10/2 The People's Seeds: A Community Gathering
Oct
2
5:00 PM17:00

10/2 The People's Seeds: A Community Gathering

Join us on Friday, October 2nd from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm for a community gathering to share seed stories, explore seed-saving and processing equipment, eat together, and connect. Live art demonstrations by Plainfield-based creative Erok Gillard and exploration and demos of the "Seacoast Seed Saving Mobile".

This is the first in a series of "People's Seeds" events brought to you by the People's School of Agroecology, Rural Vermont, New Farms for New Americans, the Association of Africans Living in Vermont (AALV), the Vermont Garden Network, Farm Hack, the Strafford County Conservation District, and NOFA-VT. Stay tuned for upcoming events on local and international seed policy, and more seed stories and processing techniques from around the world. 

Please RSVP for meal planning purposes. 

THIS EVENT HAS REACHED CAPACITY! Interested in coming? Email mollie@ruralvermont.org to be added to the wait list.

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10/3 Draft Animal Power Network (DAPNET) Field Days
Oct
3
10:00 AM10:00

10/3 Draft Animal Power Network (DAPNET) Field Days

We hope you will visit our table at the 2026 Draft Animal Power Field Days on Saturday, October 3rd, at the Shelburne Farms Breeding Barn in Shelburne, VT. We’ll be available to discuss the 2026 legislative session and news from the Statehouse, offering block art, and sharing a variety of literature relevant to our advocacy, education, and organizing initiatives. Please stop by!

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Oct
10
9:00 AM09:00

10/10 Tree Planting & Guilding Work Brigade at Giant Journey Farm

New Moon Orchard planting at Giant Journey Farm in Newfane! Join us to learn about companion planting and plant guilding as we start a food forest on a community farm. Lunch by Saffron of Brattleboro provided.

Work brigades are a popular educational tool used worldwide to strengthen communities and build trust and solidarity through collective labor, connection, mutual aid, and knowledge sharing. We provide all refreshments, education, and tools, but please bring your own (labeled) digging shovel if you have one.

Vermont’s ability to feed itself relies on thriving community-scale farms working together towards food sovereignty and community resilience. We hope you can join us! RSVP required for planning purposes. 

RSVP

This brigade is hosted by the People’s School of Agroecology, a project of Rural Vermont.

*We may finish before 3 pm. It’s okay if you can’t stay for the whole time, but we encourage you to come at the beginning if you can! 

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10/11 Muscovy Duck On-Farm Slaughter Workshop
Oct
11
9:00 AM09:00

10/11 Muscovy Duck On-Farm Slaughter Workshop

Registration

Join us for a one-of-a-kind waterfowl on-farm slaughter workshop at Sugar Top Farm, LLC in Hyde Park, Sunday, October 11th, from 9:00am–12:00pm, featuring Muscovy ducks. The workshop will explore Muscovies as a sustainable protein source for the homestead, offer step-by-step slaughter and butchering instruction and demonstrations, and provide an opportunity for hands-on learning. If time and interest allow, our hosts will lead a farm tour featuring mobile poultry tractors and thriving Muscovy flocks. There will be plenty of opportunities for Q&A throughout. Rural Vermont will also share updates on federal and state on-farm slaughter regulations, as well as highlights from the 2026 legislative session.

Our Farmer Hosts: Kristin Plante, a certified veterinary technician turned homeschooling mother and organic farmer, and her husband, Mark Bourdeau, have been raising pastured poultry on their Vermont farm for nearly two decades. Both are from generations of farming families. Their journey with Muscovy ducks began as a hobby for their daughter more than 12 years ago, but they became passionate about the resilience of Muscovy ducks as a sustainable protein source and a cornerstone of food sovereignty when the world shut down in 2020.

Five Reasons (among many!) to Raise Muscovies!

  • Jumbo Eggs That Taste Delicious

  • Tasty, Protein-Rich Meat

  • Great Free-Rangers

  • Excellent Pest Controllers

  • Less Messy Than Other Duck Breeds

Registration: $75/participant
*Price includes a copy of the Muscovy e-book with poultry tractor design, two printed Muscovy duck recipes, and a package of two Muscovy duck breasts for each participant.
**Your registration fee also qualifies you for a complimentary annual Rural Vermont membership! You can choose this during checkout.

Special Notes: Please bring a water bottle & snacks (if needed). Please wear rugged footwear and weather-appropriate clothing.

