Hey, we’re on VPR!

On Thursday August 7, 2008 the topic on VPR’s midday program Vermont Edition featured beginning farmer programs in Vermont. The host of the show, Jane Lindholm, interviewed me and Christine Bourque of Blue Heron Farm in Grand Isle.
For beginning farmers who didn’t grow up on the family farm, the business of farming can be intimidating to learn. Here in Vermont, several mentoring programs help pair the experts with those just learning the trade. We talk with UVM Extension Associate Professor, Mary Peabody, who directs the Women’s Agricultural Network, and with beginning farmer Christine Bourque, of Blue Heron Farm in Grand Isle. Listen to tape of the program at http://www.vpr.net/episode/44186/
More about Blue Heron Farm…
Blue heron Farm is a family producer of vegetables, eggs, and pastured poultry. We are organic certified by Vermont Organic Farmers, LLC. We have been operating here on Quaker Road since 2004, and have run our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program since 2005. We sell our produce at the Champlain Islands Farmer’s Markets in Grand Isle (Saturdays) and South Hero (Wednesdays). We also have a farmstand and welcome anyone who would like a tour.
Please come see us!
Adam, Christine, and Sadie
(This listing was last updated on Mar 19, 2008)
Location
34 Quaker Road
Grand Isle, VT 05458
Contact Information
Adam Farris & Christine Bourque
802-372-3420