Check out this highlight video from the New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference!
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New England Vegetable & Fruit Conference 2017
In addition to attending the Great Lakes Expo, UVM Ag Engineering attended the New England Vegetable & Fruit Conference in Manchester, NH. This conference is very well suited for the small-scale and highly diversified farmers that populate the North East. This conference is filled with a variety of vendors at the trade show, presentations covering specific details …
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Checking out Vendors at the Great Lakes Expo
In December, UVM Ag Engineering ventured out to Grand Rapids, MI to attend the Great Lakes Expo. This exposition was HUGE and full of a variety of seed companies, equipment suppliers, and machinery on display. There was a lot of technology targeted towards fruit growing which is big in that region which was neat to …
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Upcoming Produce Safety Training (November 6-7, 2017)
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture and UVM Extension are co-sponsoring a VT-Style Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Training on Tue-Wed, November 7 & 8, 2017 (8:30am – 5:00pm) at the VYCC Monitor Barn in Richmond, VT. This is the official required training for FSMA covered farms (Click here to determine whether your farm may be …
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Building a Hoop House in One Day!
A fun day of learning during a hoop house install during one single day by Nifty Hoops at Bread & Butter Farm in Shelburne VT. See photos from the day on our flickr page here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsm4yUQUL Like Nifty Hoops on facebook! https://www.facebook.com/NiftyHoops/ Visit Nifty Hoops website: http://niftyhoops.com/ Nifty Hoops has their own YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj0g… Check Out Bread …
Local Ingredients for Local Brewers
The University of Vermont Extension’s Northwest Crops & Soils Team along with Andrew Peterson of Peterson Quality Malt, on August 22, 2017 took a visit to the nearby barley fields at the Van De Weert Farm in Ferrisburgh and discussed barley harvesting and processing for malt production.We also toured the facility to learn about malting …
Practical Produce Safety – April 11, 2013 – Vergennes/Monkton
Had a great time talking about all the ways we can get sick from produce related pathogens yesterday. The good news is that the bulk of the workshop was focused on ways to mitigate the risks. The Practical Produce Safety workshop series coordinated by Ginger Nickerson (UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture) and Hans Estrin (UVM …
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2013 VVBGA Annual Meeting
I had the pleasure of joining the Vermont Vegetable and Berry Grower’s Association yesterday for their annual meeting. This event is packed with presentations ranging from the latest pests to farmer outreach in distant lands. My talk was on crop storage, and it was a great chance to summarize my recent work in this area. …