Workshop Safety Notes:

  • Muscovy ducks have long, sharp nails. Gloves are recommended if participants desire to handle live birds.

  • Processing will be en plein air, so appropriate clothing and footwear are recommended (October can be cold and rainy)

  • For the comfort and safety of our LGDs, no dogs allowed. This means, not even in a running vehicle.

A Note About Workshop Pricing & Registration:

Rural Vermont works alongside farm hosts, instructors, and other non-profits to bring a variety of workshops and peer-to-peer learning opportunities to our members and communities throughout Vermont.  Our ticket prices are built on the needs of the community, the farm hosts and instructors, and the workshop's structure. We work hard to provide accessible, high-quality programming, pay fair compensation to our farm hosts and instructors, and cover the cost of managing and producing our workshops. As such, our ticket prices vary by workshop, and we strive to keep them within a fair range. Thank you for participating and learning alongside us!

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Oct
24
10:00 AM10:00

10/24 Food Forest Planting at Fledgling Farm

Shovels out for Hazelnut tree planting at Fledgling Farmstead in Tunbridge! Help a local community farm establish a perennial fruit and nut food forest. Come plant hazelnut trees, learn specifics around planting, cultivar considerations for our climate zone, and the use of pollen charts to match the cultivars. Lunch, tools, and education provided, though you’re welcome to bring your own digging shovel if you have one. Lunch will be provided, with lunchtime discussion focused on cooperative crop models. 

Work brigades are a popular educational tool used around the world to strengthen communities and build trust and solidarity through collective labor, connection, mutual aid, and knowledge sharing. Vermont’s ability to feed itself relies on thriving community-scale farms working together towards food sovereignty and community resilience. We hope you can join us! RSVP required for planning purposes. 

RSVP

This brigade is hosted by the People’s School of Agroecology, a project of Rural Vermont.

*We may finish before 3 pm. It’s okay if you can’t stay for the whole time, but we encourage you to come at the beginning if you can!

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10/24 Lamb On-Farm Slaughter Workshop @ Canoe Brook Farm in Dummerston
Oct
24
10:00 AM10:00

10/24 Lamb On-Farm Slaughter Workshop @ Canoe Brook Farm in Dummerston

Come join Rural Vermont and Mary Lake on Saturday, October 24th at Canoe Brook Farm in Dummerston for a lamb on-farm slaughter and processing workshop. In the first half of this 2-part workshop, participants will learn how to slaughter a lamb humanely, and in the second half, how to efficiently butcher and process it.

The workshop will be held at Canoe Brook Farm, where Chris Olsen and partner Gavy raise sheep, goats, and chickens with an emphasis on building soil and ecological diversity with minimal inputs by embracing plants and animals well adapted to the site, both on their home farm and leased land; incorporating joy and whimsy where possible.

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11/1 Merino Lamb On-Farm Slaughter Workshop @ Dodge Farm
Nov
1
10:00 AM10:00

11/1 Merino Lamb On-Farm Slaughter Workshop @ Dodge Farm

Come join Rural Vermont and Mary Lake on Sunday, November 1st at the Dodge Farm in Berlin for a merino lamb on-farm slaughter and processing workshop. In the first half of this 2-part workshop, participants will learn how to slaughter a lamb humanely; in the second half, how to butcher and process it efficiently.

The workshop will be held at Dodge Farm in Berlin. The Dodge Farm is home to Aurora Fiber Mill- a custom processing facility for local fiber farms. We raise merino sheep for our Aurora Made line of knitwear, which goes from sheep to sweater on site, and hope to sell breeding stock someday. We also source local wool from sheep and alpaca for our woolen products. The Dodge Farm currently has 27 sheep. 

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11/15 VWK @ the Putney Winter Farmers Market
Nov
15
11:00 AM11:00

11/15 VWK @ the Putney Winter Farmers Market

Vermont Wild Kitchen is touring farmers markets around the state! Come visit with us to sample venison sliders and market veggies, snag a sticker, and find out when VT Wild Kitchen is coming to your neighborhood!

The Vermont Wild Kitchen is co-presented by Rural Vermont and the VT Dept of Fish & Wildlife. It is a wild and farm-fresh food cooking collaboration that celebrates all the foods that make up our local foodscape, and seeks to make all of these foods more accessible to more people.

