and scaling up over time led to converting nearly 800 tons of community foodscraps into nutrient-rich compost per year and generating free electricity on the side?

Come Ride and Enjoy the Best of Vermont

Come ride and enjoy the best that Vermont has to offer - from glorious scenery to delicious samples of foods that are grown or produced here in Addison County, Vermont. Choose a 30-mile ride or a 10-mile ride each with farm stops along the way. Meet the wonderful people who produce the food and goods you value. This ride benefits ACORN - the Addison County Relocalization Network which promotes the growth and health of local food and agriculture in Vermont's Champlain Valley.

Evening Song Farm is a certified organic farm growing for a diversified CSA in Rutland County. Farmers Ryan and Kara have implemented many practices like the use of mulches, fabrics, cover crops, and no-till to reduce soil loss and improve soil health. The farm also produces crops year-round in the tunnels, and this workshop will feature the transition of summer to fall crops. 

Small Axe Farm is a small, certified organic market garden on a steep hillside in Barnet. The farm grows a diversity of crops for local markets using no-till practices. Farm owners Heidi Choate and Evan Perkins will describe their approach to managing soil health and preventing erosion on a slope, how they produce a bounty of crops with no-till methods, and how nurturing the natural habitat around the farm has reduced pest pressure on crops.