The University of Vermont

Vermont Pasture Network

VGFA

   VGFA logo         The Vermont Grass Farmers' Association  

The Vermont Grass Farmers' Association (VGFA) was founded in 1996 with support from the UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture and USDA-NRCS. The VGFA helps farmers generate wealth from grass-based farming, provides leadership on grazing issues, and vision for the Center's Vermont Pasture Network Program.


VGFA membership coordinates with the calendar year.  Yearly memberships cost $40 and end December 31.  In 2009, VGFA membership rates increased.  Read here for details.

Benefits of VGFA membership include
Each year, the VGFA elects a Board of Directors which manage the budget, oversee member activities and outreach, help organize the annual grazing conference, and represent grass-based livestock farmers at the state and regional level.  

Additional Board service benefits include
  • Mileage stipends for meeting attendance
  • Tabling and advertisement benefits at the VT Grazing & Livestock Conference
  • Fiscal support to attend regional Pasture Consortium events and national grazing conferences to represent VGFA's membership & Vermont's prespective
2008-2009 Board of Directors:
  • President      Bekah Murchison, Fair Winds Farm, Brattleboro
  • Vice President      Willie Gibson, Beatific Vision Family Farm, East Ryegate
  • Secretary      John Hancock, Morrisville
  • Treasurer      Sam Smith, Shelburne Farms, Shelburne
  • Kimberly Hagen, Osprey Hill Farm, Middlesex
  • David Hassan, Peaked Mountain Farm, Townshend
  • Bruce Howlett, Putney
  • Ed Jackson, Blackberry Rock Farm, East Ryegate
  • Leo Larocque, Cooperative Insurance
  • Sosten Lungu, VT Technical College
  • Andrea Morgan, Ashdown Farm, South Royalton
  • Charlie Taplin, Brookfield Agriculural Services, Brookfield

Buy a VGFA tshirt today.

Print the brochure and membership form, in PDF format.

If you have any questions about the VGFA, contact Jennifer Colby, Pasture Network Outreach Coordinator.

Last modified November 10 2009 12:02 PM

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