Category Archives: Farmer Success Stories

Throw a Dart and Read a Landscape

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Jenn Colby

As a regional coordinator for a NESARE-funded regional comprehensive grazing course as well as a fellow trainee, the simple act of throwing some darts has had a profound effect on me and the way that I look at pasture. For … Continue reading →

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Life on a Crouton Farm: From Value-added Product to Growing a Local Commodity

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Debra Heleba

For many farmers, the road to value-added starts with good, abundant production of a commodity and the desire to increase farm revenues by adding value to that commodity through product development. For Francie Caccavo, owner of Olivia’s Croutons, the opposite … Continue reading →

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Grow on!

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Women's Agricultural Network

Kudos to WAgN Participant Lisa Ransom on receiving a $10,000 Vermont  Farm Viability Program grant to transition to Aerated Static Pile Mangement at Grow Compost in Moretown. Grow Compost began in 2009, using municipal and agricultural waste to produce compost on … Continue reading →

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