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10/4/17 11:00am - 2:00pm
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With the success of the Summer Buy Local Markets, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture is pleased to introduce a second opportunity in Montpelier to experience the diversity, quality and freshness of the Capital City weekend farmers’ market on a weekday. Join us again to celebrate local foods and agricultural goods on the Statehouse Lawn, this time during peak fall foliage season!
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10/5/17
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Compost Technical Services is excited to announce it will be hosting the 2017 Vermont Compost Operator Certification Training, presented by the VT Agency of Natural Resources (ANR). Through this workshop, participants will receive a Compost Operator Certificate, which meets the requirements of ANR for small, medium and large compost facility site operators. Current or future compost site operators will be certified to manage composting facilities handling food scraps or mortalities in Vermont.
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10/7/17 11:30am - 1:00pm
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Learn how to make this classic condiment using all local vegetables! Participants will sterilize jars, prep the vegetables and make the relish to can. Everyone will take home a jar, and one lucky person will win a door prize of the relish ingredients!
$5 per adult/Seniors over 55 and kids 12 and under FREE
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10/8/17 9:00am - 5:00pm
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Celebrate heirloom apples at Scott Farm-- fresh, baked and squeezed!
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10/8/17 10:00am - 3:00pm
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Fall Family Fun on the Farm! Celebrate everything pumpkin-- from horse-drawn rides to the pumpkin patch, cider pressing, live music, storytelling, and kids crafts to lots of farm fresh food.
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10/8/17 12:00pm - 2:00pm
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Save the date to join fellow organic farmers, eaters, and movement leaders at the Intervale Center (180 Intervale Rd) in Burlington on Sunday, October 8th! Help us send a message to the National Organic Program (NOP) that hydroponics and products from animal confinement operations have no place in organic farming.
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10/9 - 13, 17
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This five-day training is a practical and comprehensive technical guide to cheese technology and the principles governing the quality of cheese. During this intensive, participants will learn the fundamentals of cheese making, quality control practices, and useful considerations in starting a small-scale cheese making business
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10/10/17 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Let's change the way we relate to eating and enjoy our food. Practice breathing exercises, gain mindfulness tools, and learn how to heal common digestive issues with food and herbs. Leave feeling grounded and nourished.
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10/11/17 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Looking for ways to extend the harvest at your community or school garden? Learn from Charlie Nardozzi and Vermont garden leaders how to manage season extension in a community and school garden setting through VCGN’s Fall Grow It! Webinar. Participate in the webinar from home or gather with fellow community-based gardeners at a Viewing Party near you. For a more information, a list of viewing parties and online registration go to: http://vcgn.org/what-we-do/growit/.
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10/14 - 15, 17
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Hard Cider is the fastest growing segment of the alcohol beverage industry, but it has a long and storied history in the U.S. and abroad. In this course, we will examine the tradition, science, and craft of hard cider making at The Woodchuck Cidery in Middlebury, Vermont.
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10/14/17
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One of the main factors driving consumer choice is the sensory quality of the final product. This one-day training will provide you with the fundamental tools to control and define the sensory quality of cheese, offering basic sensory training to describe and record the sensory characteristics of your cheese, as well as resourceful information and quality control systems to prevent defects in cheese
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10/14/17 3:00pm - 5:00pm
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Meet the authors Bronwen and Francis Percival, and discuss their newest book, Reinventing the Wheel.
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10/15/17 12:00pm - 2:00pm
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Save the date to join fellow organic farmers, eaters, and movement leaders on Sunday, October 15th on the green at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire! Help us send a message to the National Organic Program (NOP) that hydroponics and products from animal confinement operations have no place in organic farming.
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10/17/17 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Are you ready to re-define your relationship to food and eating? Let's work together to change the way we eat and savor our food. We will practice breathing exercises, learn mindfulness techniques, understand how to heal common digestive issues with food and herbs, and leave feeling grounded and nourished.
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10/20/17 9:00am - 4:00pm
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This all-day conference will include a panel discussion with financial lenders as well as focusing on the question, “What does your business want to be when it grows up?” Afternoon breakout sessions will follow the structure of the business lifecycle (development, startup, growth, expansion, succession), providing attendees resources and programs at each level of the cycle.
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10/21 - 11/21/17
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Update your sap-collecting system and maximize your sugar-bush production
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10/21 - 22, 17
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A two-day solutions focused convening at Vermont Law School for leaders and community members engaged in accelerating a localizing movement in our region. For details and registration, go to; https://www.localizeit2017.com
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10/21/17 10:00am - 1:00pm
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Make an heirloom apple pie on the farm where the apples are grown!
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10/21/17 10:00am - 4:00pm
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How Do You Successfully Garden in the Off Season?
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10/23 - 27, 17
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This training will cover all of the basics of whole-animal butchery with both instruction and hands-on demonstration
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10/24/17 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Are you ready to re-define your relationship to food and eating? Let's work together to change the way we eat and savor our food. We will practice breathing exercises, learn mindfulness techniques, understand how to heal common digestive issues with food and herbs, and leave feeling grounded and nourished.
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10/24/17 5:30pm - 7:30pm
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Join us as we Get-Together in Springfield for an evening of networking and education. In addition to networking, guests will have a chance to peek behind the scenes at Black River Produce and learn about the company's efforts in environmental sustainability, how they remain rooted in Vermont, and the importance of supporting Vermont's local agricultural community.
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10/24/17 6:00pm - 9:00pm
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Rural Vermont hosts its 2017 Annual Meeting & Celebration on Tuesday, October 24th from 6-9 pm at the Tunbridge Town Hall, located at 227 VT Rte 110. Join friends and neighbors for a potluck supper, board elections, raffles featuring goodies from Johnny’s Seeds, Upper Pass Brewery, and area farmers, plus “Digging In: What’s Next for Rural Vermont”. The event is family-friendly, free to attend, open to all, and BYOB. More info and Board candidate bios at www.ruralvermont.org or (802) 223-7222.
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10/25 - 27, 17
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What equipment is best for you and your maple operation? Are you upgrading? As the maple industry evolves and changes, there are numerous equipment decisions to make.
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10/26 - 27, 17
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The Farm to Plate Annual Gathering is the one time each year when the entire Farm to Plate Network comes together to reflect on what has been accomplished and plan for the challenges that lie ahead implementing Vermont’s food system plan.
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10/28/17 6:00pm - 8:30pm
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Enjoy a 5-course dinner showcasing heirloom apples, heirloom cider, and local foods in the Apple Barn at Scott Farm!
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11/1/17 8:30am - 3:30pm
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Our featured Luncheon speaker will be Greg Lofts, Deputy Food Editor of Martha Stewart Living Magazine
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11/1/17 5:30pm - 7:00pm
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Best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Moss will be the keynote speaker at the 2017 George D. Aiken Lecture Series on Nov. 1 at the UVM Ira Allen Chapel.
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