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Sustainable Agriculture Calendar of Events

 

 

UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture

63 Carrigan Drive

Burlington, VT   05405
phone:  802-656-5459
fax:       802-656-8874
email:   sustainable.agriculture@uvm.edu

May 2008 & Beyond

Please be certain to call ahead before attending any of the events listed below. Many of the events require pre-registration and some may charge a registration/attendance fee.  Highlighted events are sponsored or co-sponsored by the UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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April 19
May 3

Beginner/Intermediate Sheep Shearing Class

Shelburne, VT
Grafton, VT

 Elaine, 802-524-6501 xz201, or Chet at x.212

May

Vermont Dairy Farm of the Year applications due May 19

St. Albans, VT

Peggy Manahan   800-639-2130 , www.uvm.edu/extension/vdfa

May 1

May 3

Dishing Up Vermont Dinners

Waterbury, VT
Perkinsville, VT

Hen of the Wood:  802-244-7300
Inn at Weathersfield: 802-263-9217

May 9

Northeast Farm to School Forum

Sturbridge, MA

Dana Hudson, dhudson@shelburnefarms.org   or 802-985-0381

May 10

2008 Vermont Going Green Expo

Burlington, VT

www.goinggreenexpos.com

May 15

2nd Annual Distributed Energy Conference

Stratton, VT

www.REVermont.org

May 20

Carbon Trading: Market Opportunities for Agriculture workshop     

Voorheesville, NY

www.agcarbontrading.org

May 21

VT AgrAbility, RAVR & VT Center for Indpendent Living Seminar

Wells River, VT

gail.lapierre@uvm.edu   1-800-571-0668 by May 15

May
August
September
October

Three Shephers Fam 2008 Cheesemaking Courses

Warren, VT

Dr. Larry and Linda Faillace, 802-496-3998, www.threeshepherdscheese.com

June 10-14

14th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management-- People and Place: Linking Culture and Nature

Burlington, VT

Robert Manning, 802-656-3096,  ISSRM2008@uvm.eduwww.ISSRM2008.org

June 30-July 1

Business Planning for Farm Success

Middlebury, VT

 Allen Matthews, 802-656-0037 or allen.matthews@uvm.edu

October19, 20

The ABCs of Farm Education

Shelburne, VT

Erica Curry, 802-985-8686 x25,  ecurry@shelburnefarms.org

The Sustainable Agriculture Calendar of Events is updated weekly by the Center for Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Vermont. If you would like to post an event, please contact the Center at 802-656-5459 or email sustainable.agriculture@.uvm.edu .

Last updated April 11, 2008.