done!
At 03:14 PM 4/20/2005, you wrote:
>Please add a discussion of the Northern New England Beginning Farmers
>Conference to the agenda
>
>At 10:18 AM 4/20/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>>Please note the time: 11:30 - 1:30, with lunch provided.
>>
>>Mark Your Calendars:
>>
>>The 2005 Spring 2005 New Farmer Network Meeting will be on Wednesday May
>>18, 2005, 11:30-1:30
>>
>>Because the majority of people who can attend are coming from the
>>Burlington area, it will be at the Burlington Extension office. There is
>>ample parking there. I've included directions to the Extension office at
>>the bottom of this message. The Center for Sustainable Agriculture will
>>provide lunch for all who attend.
>>
>>The draft agenda includes:
>>-- Updates:
>>         What has been happening with beginning farmer activities over the
>>last few months and what's upcoming with each organization;
>>-- Planning for an annual update to our resource guide (web and print);
>>-- a proposal to include professional development in future meetings;
>>-- expanding our membership -- are there organizations who should be
>>included? How do we determine that?
>>-- list serv/electronic mailing list for farmers?
>>-- new initiatives?
>>-- any other items VT NFN members would like to discuss.
>>
>>Please send me any other agenda items you would like to include by end of
>>the day on May 10.
>>
>>See you soon.
>>
>>Beth
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Directions to the Burlington Extension Office:
>>
>>
>>
>> From Interstate 89 North or South: Take I-89 to Exit 14W. This brings you
>>onto Route 2 West (Williston Road). Take a right at the first light past
>>the Sheraton Conference Center. Take an immediate left (around the
>>U-turn) to a set of lights. Go straight through the lights. This brings
>>you onto Spear Street. Go approximately 1 mile. You will see the UVM Farm
>>on the left; turn right at the UVM Bioresearch Facility sign. The
>>Extension office is in the first building on the left.
>>
>> From Route 7 (Shelburne Road) North: Turn right onto Swift Street (just
>>before Denny's Restaurant and Interstate 189). At the second traffic
>>light, turn left onto Spear Street. Travel about 1 mile and turn left at
>>the UVM Bioresearch Facility sign. The Extension office is in the first
>>building on the left.
>>
>>
>>
>>********************************
>>Beth Holtzman
>>Women's Agricultural Network
>>
>>617 Comstock Rd.
>>Berlin, VT 05602
>>
>>[log in to unmask]
>>802-223-2389 ext. 15
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>
>Allen Matthews
>http://www.sare.org/publications/naf/matthews.htm
>Center for Sustainable Agriculture at UVM
>http://www.vermontagriculture.com/newfarm.htm
>63 Carrigan Drive - Ag. Eng. Bldg. Room 107
>Burlington, Vt. 05405
>phone: 802+656-0037
>www.uvm.edu/sustainableagriculture

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Beth Holtzman
Women's Agricultural Network

617 Comstock Rd.
Berlin, VT 05602

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802-223-2389 ext. 15
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