Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Association

By UVM Extension

The Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Association (VVBGA) Shares their webinars in audio form so you can easily listen while in the field or high tunnel!... more

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The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.

Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Association episodes:

February 29, 2024 Habitat Plantings to Attract Insect Pollinators & Insects That Attack Pests
Kyle Doda owns 1000 Stone Farm, a 4-season certified organic homestead farm in Brookfield VT. In this webinar, Kyle will share his experience with establishing and caring for pollinator and beneficial insect plantings on the farm. UVM entomologist Dr. Cheryl Frank Sullivan has been involved in beneficial insect-plant interaction research for many years. Dr. Sullivan will share information about beneficial insect habitat plantings and what insects these plantings can attract. This program qualifies for 1.0 Vermont pesticide recertification credit. If you wish to receive credit, please bring your Pesticide Applicator ID number. Hosted by Laura Johnson.
Learn more or become a member of the Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Association:
https://vvbga.org
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52min
February 29, 2024 Wash/Pack Case Studies from Naked Acre Farm and Trillium Hill Farm | Winter 2024 Webinar
Considering a wash/pack upgrade? Hear what two different growers recently learned while making these upgrades for their business. Ryan and Genica of Naked Acre Farm & Homefront Gardens built a garage style building in phases as their budget and bandwidth allowed. James Donegan of Trillium Hill Farm built a wash/pack on the second floor of an old bank barn, with a fully waterproof flooring system. This webinar will explain how these projects got started, where they are at now, and what’s next. Hosted by Andy Chamberlin of UVM Extension and the Ag Engineering program.
Learn more or become a member of the Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Association:
https://vvbga.org
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41min
February 19, 2024 Greenhouses Part 2: Growing Bedding Plants for Early Season Sales
Join highly experienced grower Jack Manix of Walker Farm in Dummerston to hear about tips and recommendations for success with bedding plant production. Jack will discuss flat fillers, heated benches, efficient heaters, alarms, and the economics of growing bedding plants. Hosted by Vern Grubinger of UVM Extension.

See additional photos from Walker Farm, or listen to more of Jack's store on The Farmer's Share Podcast. https://thefarmersshare.com/2023/07/24/visiting-walker-farm-with-jack-manix-ep10/
Learn more or become a member of the Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Association:https://vvbga.org
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59min
February 08, 2024 Greenhouses, Part 1: Greenhouse Start-up
Planning for a smooth and efficient greenhouse season. Julie Rubaud of Red Wagon Plants in Hinesburg will share practices and lessons learned from her many years as a greenhouse seedling grower around production planning and scheduling for a highly diverse mix of plant species.
Chris Callahan of UVM Extension will host, and talk about planning for tunnel start-up and safety.
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59min
February 07, 2024 Growers Rap on Employee Handbooks | Winter 2024 Webinar
Why create an employee handbook for your farm? Do you struggle to find and retain good employees on your farm? Would you like to improve the morale and efficiency of your farm crew? Are you interested in improving or creating your own employee handbook to support these improvements? A panel of experienced farmers will describe how and why their employee handbooks have helped, and then we will explore handbook resources, and introduce the upcoming handbook writing workshop series.
Featuring farmers Hank Bissell, Lewis Creek Farm, Starksboro; Lisa MacDougall, Mighty Food Farm, Shaftsbury, and Silas Doyle-Burr, Last Resort Farm, Monkton. Hosted by Hans Estrin.
Use the farm labor dashboard resources:
https://www.uvm.edu/aglabor/dashboard/welcome
Become a member, or learn more about the VVBGA at https://vvbga.org
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55min
January 25, 2024 Sourcing and Selling Pollinator Plants on The Farm and in Your Nursery
Commercial growers and plant sellers discuss ideas around defining plants as “native” and “pollinator friendly.” We will talk about how to ensure transparency for pollinator safe products for our customers and how to know if varieties you source are not only visually attractive to pollinators, but also provide essential pollinator food resources, pollen and nectar.
Speakers: Sarah Salatino, Spencer Hardy.
Hosted by Laura Johnson.
Learn more or join the VVBGA!
https://vvbga.org
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48min
January 18, 2024 What new tool, equipment or device are you excited about this year? | Winter Webinar
Casey Steinberg from Old Friends Farm in MA will share some of their favorite tools for efficiency. Jon Cohen from Deep Meadow Farm will share his self-built Colorado potato bug beater. Diane Abruzzini and Christa Alexander from Jericho Settlers Farm will describe a high tunnel gantry system they co-developed. Trevor Hardy from Brookdale Fruit Farm will discuss stone buriers and direct seeders thru plastic. Hosted by Andy Chamberlin who will also share photos of new equipment.
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1h 5min
January 12, 2024 Winter Tunnel Growing: Lessons Learned | Winter 2024 Webinar Series
Farmers share evolving practices for winter production, including varieties, planting dates, and cultural practices.
Speakers: Christa Alexander (Jericho Settlers Farm), Andy Jones (Intervale Community Farm), Sayer Palmer (Open Woods Farm, NH), James Donegan (Trillium Hill Farm).
January 10th, 2023
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56min
March 24, 2023 Commercial Bumble Bees in High Tunnels
Join UVM Extension pollinator support specialist Laura Johnson, Koppert’s Inside Sales Representative Anne-Marie Coleman, and Christa Alexander from Jericho Settlers Farm to discuss bumble bee use in high tunnels for crop pollination, including colony biology, optimizing pollinator use from single/multi boxes.
March 22nd, 2023
These webinars are supported by UVM Extension and the Vermont Vegetable and Berry
Growers Association, with additional funding from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food
and Market, and Northeast SARE (project LNE22-445)
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58min
March 17, 2023 Crop by Crop Speed Share - Part 2
This week features Brussels sprouts and other brassicas, garlic, potatoes, and delicata squash with farmers:
00:00 Welcome
01:09 Andy Jones (Intervale Community Farm) - Brussel Sprouts
13:49 Patrick Sullivan (Ananda Gardens) - Brassicas
25:25 Seth Storrs (Mink Meadow Farm) - Potatoes
33:59 Jake Kornfeld (The farm at VYCC) - Squash & Popcorn
43:12 Rachel Stievater (UVM Catamount Farm) - Garlic
These webinars are supported by UVM Extension, the VVBGA, VAAFM, and Northeast SARE (subaward number LNE22-445.)
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1h 1min

FAQs about Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Association:

How many episodes does Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Association have?

The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.