The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
CALS and Extension faculty, staff and students are making headlines for their commentaries, research findings, as subject matter experts, and for outreach collaborations. Below is a collection of recent stories. Continue reading “August 2022 CALS in the News”
The driveway at the Proctor Maple Research Center (PMRC) now has a name. The Town of Underhill had requested it be named for E911 purposes. Because this is the 75th Anniversary year of PMRC, UVM chose “Marvin Taylor Road” to honor the founders, Dr. James Marvin and Dr. Fred Taylor. Continue reading “Proctor Maple Road Named, Maple Producers Manual Updated”
The UVM Extension Farm Viability Program’s Farmer Peer-to-Peer (FPtP) Discussion Group met during August at Pigasus farm in South Hero, VT. The FPtP is a group of farming peers which meets monthly over the course of a year, to tour and learn from participants varied farming operations, share challenges and opportunities, and hone business management skills. Continue reading “Extension Farm Viability Peer-to-Peer Meets at Pigasus Farm”
The UVM Morgan Horse Farm (MHF) has some exciting news to share!
In the fall of 2021 the MHF experienced a staffing transition. After careful program assessment and feedback from key stakeholders, the full-time positions at the MHF were restructured to best meet the needs of the program moving forward. Continue reading “Staff Transitions at the UVM Morgan Horse Farm”
The 2022 Vermont Day open house was a huge success, welcoming over 300 people to Weybridge, VT to meet the Morgan horses. This is the feature event of the summer for the UVM Morgan Horse Farm (MHF), a proud tradition of exhibiting UVM’s historic herd of Morgan horses, the Vermont State Animal. Continue reading “Vermont Day at the UVM Morgan Horse Farm”