Evening Events

Saturday evening events are open to the public. Please invite your colleagues, farmer and foodie friends, and others interested in NOFA-VT to join us!

Saturday Social

Saturday 4:30–6 pm • Davis Center, 2nd Floor Exhibitors’ Hall

Enjoy appetizers, wine and beer, and live music while you chat with friends and visit with exhibitors. This yearly event is a great way to unwind after a full conference day and connect with others in your field. Thanks to generous donations, we will have appetizers by Sugarsnap and crepes made on-site by Skinny Pancake. Cash bar.

Young Farmer and Slow Food Meet-Up

Saturday 7–10 pm • Juniper at Hotel Vermont, 41 Cherry St., Burlington • Donations accepted at the door

Head downtown to Hotel Vermont for drinks and light snacks co-hosted by Slow Food Vermont & The Vermont Young Farmers Coalition. This social event seeks to create community and provide space for continuing conversations. Open to everyone, including colleagues and friends who have not attended the conference. Join in to mingle after the conference and into the night!

Sunday Ice Cream Social & Raffle Drawing

Sunday 5–6 pm • Davis Center, 1st Floor Atrium • Free to conference attendees

The Sunday Ice Cream Social is a beloved conference tradition thanks to the generosity of Strafford Organic Creamery. Join us for dessert, community, and time to unwind after the conference! We’ll also do the raffle drawing at this event. Come by for one last chance to purchase raffle tickets supporting the Farmer Emergency Fund before the lucky winners are announced!

FARMSTEADERS

FIlm Screening & Discussion

Saturday 6–7:30 pm • Davis Center, 4th Floor, Livak Ballroom • $5 Suggested Donation

Clear-eyed and intimate, Farmsteaders follows Nick Nolan and his young family on a journey to resurrect his late grandfather’s dairy farm as agriculture moves toward largescale farming. A study of place and persistence, Farmsteaders points an honest and tender lens at everyday life in rural America, offering an unexpected voice for a forsaken people: those who grow the food that sustains us. Discussion with Amy Zielinski from VT PBS will follow the film.