A Case Study: Rich and Connie Hourihan, Cabot Smith Farm Background Cabot Smith Farm in Cabot, Vermont has been owned and operated by Rich and Connie Hourihan since 2001. They grow 80 acres of wholesale vegetables and 4.5 acres of pick your own berries. Many of the farm’s crops are dependent on or enhanced by …
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Thank you to our wonderful hosts Peggy and John at Wild Hill Organics! And thank you to everyone who showed up and contributed to the conversation- farmers, UVM Extension, NRCS, and Vermont Center for Ecostudies to the on-farm workshop on May 19th 2026 in Fairlee, VT. Please take a few minutes to complete a workshop evaluation at the following link, https://qualtrics.uvm.edu/jfe/form/SV_0jKs4hjCCgLTuHc …
Welcome to the eighth issue of High and Dry: Growing Vegetables in Northern New England High Tunnels, a quarterly newsletter linking growers, researchers, and agricultural service providers to enhance protected crop production. (view/download this newsletter as a PDF) The snow has vanished, evenings grow longer, and — even on a chilly day — when the …
This 50-minute educational video features 12 farmers from 5 states in the Northeast describing techniques they use to grow sweet corn while optimizing use of natural resources and minimizing inputs. These include hairy vetch as a cover crop, soil tests, soil heat monitoring, floating row covers, pest scouting and monitoring, mechanical weed control, banded herbicide …
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This 70-minute educational video features 10 vegetable farmers in 5 Northeastern states demonstrating and describing a variety of cover cropping techniques including rye, wheat, oats and/or hairy vetch as winter covers; winter rye for strawberry mulch; field peas as a spring cover; hairy vetch and rye strips grown between crops; soil spader for incorporating cover …
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This 45-minute video was produced as a tool to educate vegetable farmers about a range of reduced tillage practices that promote soil health. The practices were demonstrated and explained by experienced farmers and researchers on nine farms in five northeastern states. Topics covered included: introduction to sustainable tillage, using a soil spader, a no-till mulch …
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Vern Grubinger, Vegetable and Berry Specialist A variety of tests are available to assess soil in the field and greenhouse, plant tissue, compost and water used for agriculture. Test results provide data that can inform management decisions aimed at optimizing crop quantity and/or quality, as well as fertilizer and soil amendment costs. Conducting tests on …
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By Becky Maden, Vegetable Nutrient Management Specialist, UVM Extension Farmers appreciate the value of cover crops for the wide range of benefits they provide to the soil and the environment, but when it comes to calculatingnitrogen (N) contributions to cash crops from legume cover crops, there is a lot of uncertainty. Legume cover crops have …
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