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Got Weeds?

Weed control alternatives for Organic Farmers and Growers

serving central Vermont and New Hampshire: consults, training, plans and treatments

www.choosewiselyvt.wordpress.com

The website seeks to help farmers and growers avoid the use of chemical weed control in favor of awareness, monitoring, early detection and manual removal, and focusing on the long-term health of the property.

Hogwash Farm Tour

Sunday, May 8 Hogwash Farm tour, 1-2:30, Farm of Nancy LaRowe and Dave Yesman

The tour will include a walk around the farm to see pigs, chickens, sheep & cattle. Hogwash Farm sells grass-fed and finished beef, natural pork, chicken and turkey, eggs, horse hay, straw, Tamworth breeding stock and feeder piglets. It’s a [...]

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4th annual May Day and Spring Celebration

4th Annual May Day/Spring Celebration Sat April 30th from 6 p.m. on

We’ll be starting at 6 p.m with a potluck. Please bring a dish and/or drinks to share. You’re welcome to walk around the farm, we’ll have a fire to warm up by, may pole dance to wake up those fields for [...]

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Crossroads Farm opens for the season soon

Hello Farm Friends,

Finally, Tim and Crew have been out tilling the field. He was getting a little antsy. Friday, it looks like we will plant our first outside lettuce, peas and early root crops. Inside tomatoes and early lettuce are looking pretty.

Pansies are blooming in the greenhouse and we will open officially on Saturday [...]

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iMatter Mother’s DAy Climate Change March and Rally

BUHS Preserve Our Planet Students and Post Oil Solutions Organize Mother’s Day Climate Change March & Rally

Live as if our future matters!

This is the theme of the iMatter Mother’s Day Climate Change March and Rally that the Preserve Our Planet (POP) students of Brattleboro Union High School and Post Oil Solutions (www.postoilsolutions.org) are organizing in [...]

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Rural Vermont’s Annual Meeting

Rural Vermont supporters from near and far will convene on Wednesday, May 4th from 6:30 – 9 pm at the West Monitor Barn in Richmond for Rural Vermont’s 2011 Annual Meeting. Rural Vermont is thrilled to host this year’s keynote speaker, Bob St. Peter of Sedgwick, Maine and the first town in [...]

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Keeping Forests for the Future workshop

Keeping Forests for the Future: Planning a Legacy for Your Woodland”

Saturday April 30^th

Lake Morey Inn, Fairlee, VT

8:15am – 5:0pm

$30 per person (there is some scholarship money available for families 3 or
more to attend together – we are hoping to have multiple generations attend
together)

The Landowner Summit will offer hands on workshops where participants can
learn about various [...]

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Strolling of the Heifers

Tenth Annual Strolling of the Heifers 2011

Brattleboro, Vermont

June 3-5 2011

Don’t miss the Tenth Annual Strolling of the Heifers Parade, downtown
Brattleboro, Vermont, on Saturday, June 4, 2011, starting at 10 a.m.
sharp. The parade starts off with up to 100 heifers (young cows)
colorfully bedecked and led by future farmers. They’re followed by an
agriculturally-themed parade of farmers, tractors, [...]

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Chainsaw Use and Maintenance Trainings

Chainsaws 101:  Safe Use and Maintenance for Beginners

Learn to use and maintain chainsaws safely in a series of workshops
coordinated by the UVM Extension New Farmer Project and the Women’s Ag
Network.  Workshop instructor Jessica Ricketson is an experienced
sawyer who regularly trains trail crews and students on the safe use
of chainsaws in the field.  These workshops emphasize [...]

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Townshend Common Farmers Market prepares for Fourth Season

The Townshend Common Farmer’s Market is accepting vendor applications for the fourth season of this mid week farmers market.

Are you an area farmer interested in bringing local vegetables, fruits, meats, eggs, cheese, syrup, honey or any other local food to market?  Do you create food items using raw materials sourced from local farmers? Do you [...]

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