Northwest Vermont Grown: Growers Listserv

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The Northwest Vermont Grown Growers Listserv is a resource for growers in Grand Isle and Franklin County, created to help farmers connect with and support each other. Please read the guidelines and fill out the form below to request to join the listserv.

GUIDELINES

The purpose of the listserv is to help growers help one another with practical farming issues, and help keep growers in Grand Isle and Franklin County connected to each other:

         to buy and sell items from each another, or to buy in bulk

         to share knowledge about farming practices

         to share experience with products, equipment and supplies/suppliers

         to discuss management issues such as insurance, labor, financing

         to share farm employment opportunities or farm property for sale

         to invite other growers to on-farm events with educational or community value on your own farm


Please refrain from sending any:

         political messages

         surveys

         meeting announcements*

         spam of any kind

         postings for other growers outside of Grand Isle and Franklin County, and/or who should join themselves**

Members that do not honor the purpose of the listserv may be removed.

The listserv is only available to growers and invited service providers in Franklin and Grand Isle Counties.

*Please send meeting announcements to Guy (guy@shlt.org) and Christine (cporcaro@nrpcvt.com) for inclusion in the SHLT and HRC newsletters.

**It’s OK to post for a person or business seeking to purchase fresh produce from growers. Sending non-practical messages will dilute the purpose of the listserv and reduce participation.

HOW TO USE THE LISTSERV

To send a message to everyone on the list, email it to nwvtgrown@googlegroups.com.

Please include a meaningful topic in the subject line of your email

Reply only to the sender of the message – NOT to the list

When a question of general interest is asked to the list, such as “how do growers dry garlic?” the sender should compile all the answers and send out one message to the list with a descriptive subject matter line, "responses to garlic drying question." This method limits the total number of emails coming from the listserv.

THANK YOU TO THE VT VEGETABLE & BERRY GROWERS ASSOCIATION AND VERN GRUBINGER FOR THEIR MODEL GUIDELINES FOR THIS LISTSERV.

QUESTIONS?

Contact Guy Maguire at South Hero Land Trust, guy@shlt.org

SIGN UP HERE

Please fill out the form below to request to join the listserv.