VGFA
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
Last modified November 10 2009 12:02 PM
