Catamount Earth Institute, in conjunction with Co-op Food Stores, League of Women Voters of the Upper Valley, Sierra Club, Sustainable Hanover, Upper Valley Household Hazardous Waste Committee, Upper Valley Localvores, and the Upper Valley Land Trust is sponsoring Healthy People, Healthy Planet discussion groups this winter and spring. Discussion groups are scheduled at many locations [...]
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The 2012 Westminster Artisan Cheesemaking Workshop Series schedule is now available. Sign up now for one Peter Dixon’s two and three-day workshops in making and aging cheese. Click here for more information & a complete list of workshops. The Vermont Institute For Artisan Cheese Classes Don’t delay! Register now for the “Early Bird” registration price! A strong business plan is key to a successful start for farms, specialty food businesses and other agricultural enterprises. To help ag entrepreneurs get off on the right foot, the University of Vermont (UVM) Extension New Farmer Project is offering a six-session business planning course at five [...] Energy for Food Series: Post Harvest Handling and Crop Storage Workshop A variety of presenters will share their experiences and insights at the Post Harvest Handling & Crop Storage Workshop on November 10, 2011, 9:30a.m. – 3 p.m. at The Inn at East Hill Farm in Troy. [...] It Takes A Region 2011: A Working Conference to Build our Northeast Food System Conference is November 11-12, 2011 This conference takes on the 12-state Northeast region from Maine to West Virginia. By taking a regional approach, we can grow our thinking and our work to develop a truly sustainable and resilient food system. We can build [...] UVM Extension New Farmer Project Webinar A CSA Primer for New Farmers October 25, 7:00 pm Community Supported Agriculture continues to be a burgeoning movement for small-scale, sustainable farms. As the number of farms using this marketing model increase, so do the many variations of the CSA farm. Join Jean [...] REGIONAL FOOD CENTERS: FROM TALK TO ACTION. Important community meetings to take place this fall! THE FOUR RIVERS FOOD CENTER PROJECT is a coalition of groups in southern Orange and northern Windsor counties, working to make local food networks a reality. We need your help! Regional Food Centers are working combinations of people and facilities. Their function is to [...] If you have ever thought about raising goats, growing vegetables or making cheese for a living, Growing Places, one of several courses available through University of Vermont (UVM) Extension’s New Farmer Program, can help turn your dream into reality. The early registration deadline is September 30! Mention you saw this email, and receive the early registration price until October 5! The [...] BF 202: Writing Your Farm Business Plan The Northeast Beginning Farmer Project at Cornell University is offering an online course in writing a farm business plan for beginning farmers. The classes will take place at 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays Oct. 5-Nov. 9. This course is geared for new farmers, as well as those [...] Real Food Campaign will be presenting two types of workshops, to be held in 17 different locations throughout the Northeast: a two-session course designed for commercial farmers with substantial production and marketing capability; For more information, go [...] |
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