Category Archives: Resources for Beginning Farmers

Teach Your Livestock to Eat Weeds

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Women's Agricultural Network

Our colleague Rachel Gilker at the Vermont Pasture Network is offering an unusual opportunity to learn how to use animals to reduce your weed load. Calling livestock farmers coping with weed challenges in northeastern, northwestern or southern VT: The opportunity … Continue reading →

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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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