2013 Grazing Conference
Hosting
Organizations
VT Grass Farmers Association
VT Beef Producers
Association
Gold Sponsors ($1,250)
Green Sponsors ($550)
The
Royal Butcher
Sponsors
($275)
City Market
Fair Winds Farm
King's Agriseeds
NOFA-VT
Shelburne Farms
Taurus Service
Two Rivers-Ottauquchee
Regional Commission
VT Sheep & Goat
Association
VT Wagyu at Spring-Rock
Farm
Yankee Farm Credit
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17th
Annual VT Grazing & Livestock Conference
Global Grazing:
Lessons Learned From Around the World
Full conference
brochure (4.8 MB PDF)
Saturday
schedule (PDF)
Printable
registration form (PDF)
Register
here for FREE Saturday business coaching (with
paid conference registration)
Exhibition tables still available!
Download sponsorship package here.
Two pre-conference
all-day workshops
Friday, January 18, 2013
**Poultry from
chick to chicken dinner, with
Jeff Mattocks, Dr. Anne Lichtenwalner and
Jim McLaughlin
**Communication is your best asset, with
Fred Ashforth
Main Conference
Saturday, January 19, 2013
featuring Dr. Abdon Schmitt
Abdon Schmitt is an agroecologist
and professor at University of Santa Catarina–UFSC,
Brazil. His teaching and research efforts focus on
designing agroecological systems that interconnect
ecosystem restoration, rural livelihoods, and
renewable agriculture in southern Brazil. He is
coordinator of the Voisin Silvopastoral Group, a
participatory action research project that has
worked with more than 622 farmers to make the
transition from conventional farming to
pasture-based and silvopastoral systems.
Plan
to stay overnight and enjoy both
conference days!
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 $81 per night, double or single
occupancy.
Contact Lake Morey Resort directly to
make
your reservations at (800) 423-1211.
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.
Special recognition and appreciation
goes out to the University of Vermont Extension and VT
USDA-NRCS for their support, without which this
conference
would not be possible.
Thank you!
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Last modified January 14 2013 09:07 PM
