Hosting Organizations
VT Grass Farmers Association
VT Beef Producers' Association
VT Sheep & Goat Association
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14th Annual Vermont
Grazing & Livestock Conference
Farming for Modern Markets
Featuring Brian Moyer, Executive Director
Rural Vermont**NEW LOCATION** Lake Morey Resort,
Fairlee, VT just off Interstate 91, 1/2 hour north of the intesection
of I-89 and I-91. Overnight rooms are available at the
conference rate of $75 per night, double or single occupancy.
Contact Lake Morey Resort directly to make your reservations.
Pre-conference workshops Friday, January 22, 2010
Main Conference Saturday, January 23, 2010
Online registration, by credit card, electronic funds transfer (EFT) or personal check will open mid November. Contact Jenn Colby, Conference Coordinator, at
(802) 656-0858, jcolby@uvm.edu The conference is coordinated by the UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture's Pasture Program. 
Keynote speaker Brian Moyer will highlight the conference
theme of Farming for the Modern Market,
speaking to the changing economic times and how we are positioned locally to address
these challenges. Mr. Moyer became the Executive Director of Rural Vermont in
July of 2009. For the last six years he has served on the board of directors of
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA), for the last 2
years as the Vice President. He also served as Vice President and President of
American Pastured Poultry Producers Association (APPPA). Mr. Moyer and his wife
Holley have been farming for twelve years raising broilers, layers, turkeys,
sheep, goats and pigs on the pastures of their 27-acre farm in Berks County,
Pennsylvania. They marketed their farm fresh food at their farm, through CSAs
and farmers markets, and to restaurants.
The schedule on Friday January 22 will include three
day-long workshops, focusing on business planning, farm visits and a weed
management intensive with nationally known animal behaviorist Kathy Voth. Ms. Voth is the founder of Livestock for
Landscapes, LLC and provides consulting services for farms and ranches as well
performing research on grazing livestock behavior. Her in-depth workshop will focus on teaching
livestock to become weed managers, and each attendee will leave with an
individualized plan. The main conference
Saturday January 23 will offer over 30 workshops on sustainable livestock production,
with topics such as pasture-based research, grazing season extension, soil
fertility & productivity, local beef marketing, high quality hay
production, transitioning dairy farms to rotational grazing, small ruminant
parasite management, swine, poultry and more.
A concurrent kids’ conference includes indoor and outdoor
activities. Lake Morey Resort’s chefs
will highlight the bounty and quality of local and grass-fed foods. |
