Good news! You can see the entire presentation including the really fabulous Q&A session after the talk right on Channel 44 – Mad River Television. This week (February 20, 23 and 25) you can see it at 12:10pm or 8:10pm.
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Did You Miss Andrew Meyer’s Presentation on Hardwick?
Waterbury Winter Farmers Market – This Saturday!
Waterbury Winter Farmers’ market Saturday, 10 – 2
Waterbury Winter Farmers’ Market at TBPS Cafeteria on Sat., January 23rd Vermont farm products, prepared foods and crafts will be sold at the Waterbury Winter Farmers’ Market on Saturday, Jan. 23rd at the TBPS cafeteria from 10am to 2pm. The acoustic folk-rock duo, Dan Haley is Mr. Casual, will be playing from 10am to 1pm. A kids’ craft table will be set up for making winter-themed crafts, 10am to 2pm. And, the Children’s Room will also be open and staffed from 9:30am to 11:00am. New products Continue reading Waterbury Winter Farmers Market – This Saturday! Learn about Vegetable Fermentation this weekend at the Capital City Farmers’ Market
LEARN ABOUT VEGETABLE FERMENTATION: DEMOS – UNUSUAL KRAUTS, AND KIMCHEE-MAKING DEMO FROM NOON TO 1:00 PM
Contact person: Carolyn Grodinsky, 223-2958. manager@montpelierfarmersmarket.com Come to the Capital City Farmers market on Saturday January 16th and learn from the experts about different ways to ferment food. From small-scale, first-time beginners to larger-scale commercial operators making food in big batches, you’ll learn a process that fits your needs. Staff will be on hand from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to show the basic equipment needed, to teach the nutritional health benefits of fermented foods, and to hand out samples of Continue reading Learn about Vegetable Fermentation this weekend at the Capital City Farmers’ Market Lazy Lady Cheese Featured in the New York Times Magazine
Here is a great article about Vermont’s own Lazy Lady cheesemaker Laini Fondiller. Happy New Year Everyone! ~Robin McDermott Special funding Available for Hoop Houses!
Thanks Caitrin Noel for sending this info to us to pass along to our farmers friends! AVAILABILITY OF LOCALLY GROWN FOODS
3-Year Project To Verify Effectiveness Of High Tunnels In Natural Resource Conservation
COLCHESTER, VT, Dec 18, 2009 – On December 16, 2009 Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced a new pilot project under the ‘Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food’ initiative for farmers to establish high tunnels – also known as hoop houses – to increase the availability of locally grown produce in a conservation-friendly way. Merrigan and other Obama Continue reading Special funding Available for Hoop Houses! A TRUE Agricultural Economy
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
A few weeks ago there was a beautiful 15 minute piece on Dan Rather Reports about Hardwick and the Center for an Agricultural Economy.
Even if you think that you know what is going on in the Hardwick area, I suggest that you invest a few minutes to watch this story. I believe that it can serve as a model for what we could do here in the valley in terms of agriculture, but we are a long way from what they are doing in the Northeast Kingdom.
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Continue reading A TRUE Agricultural Economy Series of Articles on Vermont Slaughterhouses
The Addison County Independent did a nice 2 part story on the start of Vermont Slaughterhouses and there is a third article about the owner of the former Woodstock Water Buffalo Company wanting to turn his farm into a slaughter house for lamb which the folks in Woodstock are not too happy about. Part 1 of the Addison County Independent Slaughterhouse article focused on culled dairy cows being sold at auction to large industrial meat companies like Cargill. Part 2 of the Addison County Independent Slaughterhouse article focused on local USDA Inspected and custom slaughterhouses and the demand for Continue reading Series of Articles on Vermont Slaughterhouses Vermont Farm Tours
Here is a very cool new business started by some folks in Burlington. They arrange half and full day tours of farms and food producers in the Burlington area. What a great opportunity for people who are not totally plugged into the Vermont farm scene to get a first hand look into it! http://vermontfarmtours.com/index.html Chef Emeril Lagasse Visits Hardwick
The amazing hard working entrepreneurs of the Center for an Agricultural Economy in Hardwick are getting more publicity and this time it is in the form of several episodes of Emeril Green that will air in January 2010. It is fun reading about how people we all know – Tom Stearns, Pete Johnson and Andrew Meyer – wowed Emeril. It sounds like he was genuinely impressed with what is going on up there in the Northeast Kingdom. Here are links to some articles and photos about the event. TV Chef Emeril Lagasse in Vermont Emeril’s Feast in the Vermont
Continue reading Chef Emeril Lagasse Visits Hardwick Little Guys Prevail over the USDA!
This just in from Tom Stearns, owner of High Mowing Seeds – Congratulations Tom – Thanks for your hard work on this lawsuit!
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