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12/12 Hair Sheep On-Farm Slaughter Workshop @ Long Cloud Farm
Dec
12
10:00 AM10:00

12/12 Hair Sheep On-Farm Slaughter Workshop @ Long Cloud Farm

Come join Rural Vermont and Mary Lake on Saturday, December 12th at Long Cloud Farm in Bridport for a hair sheep on-farm slaughter and processing workshop. In the first half of this 2-part workshop, participants will learn how to slaughter a lamb humanely; in the second half, you will learn how to butcher and process it efficiently.

The workshop will be held at Long Cloud Farm in Bridport. Stephen and Suzanna Goldblatt Clark, along with their children Reuben, Marta, Elizabeth, and Alberta, raise hair sheep on pasture to improve the land they are lucky enough to steward. Utilizing Management-intensive grazing and miles of temporary electric netting, the sheep (and guard dogs) rotate across the farm, building soil and sequestering carbon as they go. 

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Sep
27
10:00 AM10:00

9/27 Work Bridgade at Bottomless Well Farm

Join us in Corinth at Bottomless Well Farm for a Yurt relocation & winterization! Join us in supporting winter housing needs for a local goat farmer in Corinth. Learn about yurt construction, deconstruction, and all the pieces that need to come together for year-round yurt living. Lunch provided. 

We are hoping for a “yurt moving”, where we are able to pick up and relocate the yurt while it is still intact. If that isn’t possible, we will be deconstructing, moving, and reconstructing the yurt as a group. Lots of project opportunities for all abilities. 

Work brigades are a popular educational tool used worldwide to strengthen communities and build trust and solidarity through collective labor, connection, mutual aid, and knowledge sharing. We provide all refreshments, education, and tools, but please bring your own (labeled) drill and drill bits if you have one. 

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9/25 VWK @ the Hardwick Farmers Market
Sep
25
3:00 PM15:00

9/25 VWK @ the Hardwick Farmers Market

Vermont Wild Kitchen is touring farmers markets around the state! Come visit with us to sample venison sliders and market veggies, snag a sticker, and find out when VT Wild Kitchen is coming to your neighborhood!

The Vermont Wild Kitchen is co-presented by Rural Vermont and the VT Dept of Fish & Wildlife. It is a wild and farm-fresh food cooking collaboration that celebrates all the foods that make up our local foodscape, and seeks to make all of these foods more accessible to more people.

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9/8 Benefit Bake at American Flatbread in Burlington
Sep
8
4:00 PM16:00

9/8 Benefit Bake at American Flatbread in Burlington

Join Rural Vermont for one of our favorite annual traditions! Our friends at American Flatbread / Burlington will be donating a portion of all dine-in and take-out flatbread sales to Rural Vermont. Gather up a crew and head to Burlington! While there, stop by the Rural Vermont table to say hello, snag a sticker, catch up on ag policy, and make some art with us!

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8/30 Pie Potluck & Bingo with Rural Vermont!
Aug
30
10:00 AM10:00

8/30 Pie Potluck & Bingo with Rural Vermont!

Rural Vermont invites members, friends, and neighbors to join us for a morning of eating, playing, learning, and building community at Longest Acres Farm in Chelsea on Sunday, August 30th from 10AM - Noon. Bring a pie to share and be ready to learn about the Vermont food system via pie, play some bingo to win delicious pies to take home, and maybe even chuck a mud pie or two.

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8/30 VWK @ the Ludlow Farmers Market
Aug
30
9:00 AM09:00

8/30 VWK @ the Ludlow Farmers Market

Vermont Wild Kitchen is touring farmers markets around the state! Come visit with us to sample venison sliders and market veggies, snag a sticker, and find out when VT Wild Kitchen is coming to your neighborhood!

The Vermont Wild Kitchen is co-presented by Rural Vermont and the VT Dept of Fish & Wildlife. It is a wild and farm-fresh food cooking collaboration that celebrates all the foods that make up our local foodscape, and seeks to make all of these foods more accessible to more people.

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8/20 VWK @ Knoll Farm: Lambs, Blueberries, and Mushrooms
Aug
20
4:00 PM16:00

8/20 VWK @ Knoll Farm: Lambs, Blueberries, and Mushrooms

Join the Vermont Wild Kitchen, Knoll Farm, and Friends of the Mad River for a mid-summer celebration of bounty! We’ll be cooking up lamb, blueberries, and mushrooms and folding in a few fun learning opportunities in addition to a shared meal. Bring your appetites, your questions, your friends, and meet us in the Vermont Wild Kitchen.

