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Growing Citrus Trees as Houseplants Share January 24, 2025 By Amy Simone Imagine having sunny orange, bright yellow and luscious green fruit growing in your home, especially during this gray, cold time of year. While we do not associate …
Project WILD Training Offered for Science Teachers Share January 24, 2025 By Holly Ferris Grade K-12 teachers and other science educators in Vermont interested in exploring ways to connect their students with science and nature are invit…
Vermont Grazing & Livestock Conference Starts Thursday Share January 19, 2022 In a time of so much change, we are delighted to affirm that some great things remain the same. The Annual Vermont Grazing and Livestock Conference (VGLC) is b…
Introducing Our New Colleagues Andrew and Kelsie Share September 20, 2021 We are delighted to introduce two new members of the Center team, here to help Extension (and all of Vermont) efforts towards a thriving agriculture sector. Andrew…
Diving Deep on the Impacts (and Possibility) of Dairy Share July 23, 2021 It isn't too often that researchers get involved in a project that lets them go both deep and wide on their areas of expertise, and to have a good amount of time t…
show the image caption close caption Introductory Video from the September 2020 Solar Energy in Vermont's Working Landscape Symposium Contract (or Custom) Grazing A Practice that's Good for Farmers, Land, Animals and Vermont Share July 1…
Getting a Good Start on Spring Grazing Tips from the Center's Pasture Program Share May 26, 2020 At first it feels like winter and a slow spring will never go away, and then suddenly it's summer.But when is the moment to get the animals …
Getting Growing, Even in Difficult Times Tips & Updates from April 2020 Share April 28, 2020 Here is the second newsletter we are sending in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and above all else we hope this finds you and yours as well …
eCommerce, Direct Sales & Agritourism for Vermont Farms Webinar Coming Wednesday April 8 Center for Sustainable Ag., Extension & Many Community Partners Develop Webinar Series for Vermont Farmers & Producers Share March 31, 2020 As essen…
Vermont Wool Pellet Project - Next Phases Coming Up Good for sheep farmers, good for veg. growers, and good for Vermont's working landscape Share March 19, 2020 Sometimes an agricultural project comes along that seems to check all the ri…
show the image caption close caption From the Montana State University's draft page of web resources. Emerging Resources for Farming in a Changing Climate Share February 3, 2020 Developing & Sharing Knowledge What do farmers do when they…
Finding the Balance in Times of Change 2020 Vermont Grazing & Livestock Conference Coming to Fairlee January 17 & 18 Share January 3, 2020 The 24th Annual Vermont Grazing and Livestock Conference will return to Lake Morey Resort in Fairl…
show the image caption close caption Irrigation is increasingly important for northeastern farmers confronting the effects of climate change. UVM & the USDA Northeast Climate Hub to Host Specialty Crop Water Symposium for Agriculture Pro…
show the image caption close caption Joshua Faulkner & Extension colleague Becky Maden installing irrigation in a test plot. Photo credit: Rachel Schattman Climate Adaptation Fellows Website Launched Share October 23, 2019 How are the re…
show the image caption close caption Wool Pellets Addison Co. Independent Features Sheep Wool Fertilizer Project Share October 3, 2019 "'Getting a harvest three or four days earlier did get my attention,' Stevens said. 'It seemed like so…
show the image caption close caption David Conner of UVM (l) with Maria & Robinson from UPRM on a visit to Vermont. (Photo courtesy David Conner) New Partnerships for Food Resilience in a Changing Climate Share September 27, 2019 At firs…
Celebrating Bill Murphy Share July 19, 2019 On June 29, 2019, Vermont and the world lost an important and influential voice in the world of sustainable livestock farming. William (Bill) Murphy was a professor in UVM’s Plant & Soil Scienc…
Updates on the Who Farms Project Share June 24, 2019 What happens when the idea about who can be a farmer is a particular one? And then what happens if we use visual and digital storytelling to diversify that idea? Those are two of the q…
May 2019 Tips for the Growing Season Share May 29, 2019 As Vermont greens up and the 2019 growing season gets underway, we've put together just a few of the things that Center staff are advising that farmers and growers consider to help …
Listening to Farmers’ Voices in the Ecosystem Services Discussion Share April 29, 2019 Farmers care deeply about the land and the impact that their practices have on it. But when “best practices” are so expensive that they threaten their…