Farming and Climate Change
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Climate Impacts & Mitigation
- Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: Improving Resilience in Row Crop Production (PDF)
- Climate Change and Agriculture in Vermont (PDF)
Soil Health
- Sensor Field Testing Soil Moisture Sensors for Improved Pasture Management (PDF)
- Cocktail Cover Crops Grazing Trial handout (PDF)
- Rotational Grazing, More Roots, Less Plowing handout (PDF)
- Possible Infiltration and Potential Water-Credit Income for Farmers (PDF)
- How Can Increased Soil Organic Matter Add Up to Increased Productivity? (PDF)
- Water Holding Capacity on Different Farm Fields (PDF)
Water Quality
- Woodchip Pads for Livestock (PDF)
- Woodchip heavy-use area effluent quality, quantity, and hydrologic design considerations [paywall]
- Economics of Gully Erosion and Stabilization: An Economic Case Study (Last Resort Farm) (PDF)
Water Quantity
Food Systems
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Economic Resilience & Diversified Production
- Vermont Wool Project Report (PDF)
- Producing and Marketing Pasture-raised Geese in Vermont (Gozzard City) (PDF)
- Growing Elderberries: A Production Manual and Enterprise Viability Guide for Vermont and the Northeast (PDF)
- Making Elderberry Juice (PDF)
- Best Management Practices for Log-Based Shiitake Cultivation in the Northeastern United States (PDF)
- Growing Milkweed in Vermont: An Economic Case-Study (PDF)
Grazing
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Infrastructure
- Woodchip Pads for Livestock (PDF)
- Sensor Field Testing Soil Moisture Sensors for Improved Pasture Management (PDF)
- Bedded Pack Survey Report (PDF)
- Equine Pasture Management Project
Biodiversity
- How Managing for Increased Biodiversity Can Help Farmers
- Biodiversity & Livestock Wellbeing Research Brief (PDF)
- Biodiversity & Livestock Wellbeing Powerpoint Slides (PDF)
- Biodiversity & Livestock Wellbeing Final Report (PDF)
- Connections Between Biodiversity & Livestock Wellbeing Online Webinar (eOrganic) (YouTube)
- Cocktail Cover Crops Grazing Trial handout (PDF)
- Vermont Suppliers for Native Plants and Seeds (PDF)
- Solar Site Pollinator Habitat Scorecard (PDF)
Animal Health and Productivity
- Tools for Grass Farmers to Monitor Grazing Behavior and Forage Use in Real Time
- How Can Increased Soil Organic Matter Add Up to Higher Productivity? (PDF)
- Rabbit Kindling Tractors (Rebop Farm) (PDF)
- Producing and Marketing Pasture-raised Geese in Vermont (Gozzard City) (PDF)
Milk Chemistry and Composition
- Alteration of Rumen Bacteria and Protozoa Through Grazing Regime as a Tool to Enhance the Bioactive Fatty Acid Content of Bovine Milk [paywall]
- Bovine Fatty Acids: From Forage to Milk & Meat Online Webinar (eOrganic) (YouTube)
Farm System Sustainability
- Dairy Systems and Sustainability (PDF)
- Rotational Grazing, More Roots, Less Plowing handout (PDF)
- Possible Infiltration and Potential Water-Credit Income for Farmers (PDF)
- How Can Increased Soil Organic Matter Add Up to Higher Productivity? (PDF)
- Water Holding Capacity on Different Farm Fields (PDF)
- Equine Pasture Management Project