The event is free but registration is required.

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Aug
2
9:00 AM09:00

8/2 Work Brigade at Magnetic Fields Farm

Ever wanted to learn how to build a greenhouse or high tunnel? Want to support a local trans and queer-owned farm? Join us at Magnetic Fields Farm in Athens for greenhouse construction and repair! We will be building and mending two 30’x96’ Ledgewood high tunnels. All instruction provided. Note that this brigade focuses on metal frame construction; we won’t be putting poly on (yet!). There’s additional opportunities to support weeding and trellising if that’s of more interest.

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8/1 Cannabis Workshop at Treetop Alliance in Elmore
Aug
1
10:00 AM10:00

8/1 Cannabis Workshop at Treetop Alliance in Elmore

Registration is CLOSED as of 8:00am on 8.1.26. Please text 412.992.0159 for assistance.

Rural Vermont and the Vermont Growers Association are excited to announce a partnership with Ben Grunrow and Stephen Davidson of Treetop Alliance, a beautiful Tier 2 outdoor cannabis operation in Elmore.  We hope you will join us for the first of our 2026 cannabis workshop series: the Vegetative Mid-Season Maintenance & Flower Preparation Workshop.

This workshop will be held on Saturday, August 1st, from 10am - 1pm, at Treetop Alliance for a hands-on, peer-to-peer learning experience. Ben and Stephen will lead us through spring soil preparation techniques, then delve into essential mid-season fertigation strategies, and conclude with practical approaches to pathogen prevention and pest management. Whether you are a new or seasoned grower, this workshop will offer valuable insights and networking opportunities with fellow cultivators.

The workshop will cover (but is not limited to) the following topics:

*Soil Health and Fertility: Farm available Holistic Fertigation Practices
*Flowers and Biological Influence: Predatory Insects (Syrphid, Braconid, etc), their Lifecycles, and how to influence their inhabitants on your farm. 
*Pathogen Prevention and Practices: When, How, and Why

In addition, Rural Vermont and VGA will provide important legislative and policy updates from the statehouse and will be available to answer your questions throughout the workshop. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay informed and engaged with Vermont’s evolving cannabis landscape.

TICKET PRICE: $20 - $40 (Sliding Scale)
**Paying a registration fee of $35 or more qualifies you for a complimentary annual Rural Vermont membership! You can choose this during checkout.

NOTES

*Participants must be 21 years of age or older.

*Registrant names and contact numbers will be provided to the workshop host for their visitor log (mandatory record-keeping for CCB compliance).

*Address will be given to registered attendees prior to the workshop.

*Light snacks provided.

*Please bring a water bottle and please dress comfortably for the weather. This is a 3-hour outdoor workshop. Please keep this in mind when dressing/preparing for the day!

*Once you pick your ticket price, quantity, and and click the “Add to Cart” button. You will be asked to affirm you are 21 years of age then please look in the top right corner of the screen to the shopping bag/cart symbol, then click on the symbol to complete check out.

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7/31 Join Us for Burger Night at Bread & Butter Farm!
Jul
31
4:30 PM16:30

7/31 Join Us for Burger Night at Bread & Butter Farm!

Rural Vermont will be at Bread & Butter Farm on Friday, July 31st from 4:30 - 7:30 for Burger Night featuring Sonido Mal Maïz. We will be making art, meeting with old & new friends, sharing the latest and greatest from the statehouse, and listening to your concerns and hopes for Vermont’s farms, farmers, and land in 2026 and beyond. We hope you will join us for a great burger, music, and a meet-up on July 31st! This is a ticketed event.

TICKETS

ABOUT BURGER NIGHT

All tickets include festive live music and a scrumptious farm-fresh meal right here on our regenerative community farm. We’ve got our mouthwatering 100% grass-fed beef burgers, juicy hot dogs, and the hearty VT Beancrafters black bean burgers. For the salads, we’ve got the delicious side salads from Blank Page Café. And to sweeten the deal, we’ve got Mike’s famous chocolate chip cookies and refreshing herbal iced tea.

Just a friendly reminder to bring along folding chairs or picnic blankets, and anything else you feel comfortable on the farm. Most folks set up near our outdoor stage where they can enjoy the music and have plenty of space to run around and dance. Oh, and parking is down our long driveway, so wagons can be a lifesaver if you’re bringing a lot of gear! (You know, chairs, blankets, water bottles, and tired little ones!)

