Upper Valley Urban Agriculture and Agroforestry Tour

The Upper Valley Agroforestry and Urban Agriculture Tour, organized by the White River NRCD and VT Healthy Soils Coalition took place on July 29, 2022.

The goals for this tour were:

- To connect VT Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Conservation District staff with on-the-ground projects focusing on agroforestry and urban agriculture and to help direct federal funding to projects such as these.

- To better understand federal and state funding opportunities, codes and calendars, block Grants for community gardens and composting, opportunities for urban ag and agroforestry, mulching, cover cropping, tree nurseries, and food security.

May contain: clothing, pants, architecture, building, outdoors, shelter, t-shirt, grass, plant, face, head, person, photography, portrait, people, jeans, nature, footwear, shoe, hat, shorts, adult, male, man, baseball cap, cap, summer, tree, backyard, yard, countryside, and vegetation — Pictured from left to right: Joe Buford, USDA-NRCS VT; Jesse Marksohn, Yellowbud Farm; Stephen Leslie, Cedar Mountain Farm; Travis Thomason, USDA-NRCS VT; Karen Ganey, Permaculture Solutions; Jennifer Byrne, White River NRCD; John Roberts, USDA-FSA VT; Elodie Eid, Yellowbud Farm; Cat Buxton, VT Healthy Soils Coalition; Karl Thidemann, Soil4Climate and White River NRCD

- To lift up the amazing work being done on the ground by Vermonters all over the state who are leading the way to invite massive biodiversity back to the land while building the social mycelium and shared educational systems.

The Six Tour Stops:

Pocket Park, South Strafford, VT

Clifford Park Food Forest and Abenaki Garden, West Hartford VT

Riverwalk Trail Food Forest, White River Junction VT

Tina Barney's Home, Hartland VT

Windsor Community Garden & Food Forest, Windsor VT

Cedar Mountain Farm, Hartland VT

Thank you to our local TV Station, JAM, for documenting this event.

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