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      2009 Pasture Walks
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Listen to the 2009 VPN  WDEV radio spot on pasture walks!

2009 Pasture Walks hosted or cosponsored by the Pasture Program at the UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture or the VT Grass Farmers Association
(click on the links below to open flyers for each event, including details and directions)         

    May 8        Putting in a Water System for Plants and Livestock, E. Middlesex, VT (link to Facebook photos)

    June 30       Pasturing Poultry and Rabbits in a Diversified System, Jeffersonville, VT (PDF-110 kb file)

Link to Facebook photos

    July 7          Best Management Practices to Produce Raw Milk for Direct Sale, Applecheek Farm, Hyde Park, VT (PDF--110 kb file)

    July 8        Best Management Practices to Produce Raw Milk for Direct Sale, VT Technical College, Randolph Center, VT (PDF--110 kb file)

    July 9        Best Management Practices to Produce Raw Milk for Direct Sale, Compass School, Westminster, VT (PDF--110 kb file)

Link to Facebook photos from the 2009 Raw Milk Workshop series

    July 15        Organic Dairy Pasture Walk, Swallow Dale Farm, Orwell, VT (link to NOFA-VT listing)

    July 20        Organic Dairy Pasture Walk: Developing the Right Mechanics, Choiniere Farm, Highgate, VT (link to NOFA-VT listing)

    July 23   Grain and Forage for Season Extension, Beidler Family Farm, Randolph Center, VT (PDF--1 Mb file)

    August 9   VT Beef Producers Association Summer Social, Waitsfield & Brookfield, VT (PDF--148 kb file)

    August 26      From the Ground Up Beginning Farmer Workshop, Green Mountain Girls Farm, Northfield, VT (link to WAgn web site)

    Sept 14       A Walk Through Pastured Leasing, Maple Wind Farm at the Andrews Farm, Richmond, VT (PDF--108 kb file)

Sept 14 Best Management Practices for Livestock & Equine Pastures, Triple Combination Farm, Ferrisburgh, VT (PDF--110 kb file)

Sept 15   Best Management Practices for Livestock & Equine Pastures, UVM's Miller Farm, South Burlington, VT (PDF--110 kb file)

Oct 17 & 18      Northeast Animal-Powered Field Days, Tunbridge, VT  

Oct 20      Bedded Pack Workshop, Randolph Center, VT (link to NOFA-VT listing)

Oct 22 Bedded Pack Workshop, Swanton, VT (PDF--110 kb file)

Oct 24 Small Backyard Farms Workshop, Brick Meeting House, Westford, VT (PDF--110 kb file)

Oct 29 Bedded Pack Workshop, Orwell, VT (PDF--110 kb file)

Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture.  University of Vermont Extension, Burlington, Vermont. University of Vermont Extension, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, cooperating, offer education and employment to everyone without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or familial status. If you require accommodations [or financial assistance] to participate in this program, please call the UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture at (802) 656-5459 one week before any event so we may assist you. UVM Extension proudly supports the Center as a forward-looking model for community-university partnerships.

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