Author Archives: Beth Holtzman

About Beth Holtzman

Beth Holtzman is outreach and education coordinator for the UVM New Farmer Project the Women's Agricultural Network.

Vermont Farm Women’s Fund Deadline

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Beth Holtzman

The application deadline for the next round of Vermont Farm Women’s Fund awards is tonight (Jan. 24) at midnight. For more information and to access the online application form, go to: http://www.uvm.edu/~vfwf/?Page=applications.html. The Vermont Farm Women’s Fund is now accepting proposals for … Continue reading →

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Looking for Farmland?

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Beth Holtzman

USDA has launched a website to link retiring farmers with expiring CRP contracts to beginning farmers interested in bringing the land into production. Through the Transition Incentives Program (TIP Net), producers with land for sale or lease are introduced to … Continue reading →

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NPR Takes a Look at The Largest Minority in Agriculture: Women

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Beth Holtzman

NPR’s weekend edition interviewed two livestock farmers in its Weekend Edition story “Women Farmers Grow Strong.” The farmers were from Arkansas and Nebraska, but the themes they brought to the conversation are the same as in the Northeast: women farmers’ … Continue reading →

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