Hello,
Based on responses from you all, the June 22 New Farmer Network meeting
will be at the Berlin Extension/NRCS building, in the NRCS
meeting room from 12:30 - 2 pm.
Lunch will be provided for all.
Proposed Agenda:
1. Program Updates -- What's on tap (for your organization) this
summer-fall re: beginning farmer activities
2. Coordination/Collaboration -- How can we improve to better serve
beginning farmers?
3. Next steps: & funding network initiatives
4. Future meeting schedule
5. Other business.
If you have items you would like to add to the agenda, please let me know
before Friday June 18.
Beth
PS - Please email me privately and ASAP if you have any dietary
restrictions.
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- From: Vermont New Farmer Network
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On Behalf Of Beth Holtzman
- Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 1:40 PM
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- Subject: Changes & an Invitation
- Hello everyone,
- I'm writing in my new capacity as liaison for the UVM Center for
Sustainable Agriculture to the Vermont New Farmer Network. Though Allen
Matthews and Deb Heleba will continue to be actively involved with the
network and new farmer initiatives, I'll be picking up the role of
coordinating NFN communications and meetings that Allen has been doing
for the past several years. As many of you know, Allen recently has been
up to his ears with farm viability project work, and Deb Heleba is
preparing for her maternity leave (July-October ). I'm very excited to be
joining Allen and Deb in working with you all.
- Our next meeting (set by those who attended the last meeting) is
tentatively scheduled for June 22, from 12:30-2 pm. If there's interest
in coming together for an in-person meeting to catch up and begin to map
out the next phase of network activities, we could hold it either at the
Berlin or Burlington Extension office. Either way, the Center for
Sustainable Agriculture will provide lunch for all who attend. Now that
the Resource Guide is done, it seems like a good time to update each
other on upcoming activities and initiatives, and to begin discussing
next steps for the network.
- Please let me know by June 14 if you will be able to attend a meeting
on June 22, and which location you prefer. In the meantime, it would
be helpful to me if you would send along any ideas you have for agenda
items. If June 22 isn't feasible for enough people, my suggestion would
be that until we can get together, we use email to provide updates and
brainstorm ideas for next steps.
- Which leads me to my last piece of new information. With Deb and
Allen's help, I've established the new NEWFARMERNET list serv to
facilitate communication between network members. For those of you who
aren't familiar with list servs, one of the advantages over using address
books is that an address change only needs to be entered once -- instead
of having everybody needing to update their address books. So, please use
the list serv instead of your address book in the future.
- Please feel free to write or call me if you have questions or
concerns.
- Warmly,
- Beth
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- Beth Holtzman
- Women's Agricultural Network &
- UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture
- 617 Comstock Rd.
- Berlin, VT 05602
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- 802-223-2389 ext. 15
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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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