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1/20/21 3:00pm - 5/12/21 4:30pm
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New virtual professional development series for Vermont K-12 teachers implementing food systems, nutrition education, and hands-on learning opportunities into their curriculum. Topics include food justice, trauma informed practices, student engagement, school gardening and cooking.
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1/23/21 9:00am - 3/21/21 4:00pm
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This training will cover the basics of whole-animal butchery with both instruction and hands-on demonstration. Participants will learn how to break down beef, pork, chicken, and lamb into primals, subprimals, and case-ready cuts. Value added processing, such as sausage, smokes hams, and bacon will also be covered, with an emphasis on food safety, sourcing, and maintaining high utilization of whole animals.
Butchering Basics can be taken as a three-part series or individually by animal interest
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2/7/21 3:00pm - 3/4/21 1:00pm
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This February, in lieu of our in-person conference, we are planning an incredible month-long series of events with many different opportunities for community building and connection through workshops, speakers and film.
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3/2/21 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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The Conservation Law Foundation, the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School, and Legal Food Hub partners present a free webinar on hiring employees for farms and food businesses.
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3/3/21 11:00am - 3/10/21 12:30pm
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Join Hunger Free Vermont to gain a deeper knowledge of 3SquaresVT, enhance outreach skills, and participate in focused discussions with new and seasoned service providers alike. These trainings are for you! Whether you work directly with 3SquaresVT applicants or simply want to learn more about the program, we hope you can join us. These trainings are for a broad range of organizations and people including those from community action agencies, agencies on aging, food shelves, farmers markets, community meal sites, schools and universities, health clinics and hospitals, senior centers, shelters, veterans organizations, housing authorities, childcare centers and more.
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3/3/21 12:00pm - 3/31/21 2:00pm
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Attend four useful seminars about farmers market management put on by the VT Farmers Market Association and NOFA-VT. Sessions are free for first-year market managers, new VTFMA members markets, and BIPOC participants. All sessions occur at noon on Wednesdays in March.
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3/9/21 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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The Conservation Law Foundation, the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School, and Legal Food Hub partners present a free webinar on opening your farm to visitors and controlling for liability.
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3/11/21 11:30am - 1:30pm
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Join Rural Vermont, NOFA-VT and Action Circles between February and April for our Small Farm Action Day event series of two subsequent events per month. This is the first of two subsequent events in March, a “Virtual Advocacy Training 4 Farmers” where farmers, farm workers, foodies and activists learn about virtual advocacy, RV and NOFA-VT issues and get to prepare a presentation of their own issues to legislators.
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3/11/21 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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The Conservation Law Foundation, the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School, and Legal Food Hub partners present a free webinar on forming a social enterprise for farms and food businesses.
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3/11/21 1:00pm - 4:30pm
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Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world, with a retail price of over $5,000/lb. Attend the UVM workshop to learn how to grow, dry and sell it. To learn more or register, go to: https://www.uvm.edu/~saffron/
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3/17/21 10:30am - 12:00pm
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Join Rural Vermont, NOFA-VT and Action Circles between February and April for our Small Farm Action Day event series of two subsequent events per month. This is the second event in March, a “Farmer Meet and Greet with Legislators” - a lunchtime zoom meeting where participants of the advocacy training get to present their issue to legislators followed by questions, brief discussions and most importantly the ability to advance a cause through relationship building. Anyone is welcome to RSVP for this event to listen in, regardless of a participation at the advocacy training - legislators are highly encouraged to do so!
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3/18/21 9:00am - 3/20/21 1:00pm
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Learn about the bovine reproductive cycle and common reproductive management interventions. In this hands-on class, you’ll spend three hours developing palpating skills and three hours artificially inseminating dairy cattle.
We partner with Select Sire to offer this training (12 hours of lecture, six hours of laboratory).
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3/18/21 10:00am - 11:30am
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You’re short on time and building a social media following for your farm or agribusiness seems overwhelming. We’re here to take the mystery and stress out of building a successful social media following and will help you turn it into something you enjoy doing to build trust and transparency in your business.
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3/18/21 1:00pm - 4:30pm
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Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world, with a retail price of over $5,000/lb. Attend the UVM workshop to learn how to grow, dry and sell it. To learn more or register, go to: https://www.uvm.edu/~saffron/
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3/18/21 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Join Rooted in Vermont and Vermont Fish and Wildlife in the Vermont Wild Kitchen on Facebook Live! This episode we have a special guest, Missisquoi Abenaki Chef Jessee Lawyer! He will be preparing traditional Abenaki ingredients with a modern twist including deer shank, bear fat, garlic, sumac, and more.
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3/18/21 7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Vermonters Kenya Lazuli and Mindy Blank introduce Every Town Vermont and discuss why land access for BIPOC people is an essential solution to the climate crisis.
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3/20/21 10:00am - 11:30am
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Learn to create pollinator gardens to benefit flora, fauna and the greater community.
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3/23/21 5:30pm - 6:30pm
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Everything you need to know to grow, harvest and store onions.
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3/27/21 9:00am - 3/28/21 4:00pm
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Do you face persistent challenges in your greenhouse with powdery mildew? Thrips? Apphids? Root pathogens? Are you interested in using biological control but unsure how to integrate materials into your existing routine? Are you already using biologicals but unsure how to measure their effectiveness? Do you need to apply pesticides safely and effectively? Are you propagating CBD hemp plants?
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3/27/21 10:00am - 11:30am
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Learn to grow vegetables for storing and sharing.
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3/30/21 5:30pm - 6:30pm
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Plants? Bare root? What is the difference? Come find out!
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