by Liza Lemieux, Franklin County NRCD Conservation Technician Tile drainage can have many benefits. By more quickly draining extra water from a field, the field can be accessed sooner for planting, crop roots can grow farther down, compaction is reduced, and soil...
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 of the trees...
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 NRCS and...
Daton Fleury joined the Franklin County Conservation District as a Supervisor in 1968. He oversaw the completion of the Vermont Soil Survey in 1975 (pictured above, center) and has been a grass-based dairy farmer, maple sugarmaker, and reliable leader of resource...
Three Vermonters traveled to Washington D.C. in November to join young farmers from across the country for the annual Young Farmers Coalition convergence. Damien Boomhower went to great lengths to put his young family and 60-head organic dairy in order so he could...
Faces of Vermont Agriculture is 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...
adapted with permission from Jenn Colby, Vermont Grass Farmers Association Vermont Grass Farmers Association and the world lost a great friend, advocate, educator, and leader on December 18 in the passing of Eric Noel, after a long illness. Eric was a dairy farm kid...
For Immediate Release August 15, 2018 Contact: Jeannie Bartlett, District Manager Franklin County Conservation District Jeanne.bartlett@vt.nacdnet.net or (802) 528-4176 Roadside signs highlight Vermont farmers’ leadership on water quality More than 7,000 acres of corn...
For Immediate Release July 31, 2018 Contact: Jeannie Bartlett, District Manager Franklin County Conservation District Jeanne.bartlett@vt.nacdnet.net or (802) 528-4176 ECO*AmeriCorps members aid water quality across Franklin County This August marks the third year that...
