Join VGFA’s enthusiastic group of farmers and agricultural resource providers (including Rural Vermont’s Policy Director, Graham Unangst-Rufenacht) for a deep dive into topics specific to raising pasture-based livestock in the Northeast.

Agenda Details: (subject to change/substitutions/additions)

Thursday, January 20

• Vermont Food Ways: A View of Marketing Outside of Vermont. – Vermont Way Foods

• To Make Hay or Not To Make Hay, that is the Question! – Farmer Panel led by Richard Kersbergen

• Healing the Land Community: Emergent Patterns and Useful Constraints - Abe Collins

• Discussion and Examples of Policies that Support Regenerative Agriculture - Carbon Cycle Institute, ….

Friday, January 21

• Culture Beats Strategy, Practical Tools for Having Hard Conversations with Your Farm Team - Elaine Froese

• How Do We Make Money as Graziers? - Phyllis Van Amburgh

• Farm Management Teams - Case Studies - Jake Jacobs

• Research Updates from UVM - Joshua Faulkner

Saturday, January 22

• Grazing Resilience in a Changing Climate Q&A - Sarah Flack

• Speed Networking – Farmer to Farmer Table Talk - All Participants

• Grazing Land You Don't Own, and Making It Work - Lexie Hain & Byron Palmer

• From Conception to Consumption - Palates Link Animals to Foodscapes- Dr. Fred Provenza interviewed by Jenn Colby