Month: September 2020
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Important: VT Pick-Your-Own Webinar & Farmer Forum
June 3, 2020 Join NOFA-VT and your fellow VT Pick Your Own growers on Jun 4, 2020 5:00-6:30 PM to learn more about adapting your Pick Your Own operation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hear from VT growers including Eugenie Doyle of Last Resort Farm and Sue Haynie of Sweet Seasons Farm, and bring your questions…
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H2A Workers and COVID-Related Health Care Needs
July 26, 2020 Good morning: I’m forwarding this request on from a colleague at UVM Extension. If you use H2A workers on your farm, it is important that you weigh in so that resources may be made available (or developed, if needed) to assist you and your workers with handling issues related to COVID-19. -TB…
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VTFGA Fall Marketing
August 5, 2020 Sharing this information from VTFGA President Eric Boire on the fall apple marketing campaign. -TB From: Eric Boire Greetings Growers, As we gear up for our fall marketing campaigns this year I wanted to give you all a quick update on where we stand and what’s going to be different. The Vermont…
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UPDATED Pick-Your-Own Restart Plan
Dear VVBGA Listserv Members, The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets has updated the Pick-Your-Own Restart Plan. The Pick-Your-Own (PYO) Restart Plan is intended to support Vermont farms that offer pick-your-own opportunities to safely invite to customers to their farms during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The updated PYO Restart Plan reflects recent changes to…
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VCAAP Relief Payments for Agriculture and Working Lands Businesses—Coming Soon!
August 14, 2020 Forwarding from the VT Agency of Ag, this could be a great opportunity to recoup some COVID-related expenses for your farm business. Vermont COVID-19 Agriculture Assistance Program (VCAAP) Agriculture and Working Lands Assistance Application $8.5 Million in CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funding will soon be available to a wide variety of agricultural,…
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New England Apple Crop Insurance Listening Session Notice
June 24, 2020 Forwarding from George Hamilton: LISTENING SESSION – NEW ENGLAND APPLE GROWERS PROPOSED CHANGES TO APPLE CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020 It is VERY important for those of you having Apple Crop Insurance Policies to participate. Apple marketing is very different here in New England compared to rest of the major…
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PPE Survey
July 8th, 2020 From: Covid-19 On Behalf Of Jake ClaroSent: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 9:32 AMTo: COVID-19@vtfoodatlas.comSubject: [Covid-19] PPE Survey Hi all, Hope everyone is well. Please share the link below regarding a survey to help inform ongoing efforts to assist Vermont employers in securing the masks/face coverings and other PPE they want and need.…
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Input Needed for a New Vision of Farming and Food in Vermont
June 19, 2020 Please consider taking this survey to provide input on future policy direction for Vermont farm and food programs. I have worked with Vermont Farm to Plate quite a bit over the years, and their efforts directly affect the programs available to farmers. From: Paul Costello Sent: Friday, June 19, 2020 2:34 PMTo:…
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Apple Crop Insurance Listening Sessions
June 18, 2020 From: Jake Jacobs Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 11:15 AMSubject: Apple crop insurance listening sessions Please share with any interested parties. Sorry for such short notice on these listening sessions, but I just received the announcements yesterday while I was out of the office. Just FYI, in the last series of apple…
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Webinar on Fungicide Resistance by Dr. Michelle Moyer, Extension Viticulturist, Washington State University, on June 24
June 22, 2020 Inviting everyone to this webinar on fungicide resistance management. While it’s tailored for grapes, this is just as important for apple growers. No VT pesticide recertification credits are available for this. From: Wine Grape Newsletter On Behalf Of psuwineandgrapes@psu.eduSent: Monday, June 22, 2020 11:07 AMTo: WINEGRAPE-L@LISTS.PSU.EDUSubject: [WINEGRAPE-L] Join us for a live…