Getting Started with Grains ROGERS FARMSTEAD Nathan and Jessie Rogers

Getting Started with Grains
ROGERS FARMSTEAD
934 Rowell Hill Road, Berlin, Vermont
Nathan and Jessie Rogers
Tuesday, June 21, 2016, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
After several years
looking for a farm,
Nathan and Jessie
Rogers established
their family farm in
Dog River Valley
during 2012. Using
sustainable and organic agriculture
practices, they are
improving the
health of the land and the infrastructure as the
farm grows.
The University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program (NWCS)
in collaboration with Northeast Organic
Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT)
and Northern Grain Growers Association
(NGGA) welcome you to join us for this onfarm field day as Nate and Jessie discuss
starting a farm business, sourcing equipment, and small grain production and processing. You will also receive up-to-date research information from Heather Darby and
the Northwest Crops and Soils Program.
The field day is a Free Event and snacks will be
provided by the NOFA-VT Pizza oven showcasing
local grains/wheat.
Donations for pizza oven are welcome.
Please pre-register by June 17th.
Online: http://bit.ly/1Tm4oVw
Email: [email protected] or
Phone: 802-524-6501 ext. 432
To request a disability-related accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Susan Brouillette
at 802-524-6501 or 1-800-639-2130
(toll-free in Vt. only) by June 3, 2016
so we may assist you.
Directions: From I-89, take exit 8 toward US-2/VT-12/Montpelier/St. Johnsbury and merge onto Memorial Drive. Go 1.2 miles and turn right onto Northfield St/VT-12 and continue to follow VT-12 for
3.8 miles. Turn left onto Rowell Hill Road and Rogers Farmstead is on the left in .2 miles.
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Crop insurance and other risk management strategies help to preserve and strengthen Vermont’s farmers. More information is available at www.rma.usda.gov. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture. University of Vermont Extension, Burlington, Vermont. University of Vermont Extension, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, cooperating, offer education and employment to everyone without regard to race, color,
national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or familial status.
UVM Extension
NW Crops & Soils Program
278 S. Main Street, Suite 2
St. Albans, VT 05478-1876
Getting Started with Grains
Date: Tuesday, J une 21, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m.
Place: Rogers Farmstead, 934 Rowell Hill Road, Berlin, VT 05602
Please join us for this on-farm workshop as Nate and Jessie Rogers discuss starting a farm business, sourcing equipment, and small grain production and processing.
Please RSVP by June 17th.
Please register online at http://bit.ly/1Tm4oVw or by calling Susan
Brouillette at 802-524-6501 or 1-800-639-2130 (toll-free in Vt. Only) or
email at [email protected].