Feb 1 – “In Good Taste” local food and drink sampling, 4:30-7:00, 100 N. Main St., St. Albans
Feb 8 – Industrial Hemp Conference, all day, Burlington.
Feb 12 – Winter Farmers’ Meeting, 10am-3pm, Champlain Valley Equipment, St. Albans
Feb 12 – Transferring the Farm Workshop, 9:00am, – 3:30pm, Berlin office of UVM Ext., $10
Feb 15 – Precision Ag Forum, 10am-2pm, The Abbey, Enosburg Falls.
Feb 16-19 – NOFA-VT Winter Conference (workshops on many subjects), Burlington, 434-4122

Goose Pond is an oxbow pond rich with wildlife along the Lamoille River. When Flora Hurteau and her late husband conserved land there, they had trees planted along the pond’s edge and the high, eroding river bank. Four years later, though, only a fraction...

The Conservation District again provided one-on-one assistance to eight small, family farms participating in UVM Extension’s Nutrient Management Planning class. The 2018 graduates, pictured below with UVM and District staff, completed Plans that conform to...

Choiniere Family Farm (Highgate) is one of six farms profiled in Faces of Vermont Agriculture, a collection of short video profiles and a 22-minute mini documentary that highlight outstanding stewards of the land who live and farm in the Green Mountain State. These dedicated farmers tell us in their own words, “Why Conservation Matters,”—to their bottom line, to the health and sustainability of the resources on and around their farm, and to the future of farming…

The Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Franklin, Grand Isle, and Lamoille Conservation Districts are seeking your ideas to focus our outreach activities and cost share programs over the next year in the Northwest Zone.
We hope to incorporate the goals and needs of residents into developing priorities for program direction and funding. To do this, we need your help…

Our tree sale, water quality monitoring and restoration projects rely on volunteers. Many of our partners in conservation and resilient local food systems also rely on volunteers to keep our environment and our communities healthy. We are launching a brand...