Sonido Mal Maïz

Sonido Mal Maïz is a Vermont-based musical group that explores the psychedelic side of Latin music, weaving modern and traditional rhythms from Central and South America. The storytelling behind each song is designed in a poetic way, elaborating the complexity of the myths and legends that once were part of the oral culture of Central America. You can feel the expression of their art through the fire and passion that ignited from their hearts. Maiz “Brujo” Vargas started this group 9 years ago at the epicenter of the Vermont music scene: Burlington, selecting a group of some of the most professional musicians that Vermont has brought to the contemporary music Scene.

Sonido Mal Maïz delivers explosive and complex sounds that will make you dance, celebrate, and heal your soul.

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7/1 VWK @ Market on the Green (Woodstock)
Jul
1
3:00 PM15:00

7/1 VWK @ Market on the Green (Woodstock)

Vermont Wild Kitchen is touring farmers markets around the state! Come visit with us to sample venison sliders and market veggies, snag a sticker, and find out when VT Wild Kitchen is coming to your neighborhood!

The Vermont Wild Kitchen is co-presented by Rural Vermont and the VT Dept of Fish & Wildlife. It is a wild and farm-fresh food cooking collaboration that celebrates all the foods that make up our local foodscape, and seeks to make all of these foods more accessible to more people.

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7/1 Women & Youth Tractor Safety Day
Jul
1
10:00 AM10:00

7/1 Women & Youth Tractor Safety Day

In partnership with UVM Extension 4-H, Rural Vermont, the People's Agroecology School and Vermont Woodlands Association, join us for a hands-on tractor safety day. Youth 14 and up may participate in this training and are eligible to earn their certification under the National Safe Tractor and Machinery Operation Program (caregivers will need to sign a waiver for their participation). An inclusive space but designed for women and youth.

The day will include small group, hands-on instruction on tractor safety including: backing up, understanding the clutch, PTO safety, center of gravity considerations and more.

We'll stop to eat lunch and socialize together. Lunch will be made by VYCC and provided by Rural Vermont.

Space is limited, registration required.

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6/30 VWK @ Northfield Farmers Market
Jun
30
3:00 PM15:00

6/30 VWK @ Northfield Farmers Market

Vermont Wild Kitchen is touring farmers markets around the state! Come visit with us to sample venison sliders and market veggies, snag a sticker, and find out when VT Wild Kitchen is coming to your neighborhood!

The Vermont Wild Kitchen is co-presented by Rural Vermont and the VT Dept of Fish & Wildlife. It is a wild and farm-fresh food cooking collaboration that celebrates all the foods that make up our local foodscape, and seeks to make all of these foods more accessible to more people.

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6/22 Vermont Wild Kitchen: Mystery Dinner in Guildford!
Jun
22
4:00 PM16:00

6/22 Vermont Wild Kitchen: Mystery Dinner in Guildford!

Monday, June 22 | 4:00-7:00 pm

Tapalou Guild | Guildford, Vermont

Join the Vermont Wild Kitchen and Tapalou Guild for an early-summer mystery dinner! Participants will be asked to bring their own ingredients to share with the group. Then Hanna Jenkins of Tapalou Guild will lead everyone in making a mystery communal meal. If you’re feeling adventurous, we hope you’ll bring your appetites, your questions, your friends, and meet us in the Vermont Wild Kitchen.

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6/18 Benefit Bake at American Flatbread in Stowe
Jun
18
4:00 PM16:00

6/18 Benefit Bake at American Flatbread in Stowe

Join Rural Vermont for one of our favorite annual traditions! Our friends at American Flatbread / Stowe Hearth will be donating a portion of all dine-in and take-out flatbread sales to Rural Vermont. Gather up a crew and head to Stowe! While there, stop by the Rural Vermont table to say hello, snag a sticker, catch up on ag policy, and make some art with us!

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6/14 POSTPONED: Work Brigade at Shepherd Moon Farm
Jun
14
9:30 AM09:30

6/14 POSTPONED: Work Brigade at Shepherd Moon Farm

This work brigade has been postponed as of Wed., June 10th. It will be rescheduled - please stay tuned.

Join us at Shepherd Moon Farm in Corinth for a spring work brigade! We will be clearing the fence line to support pasture management at a new, pasture-based sheep dairy and creamery.

