Tag Archives: Vermont

Urban Dairy Markets Catch Up with Vermont Values

Posted by Guest Author | April 20, 2016

By Hailey Grohman An article in last week’s New York Times describes a “unique” phenomenon that may strike you as fairly normal in Vermont: dairy farms marketing small-scale, local, grass-fed products. The author features farmers putting what seems like a … Continue reading →

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Meet Vermont Bean Crafters: A Sunday Afternoon with the Crew

Posted by Guest Author | April 5, 2016

By Olivia Percoco “Let thy food be thy medicine…” —Hippocrates On Sunday, March 20, a dozen UVM students representing Real Food Revolution, Slow Food, and the Farm to Table House trekked to the Kingsbury Market Garden in Warren, Vermont, to … Continue reading →

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Flavor, Fermentation & Creativity at Wild Rhythms Farm

Posted by Erica Houskeeper | March 30, 2016

UVM Farmer Training graduates Caitlin and Jason Elberson are featured in a recent issue of Seven Days. The couple, who met in a Spanish literature class at Villanova University in 2007, share a love for farming and sustainable living. At … Continue reading →

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What We Learned at the 2016 Vermont Grazing & Livestock Conference

Posted by Guest Author | March 18, 2016

By Jenn Colby and Cheryl Herrick The Vermont Grazing and Livestock Conference is the Center for Sustainable Agriculture’s largest outreach event of the year. Every January, we welcome more than 300 people to share, learn, network, and enjoy a bit … Continue reading →

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The Army Has Arrived on Vermont Farms!

Posted by Alexandra Tursi | July 5, 2012

Guest blog post from Heather Darby, an Agronomic and Soils Specialist for the University of Vermont Extension. Being raised on a dairy farm in Northwest Vermont, has also allowed her to play an active role in all aspects of dairy farming … Continue reading →