Passing this on from the VT Agency of Agriculture. -TB Funding is available to make health and safety repairs/improvements to farmworker housing with 0% interest loans up to $30,000. The loans are forgivable over 10 years, as long as the … Continue reading →

Here’s a reminder that the Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association annual meeting will be this Tuesday, March 1. 12:00 – 1:30 PM, on Zoom. https://go.uvm.edu/22applezoom The meeting is free and does not require registration. VTFGA membership renewal can be done … Continue reading →

Hi: Sorry about the late announcement, this has gone out to the VTFGA list via (snail) mail already but this list is a bigger net to cast out to the grower community. The 2022 Vermont Tree Fruit Association annual meeting … Continue reading →

Passing this on from Vermont state entomologist Judy Rosowsky. My take, supported by Judy, is that this is a reasonable approach toward elimination of one of the remaining uses of a chemical that has good reason to be removed from … Continue reading →

Please share widely where appropriate. https://go.uvm.edu/vtgrapesurvey The University of Vermont Fruit Program is conducting a short survey on alternative viticultural practices in the region and growers’ satisfaction with them. This survey will help inform and develop a research agenda for … Continue reading →