Work brigades are a popular educational tool used around the world to strengthen communities and build trust and solidarity through collective labor, connection, mutual aid, and knowledge sharing. Lunch, refreshments, education, and tools provided.

Vermont’s ability to feed itself relies on thriving community-scale farms working together towards food sovereignty and community resilience. We hope you can join us! RSVP required for planning purposes. 

This brigade is hosted by the Vermont Agroecology School Collective, a project of Rural Vermont.

*We may finish before 3 pm, depending on numbers. It’s okay if you can’t stay for the whole time, but we encourage you to come at the beginning if you can!

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5/1 May Day Rally with Migrant Justice
May
1
7:00 AM07:00

5/1 May Day Rally with Migrant Justice

May Day is for working people! If you aren’t a billionaire, show up for some of the hardest-working farmers in our community on May 1st! This all-day picket will be happening on May 1st from 7 am - 11 pm, with a 5 pm march on the Ice Data Center and a Rally at 7 pm to follow.

Rural Vermont will be at the Williston Hannafords to support Migrant Justice and demand better conditions for dairy workers in our state from 11 am - 1 pm.

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4/27 Vermont Wild Kitchen at North Branch Nature Center
Apr
27
5:00 PM17:00

4/27 Vermont Wild Kitchen at North Branch Nature Center

Join the Vermont Wild Kitchen and North Branch Nature Center for a spring evening of smoked turkey, spring edibles, and fun discussion. We’ll go on a spring wild edibles walk to look for and learn about ramps and fiddleheads. Then we’ll talk about smoking turkey, spring turkey hunting season, and farming turkeys. Everyone will make some ramp compound butter and then enjoy a meal together. Bring your appetites, your questions, your friends, and meet us in the Vermont Wild Kitchen.

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3/24 An Evening Book Reading with Alexis Lathem & Teresa Mares
Mar
24
6:00 PM18:00

3/24 An Evening Book Reading with Alexis Lathem & Teresa Mares

We hope you will join Rural Vermont for an evening book reading & discussion with Alexis Lathem (Lambs in Winter) & Teresa Mares (Will Work for Food) centered on farming, food, activism, & the people that make it all work!

Tuesday, March 24th
6:00pm - 7:15pm
Kellogg Hubbard Library
Hayes Room
Montpelier

This event is free; registration is encouraged!

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3/24 Municipal Exemption Informational Webinar
Mar
24
9:30 AM09:30

3/24 Municipal Exemption Informational Webinar

Protect Farmland from Municipal Regulations!
Due to a 2025 Vermont Supreme Court ruling, farms and farming in VT are no longer exempt from municipal zoning, which means towns can regulate where growing food is allowed, what animals can be raised, or when machinery can be operated, among other possibilities. We are working with other agricultural organizations ( Vermont Farm Bureau, Agri Mark, Cabot, the Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance, NOFA-VT, the Vermont Association of Conservation Districts, the Connecticut River Watershed Farmers Alliance, Farm to Plate, and the Land Access and Opportunity Board) and lawmakers to address this and restore the exemption. Join our coalition for an informational webinar on Tuesday, March 26th, from 9:30am - 11:00am to hear about the ongoing work around this issue, our coalition’s proposal, and to receive your valued feedback.

RSVP required to receive the webinar link!

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3/3 Benefit Bake at American Flatbread in Burlington
Mar
3
4:00 PM16:00

3/3 Benefit Bake at American Flatbread in Burlington

Join Rural Vermont for one of our favorite annual traditions! Our friends at American Flatbread / Burlington will be donating a portion of all dine-in and take-out flatbread sales to Rural Vermont. Gather up a crew and head to Burlington! While there, stop by the Rural Vermont table to say hello, snag a sticker, catch up on ag policy, and make some art with us!

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2/26 Small Farm Action Day!
Feb
26
8:00 AM08:00

2/26 Small Farm Action Day!

Each year, Rural Vermont invites farmer members and ally organizations to learn about and engage in the legislative process, advocacy, and pending policy during the legislative session. This event series offers farmers and the broader agrarian community—homesteaders, gardeners, urban farmers, medicine makers, and food activists—opportunities to speak with lawmakers, voice their real-life concerns, and gain empowerment through learning more about the legislative process. We will be hosting Small Farm Action Day at the Vermont State House in Montpelier on Thursday, February 26th, from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM!

