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5 Solutions to Land-Based Wealth Redistribution Stephanie Morningstar, Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust This session focuses on the direct correlation between wealth redistribution, increased access to land, and healing justice for Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color (BIPOC). Through the intersecting lenses of decolonization, physiology, anti-oppression, and economics, we will share models of land access that restore harmony, reconfigure power, and reconnect the mycelial network of BIPOC land stewards to their purpose. This session will briefly illuminate the effects of colonization on the body, mind, and spirit, followed by explorations of 5 land access models employed to rebalance power and heal relationships. There will be space for small group discussion; processing of challenges and barriers; and collective inquiry. By uplifting grass-roots models for land access currently changing the landscape of wealth redistribution, participants will walk away with knowledge of accessible, actionoriented solutions.
Cultures & Culturing, Part 1: Fermentation & Nixtamalization Nancy VanWinkle, Nomadic Roots Kitchen; Tony VanWinkle, Sterling College In this workshop, participants will explore traditional techniques and knowledge for the fermentation and nutritional enhancement of foods. Presenters will cover how cultures have harnessed beneficial bacteria and chemical processes to alter, enhance, and preserve food throughout time and space. The presentation will be accompanied by demonstrations and tastings. We will examine both fermentation and nixtamalization.
Effective Email Marketing & Copywriting for Farmers Kate Spring, Good Heart Farmstead Copywriting & email marketing are two essential tools for every farmer. Copy has the power to attract customers, and email marketing results in more sales than any social media post. The two together will help you build stronger relationships with your customers and increase sales.
Taylor Mendell, Footprint Farm; Allen Matthews, Farm First Where do you turn when work/life balance feels impossible? Farm life can be a roller coaster. Although it can look idyllic from the outside, farming is often punctuated by stressful, demanding and dangerous work. Farmers navigate long hours, money worries, weather crises, and social isolation. Stress challenges our emotional well-being and mental health. The goal of this workshop is to help farmers identify resources and techniques to resolve stresses before they mushroom into debilitating situations. Join and connect with other farmers over your most victorious and challenging moments of the season, and explore strategies for supporting health and wellbeing on and off the farm.
Farming for Biodiversity: Designing Pollination Systems to Sustain Native Wildlife Evan Abramson, Landscape Interactions Wild pollination systems are being degraded rapidly, raising concern over an impending ecological catastrophe. Yet most efforts to create pollinator habitat have only increased common species, rather than the range of wild pollinators needed for ecosystem health and resiliency. This workshop will explore the critical role of plant selection in designing and planting for pollinators.
SATURDAY SESSION 2 • 2:15–3:30 PM
Saturday Session 2
Farm Stress and Emotional Well-being on the Farm
Food Scrap Management: Hire Farmers to Close the Nutrient Loop! Cat Buxton, Vermont Healthy Soils Coalition; Natasha Duarte, Composting Association of Vermont; Caroline Gordon; Rural Vermont, Buzz Ferver, Perfect Circle Farm Next July, the Universal Recycling law requires every household to separate and recycle all of their food scraps (10 V.S.A. § 6605k). Farms that import food scraps close the loop locally and promote soil fertility while potentially offering the diverse forage to poultry at low to zero feed costs. This workshop discusses the ecological, economic, and regulatory benefits and challenges of on-farm food scrap management, a topic in urgent need of practical and political action.
Getting Started with Small-Scale Grain Growing Sylvia Davatz, Ruth Fleishman, Seed Savers To get you started growing small grains, Sylvia and Ruth will walk you through a typical year of growing grains on a small scale, addressing the basic steps and issues along the way, from variety selection and planting to harvest and storage. The discussion will include wheat (including spelt and emmer), barley, rye, and oats.
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