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NOFA-VT Files a Lawsuit With a Broad Coalition of Allies

Farmers, farmworkers, and food system advocates gathered in front of the Middlebury USDA offices for a Farmer Day of Action

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Financial assistance

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Vermont Organic Farmers

May 2, 2025

Public Statement from the Northeast Organic Farming Association Interstate Council

A dairy farmworker wearing tall rubber work boots is pictured from the waist-down walking through a dairy barn with a pitchfork in one hand and a bucket in the other

organic agriculture

April 21, 2025

Speaking Up for Our Small Farms in D.C.

Stephen Leslie and his daughter, Maeve, pictured with the US Capitol building behind them during their visit for the NFFC DC Fly-In

agricultural literacy

certified organic

organic agriculture

organic certification

Vermont Organic Farmers

April 11, 2025

New Farm Security Fund Gains Unanimous Senate Support

Peggy Newfield of Newfield Herb Farm meets with Senator Douglass in the Vermont State House cafeteria to urge his support for the Farm Security Fund

March 24, 2025

Meet our 2025 Soil Stewards

Kagen and Elise of Blackbird Organics pictured with their crew and their dogs around a truckload of freshly harvested onions

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community supported agriculture (CSA)

direct marketing

farmers markets

organic agriculture

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Vermont Organic Farmers

March 21, 2025

Growing Connections: Stories from the Agricultural Educators Cohort

Misse Axelrod of the Farm & Forest Day School at Drift Farmstead stands proudly with a sign reading "This Farm Feeds Vermont Kids"

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farm to institution

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organic agriculture

Becoming Soil Stewards

The outgoing Soil Stewards Cohort held a wrap party at Footprint Farm in October of 2024

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business planning

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farm beginnings

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Vermont Organic Farmers

Member Meeting Recap

NOFA-VT members seated in a circle at a recent member meeting hosted by Minifactory in Bristol

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farmer services

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November 13, 2024

How Tractors Can Save the Farming Movement: A Visit to Farm Aid

Maddie Kempner, NOFA VT Policy & Organizing Director pictured with NOFA-VT Board Member Becky Maden, her partner Scott Greene of Singing Cedars Farmstead, and their daughter, Ruth.

Farm aid is mostly known for Willie Nelson, amazing music, and a massive amount of money rai

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