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2/14 Visit Rural Vermont at the NOFA Winter Conference!
Feb
14
9:00 AM09:00

2/14 Visit Rural Vermont at the NOFA Winter Conference!

Please join us at the NOFA-VT Winter Conference on Saturday, February 14th! We'll have a crew in the Exhibitor's Hall making art and slinging info - stop on by! Also, Mollie Wills, Rural Vermont's Grassroots Organizing Director, and Graham Unangst-Rufenacht, RV's Policy Director, will both be presenting! Mollie will be presenting Internationalism & Why it Matters: Building Power in Vermont through Global Food Sovereignty with Martha Caswell on Saturday, the 14th, from 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm. Additionally, Graham will be co-leading a roundtable along with NOFA and Action Circles on Opportunities for Progress through State Policy Change on Saturday, the 14th, from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm.

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12/7 Farmer & Farmworker Wellness Event with ACORN & Rural Vermont
Dec
7
11:30 AM11:30

12/7 Farmer & Farmworker Wellness Event with ACORN & Rural Vermont

Rural Vermont is partnering with our friends at ACORN to offer farmers and farmworkers a restful day at Middlebury's Marble Works on Sunday, December 7, 11:30am-3:30pm.

Please use the links below to RSVP to the event. We have group and individual wellness sessions:

  • Restorative Yoga (group)

  • Song Circle (group)

  • Massage (individual)

  • Herbal consultations (individual)

  • Hydrotherapy (small groups of 4-5, but sign up as individuals)

  • Food, tea, snacks all day

If you’d like to participate in an individual session, please sign up via this link. Register for group sessions here. See the full schedule here.

Tea and chocolate will be served at Stone Leaf Teahouse throughout the afternoon, and a catered lunch will be served at Otter Creek Yoga. The entire day, and all offerings, are free of charge for farmworkers and farmers.

This is offered in collaboration with Big thanks to Otter Creek Yoga, Stone Leaf Teahouse and Green Mountain Shakti for hosting us!

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Rural Vermont & NOFA-VT Present: Farmer Support Webinar Series with Vermont Legal Aid
Nov
21
to Dec 18

Rural Vermont & NOFA-VT Present: Farmer Support Webinar Series with Vermont Legal Aid

  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for a series of three webinar presentations by Vermont Legal Aid staff specifically centered on the needs of the farming community related to healthcare and taxation. Submit your questions in advance or bring them to each webinar to get the most out of this opportunity (questions can be submitted within the RSVP). A presentation from Vermont Legal Aid staff will be followed by an overview of opportunities for how to increase engagement or take action around healthcare. This series is co-hosted by NOFA-VT and Rural Vermont. AnRSVP is required to receive the webinar link and information.

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11/15 On-Farm Slaughter Lamb Workshop with Mary Lake @ Wild Earth
Nov
15
10:00 AM10:00

11/15 On-Farm Slaughter Lamb Workshop with Mary Lake @ Wild Earth

Come join Rural Vermont and Mary Lake on Saturday, November 15th at Wild Earth Farm in Randolph for a lamb on-farm slaughter and processing workshop. In the first half of this 2-part workshop, participants will learn how to slaughter a lamb humanely and then how to efficiently butcher and process a lamb in the second half.

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11/13 Venison Stew
Nov
13
5:00 PM17:00

11/13 Venison Stew

4:00-5:00 pm - Optional Pratt Refuge Land Walk
5:00-7:00pm - VWK Program
Join the Vermont Wild Kitchen and Vermont Land Trust for an evening of Venison Stew! We’ll be gathering at the Pratt Refuge in Duxbury, Vermont with Ella Mighell of Bread and Butter Farm and others for a night of good food and discussion. Bring your appetites, your questions, your friends, and meet us in the Vermont Wild Kitchen.

The event is free but registration is required and limited.

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11/6 Benefit Bake for Rural Vermont in Stowe!
Nov
6
4:00 PM16:00

11/6 Benefit Bake for Rural Vermont in Stowe!

Join Rural Vermont for one of our favorite annual traditions! Our friends at American Flatbread / Stowe Hearth will be donating a portion of all dine-in and take-out flatbread sales to Rural Vermont. Gather up a crew and head to Burlington! While there, stop by the Rural Vermont table to say hello, snag a sticker, catch up on ag policy, and make some art with us!

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