The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
A great weekend was had by all who attended the 24th annual Outdoor Family Weekend (OFW) event hosted by UVM Extension’s 4-H program, in partnership with the Vermont Departments of Fish and Wildlife (VFW), and Forests, Parks, and Recreation (FPR). This family-friendly event is designed to cultivate connections with the outdoors through camping and the acquisition of new skills. Continue reading “Families Enjoy the Forest, Learn New Skills During Outdoor Family Weekend”
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”
On a quest to monitor and inventory Vermont’s corky-barked wonder, the black ash tree (Fraxinus nigra), UVM Field Naturalist Program graduate student Charlotte Cadow has spent the summer hopping, plunging, and tromping through seeps, swamps, and floodplain forests. Continue reading “Black Ash, the Corky Barked Wonder Tree”