Food Justice Garden, Sharon, VT, 2600 VT - 14
Date change due to weather! (previously 4/12)
10am-3pm
Rain or Shine
Lunch, Tools, & Education Provided
RSVP required for planning purposes
We hope you can join us! Vermont’s ability to feed itself relies on thriving community scale farms working together towards food sovereignty and community resilience. We hope Join us SUNDAY, April 13 from 10-3pm at the Sharon Food Justice Garden for a tree digging work brigade! The Sharon Food Justice Garden was established as a collaborative project between the Regeneration Corps, the Sharon Academy and the Sharon Food Pantry to increase local food security while creating a teaching garden for local youth and community members.
Work brigades are a popular education tool used around the world to strengthen communities and build trust and solidarity through collective labor, connection, mutual aid, and knowledge sharing. Agroecological education will be provided by special guest Buzz Ferver, founder/owner of Perfect Circle Farm in Berlin VT and a long time naturalist who has been growing and propagating trees for over 45 years. Come learn about the Vermont People’s Agroecology School, the Sharon Food Justice Garden, and agroecology as a social, political, and ecological movement building tools to grow community resilience and food sovereignty.
We will be digging a variety of nursery trees to help create space to grow more annual vegetables for the food pantries and community refrigerators around Sharon and South Royalton. Some of the trees will be sold through the WRNRCD annual tree sale, some will be planted to support riparian areas impacted by recent floods and some will support starting a nursery for the People’s Agroecology School.
This work brigade is co-hosted by the People’s Agroecology School of Vermont of Rural Vermont, the Regeneration Corps and the White River Natural Resources Conservation District’s Farm Force. Lunch will be provided by Moon & Stars.
Please bring:
Your own plate/bowl and cutlery
Water bottle
Work gloves
Digging shovel (if you have one, we will also provide tools)
Folding camping chair if desired
Please note:
This will be a rain or shine event. (if thunder or lightning it will be moved to Sunday, 4/13)
There are no bathrooms onsite, but there is plenty of outdoor space for a private “nature pee”. Closest public bathroom is about a 10 minute drive.
Activities will include:
Digging both small and large trees
Bagging trees
Weeding garden beds
Sheet mulching
RSVP required for planning purposes. Parking instructions will be shared before the event.
*We may finish before 3pm depending on numbers. Come for as short or as long as you’d like.