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Tag: Northeast Organic Farming Association
Toilet paper, anyone? Consumers buy out supplies
COVID-19 leads to shortages at major grocery stores throughout the state.
Q&A: New farmers in retirement: ‘The animals keep us young’
Joan Falcao and Robert Fireovid moved from the D.C. area to South Hero six years ago after purchasing a 180-acre beef cattle farm as part of a partnership with a pair of experienced younger farmers.
Synagogue director to lead Northeast Organic Farming Association
Grace Oedel takes over at an organization that has grown from a small nonprofit with one filing cabinet in 1987 to a 20-person team with a $2.8 million budget.
Food and Farm Initiative of the Vermont Community Foundation awards $280,000 In grants
The Food and Farm Initiative of the Vermont Community Foundation has awarded eight grants totaling $280,000 to help more Vermont kids and families access the benefits of healthy, local food.
NOFA Vermont’s winter conference is Growing the Good Food Movement
The NOFA Vermont Winter Conference is an annual gathering for Vermont’s farmers, gardeners, homesteaders and foodies featuring three days of learning, inspiration, good food and great conversation on February 14, 15, and 16, at the University of Vermont in Burlington.
NOFA Vermont offers workshops for farmers on human resources
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT), in partnership with Vermont Technical College’s Institute for Applied Agriculture and Food Systems (VTC), will be launching a new winter workshop series related to human resources and labor management for farmers.
NOFA Vermont receives $90,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA Vermont) has been awarded a two-year $90,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation, the independent foundation created by the late actor and philanthropist, Paul Newman.
Leahy: Vermont nets $100,000 to connect schools and local farms
A farm-to-school program championed by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is investing $100,000 in bringing locally grown food to cafeteria tables and classrooms in Vermont.
Ag Literacy Week celebrates farms, communities
As advocates for Vermont’s sustainable local food system, the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) is announcing the third annual Agricultural Literacy Week, November 17-22, 2014.