The Agriculture & Ecosystems Subcommittee of the Vermont Climate Council meets every Friday at 10:00 a.m. through August 27. To access the agenda and meeting link, click here.
#Farm24VT is a 24-hour social media celebration of agriculture, food, and dairy in Vermont. Farmers, agribusinesses, food producers, and others in the agricultural community will be sharing photos, videos, and stories on social media to show how your favorite local foods get to your table. You can easily find their posts by searching for the #Farm24VT hashtag. We're also giving away lots of great Vermont food and farm products during our celebration, including a year's supply of Cabot Cheese! Follow #Farm24VT on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. If you're a Vermont farmer, agribusiness, food producers, or involved in the Vermont agricultural...
The Vermont USDA State Technical Committee (STC) provides information, analysis and recommendations on a wide variety of policy issues to the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Although State Technical Committees have no implementation or enforcement authority, USDA gives strong consideration to the Committee's recommendations. All meetings are open to the public and will be hosted virtually via Microsoft Teams. You can learn more and locate the link to join or see the alternate call in phone number here.
The Nature Conservancy of Vermont welcomes you to a discussion series on watershed conservation issues. Topics address questions that Vermont practitioners are grappling with as we advance healthy, resilient watersheds and human communities. Speakers bring insight based on experience or applied research elsewhere. We discuss related work ongoing in Vermont, and important considerations toward continuing to advance this work here. Experiences with programs to incentivize soil carbon storage and establish mechanisms to market combined ecosystem services. Stephen Wood, The Nature Conservancy. Register Here Example questions to address: How do costs/benefits of market-based approaches compare to other options for addressing the...
The CVFC Board of Directors meets on the first Wednesday of each month. Members of the coalition are welcome to join at 9:30 a.m., and the general public is welcome to join at 10:00 a.m. To attend, please contact Board Secretary Kirsten Workman; she will send you the Zoom link.
The FAP Program utilizes state funding to help Vermont farms implement soil-based agronomic practices that improve soil quality, increase crop production, and reduce erosion and agricultural waste discharges. The FAP program also provides education and instructional activity grants to support outreach regarding the impacts of agricultural practices on water quality and current state agricultural water quality regulations. Eligible practices include: cover cropping, conservation crop rotation, conservation crop rotation with nurse crop; conservation tillage, no till pasture and hayland renovation; rotational grazing; manure injection; and educational or instructional activities. Rotational grazing applications are due June 15; cover crop applications are due...
Registration is now open for the 7th annual Vermont Open Farm Week, taking place at farms across Vermont, August 8-15, 2021! This special week in August creates an opportunity for folks to visit farms and connect with Vermont's working landscape, and it's a great way for farmers to engage with their customers and communities. For members of the Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition, in particular, this is a great opportunity for you to showcase how you work to protect water quality and support soil health. We are all looking forward to getting out and enjoying Vermont this summer, and especially during...
The CVFC Board of Directors meets on the first Wednesday of each month. This month's meeting will be held at Blue Spruce Farm in Bridport. Members of the coalition are welcome to arrive at 10:30 a.m., and the general public is welcome to arrive at 11:00 a.m. For full details or to RSVP, contact Kirsten Workman at Kirsten.Workman@uvm.edu.
Note: Registration required by July 16. The 76th Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) International Annual Conference, taking place virtually, July 26-28, 2021, will provide the opportunity for attendees around the world to share their conservation stories and bring natural resource management solutions from far and wide into their homes and offices. The virtual event format allows access and inclusivity on a broad scale, and our interactive conference platform provides a robust conference experience with live sessions, Q&A, networking, a virtual exhibit hall, and many other ways to learn, connect, and engage. This year’s conference theme, “One World, Connected through Conservation,”...
The FAP Program utilizes state funding to help Vermont farms implement soil-based agronomic practices that improve soil quality, increase crop production, and reduce erosion and agricultural waste discharges. The FAP program also provides education and instructional activity grants to support outreach regarding the impacts of agricultural practices on water quality and current state agricultural water quality regulations. Eligible practices include: cover cropping, conservation crop rotation, conservation crop rotation with nurse crop; conservation tillage, no till pasture and hayland renovation; rotational grazing; manure injection; and educational or instructional activities. Rotational grazing applications are due June 15; cover crop applications are due...
Do you love local food and farms? Want to get to know your farmer better -- and get a behind-the-scenes look into Vermont's vibrant working agricultural landscape? During the 2021 Vermont Open Farm Week, you can meet the farmers, plants, and animals that bring your favorite high-quality Vermont products to your plate. The greatest part about Open Farm Week is that every farm is unique. Milk a cow and harvest a carrot at one farm, sit on a tractor and take in the smell of freshly cut hay at another and then head over to another for woodfired pizza night...
Celebrate Addison County agriculture! Enjoy delicious food, exciting rides, visits with animals, and fun, educational exhibits.
Submit Your Event to the CVFC Calendar
CVFC members and the general public are welcome to submit events to our calendar. Members may submit any event they are hosting, while the general public may submit events related to water quality, soil health, and climate smart farming.
