Register now for share with the UVM Catamount Farm CSA because the options sell out quickly. The shares are available from mid-June through mid-October (18 weeks total). Continue reading “2024 UVM Catamount Farm CSA Registration is Now Open”
Building Risk Management Among Women and Beginning Farmers
UVM Extension Women’s Agricultural Network (WAgN) and New Farmer Project Coordinator Beth Holtzman have been awarded a $73,338 grant from the Northeast Extension Risk Management Education Program, for the Building Human Risk Management Know-How Among Women and Beginning Farmers project. Continue reading “Building Risk Management Among Women and Beginning Farmers”
CALS New Hires-February 2024
Amy Miller, 4-H Assistant Director, UVM Extension
Amy Miller is the new assistant director of 4-H. She spent the past 13-plus years working at Vermont State University’s Castleton campus serving in a victim advocacy role and teaching adjunct courses in trauma studies, health promotion and women and gender studies. Continue reading “CALS New Hires-February 2024”
Equine Reproduction Advancement Gives Hope for Morgan Horse UVM Promise Progeny
Thanks to the advancement in equine reproduction through intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), the UVM Morgan Horse Farm is thrilled to announce that after 30 years since his last registered foal, a Morgan mare is confirmed in foal to the late, great UVM Promise.
Born in 1966, UVM Promise, (UVM Highlight x UVM Empress), was one of the most successful horses ever produced in the 70-plus years of the UVM Morgan breeding program. He had many world champion titles, significant influence in the brood shed, and is a household name in the Morgan world. Continue reading “Equine Reproduction Advancement Gives Hope for Morgan Horse UVM Promise Progeny”
Grant to Study Pollinators and Cover Cropping Awarded
UVM Extension Pollinator Support Specialist Laura Johnson and Extension Vegetable and Berry Specialist Vern Grubinger have been awarded a $97,863 grant from the Northeast Risk Management Education Program for the project, Cover Crop Sequences to Support Pollinators and Soil Health on Diversified Vegetable Farms. Continue reading “Grant to Study Pollinators and Cover Cropping Awarded”