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Education
September
12th 2007
At High Mowing Seeds in Wolcott
“Field Day”
2:00-5:00
As Part of NOFA-Vermont's Summer Workshop Series,
Salvation Farms (SF) is hosting "Hands On,
How To Gleaning." This interactive session,
with director and founder Theresa Snow, will focus
on how to set up a gleaning project in your community.
You will gain experience through assisting with
the afternoons glean at High Mowing Seeds. A "How
to Guide" for gleaning will be available for
you to bring home. In 2006, SF gleaned over 7000
pounds of marketable produce from High Mowing Seeds'
trial fields. All produce is donated to various
human service agencies, non-profit organizations,
agencies working for hunger relief locally, and
the Vermont Foodbank.
High Mowing Seeds was presented with the Sustainable
Business of the Year award this year from the Small
Business Development Center of Central Vermont,
in response to our donation efforts with Salvation
Farms and our packet donation program to various
garden projects.
Contact Theresa Snow for more details at 802-888-5055
or send an email to salvagedonation@yahoo.com
Also - check out their website at www.salvationfarms.org
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4:30-5:30
Terry Solomon from The Vermont Compost Company will
host a workshop on composting. Learn the benefit
of composting and how to do it more effectively.
Vermont Compost offers and extensive product line
of high quality compost and professional potting
soils. Learn from the experts how to do it at home
and on the farm.
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5:30 - 7:30
An interactive evening at High Mowing Seeds’
trial and research field:
Walk through the 2+ acre variety trials, where HMS
showcases hundreds of varieties. You will see not
only the varieties HMS offers but market standards
and new and upcoming varieties trialed side by side.
Jodi Lew-Smith will be talking about HMS breeding
program and the exciting new varieties the company
is creating. This is a chance for you to see what
HMS is up to and a great chance for the company
to get feedback from you! We all welcome you to
participate in taste tests and other refreshments.
For more info contact Heather Jerrett from High
Mowing Seeds; 802-472-6174 ext. 101.
Hope to see you there!
Directions:
Follow Rt. 15 (west from Hardwick or east from Wolcott).
Head north on Marsh Rd. (a right turn from Hardwick
or a left turn from Wolcott). Go up the hill and
follow the road as it curves left. You’ll
see the hoop-houses and tent on the left hand side.
Park on the road. If you have questions, call us
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Salvation Farms was founded by one Sterling College Alumni and
one Sterling College Senior. The College’s Mission: The
Sterling College community combines structured academic study
with experiential challenges and plain hard work to build responsible
problem solvers who become stewards of the environment as they
pursue productive lives.
This has been the moral and educational foundation from which
Salvation Farms started and continues to grow. We aim to impact
our community through practical experiences that provide education
through self-challenge and engagement.
Every volunteer we work with learns something new from each experience
with Salvation Farms. Most learn about fresh foods, what it looks
like in the field, new kinds of veggies, how to harvest and handle
produce. Others learn about the emergency food systems and resources
in the area and in Vermont. Some learn about themselves and their
communities, meeting new people, and making new friends. Our hope
is that individuals will find the salvation provided by securing
their community’s resources close to home while working
with others to lighten the burden and share in the harvest.
On the grounds of Salvation Farms headquarters, in the quiet
country of North Wolcott, we are pleased to announce the vision
and planning of an Education, Demonstration, and Donation (EDD)
Garden. This will also include a spring workshop series and late
summer workshop series. Most workshops will be agriculture, nutrition,
or sustainability based. We will be inviting the public to get
involved for many occasions during 2007 to learn about starting
seeds, garden planning, maintaining a compost pile, preserving
foods, harvesting & weeding, seed saving, the list goes on….
This garden will also allow us the opportunity to engage donation
recipients that may be unable to glean with Salvation Farms but
are interested in an agricultural experience. We look forward
to sharing major EDD Garden responsibilities with any intern who
joins us within the growing and planning seasons.
Salvation Farms is honored to announce being included in the
nomination by Sterling College for the Vermont Campus Compact
Engaged Community Partner Award. The award recognizes a group
that… “works to support the civic mission of their
partnering campus”….and offers “vital links
for engaging campuses and students to meet critical needs in the
community.” We are pleased to be listed amongst some of
the finest farmers and farm organizations in our area. Thanks
Sterling!
Sterling College writes, “This group of
Craftsbury area agricultural enterprises has offered an invaluable
resource for learning, work, and service here at Sterling College.
Community partners enhance the life of the local community and
enhance learning for our students at Sterling. Service learning
continues as some of these farming endeavors serve as sites for
senior’s research project. One of the seniors, Jen O’Donnell,
(Senior Applied Research Project) …led directly to the expansion
of gleaning work for Salvation Farms. We currently have students
working regularly with Salvation Farms …which harvest and
donate food from many of the farms on the list. This service organization
in turn cooperates with many partnering farms on our list.”
We've
rented a building!!!
Read about our New Site!
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