Stop by and pick up some beautiful and tasty heirloom pumpkins for sale on Quaker St in Ferrisburg. These make the best pies, stews, soups and biscuits! Rich in flavor, balanced in water content they are a cooks' dream ingredient for fall cooking. Now that the chill is settling in, look for Brussels sprouts at farm stands, they sweeten with the cooler temps; thinly sliced, add to a saute with pumpkin. Kale is the Harvest of the Month, so pick up some at your markets and enjoy the Bounty of the County! 

Middlebury Farmers' Market has switched to the Indoor Market: Saturdays at Mary Hogan, beginning Saturday, November 1st. 

Holiday Market: Saturday, December 6th at Mary Hogan School 

Plan on attending this food and craft fair which is always a great event

Are you selling your products directly to local schools? The long-standing regulations are just now beginning to be enforced in Vermont. Many schools not previously complying will begin to follow competitive procurement practices in the coming year.

This class will explain what the procurement regulations are, and what you, as a vendor, can expect from the schools you do business with.  

December 2nd

9-11:30 

Extension Office Middlebury 23 Pond Lane 

Taught by Rosie Krueger of Dept of Ed &  Abbie Nelson NOFA

To save a spot, email Annie

Build a Strong Workforce on the Farm

• Learn hiring skills, leadership, supervising and coaching skills.
• Improve your performance feedback skills 
• Create systems to keep employees happy, informed and working productively  
• Increase in employee productivity with improved communications.
• Complete or fine tune a farm business organizational chart, performance review worksheets with/on employees and written job descriptions
• Continue to address HR management concerns on the farm through program follow-up.

Please RSVP by Nov. 1, 2014 to Louise Waterman VT Agency of Agriculture 802-828-6900 or Louise.Waterman@state.vt.us. DoubleTree Hotel, Burlington Cost $30

Vermont's first festival celebrating hard cider is November 14-23. Vermont Cider Week celebrates craft cider by increasing its presence in top restaurants, bars, and retail shops across the state. Find the details of the cider-centric tastings, dinners, classes and more taking place during Cider Week.

 Additionally, Cider Week provides educational resources for trade, including staff education, tastings, and connections with top Vermont Cider Makers. It serves to help promote public events, tastings, and pairings that build appreciation and demand for Vermont cider.

This event connects Vermont cider makers to buyers from top restaurants, bars, and retail shops across The Green Mountain State. Vermont Cider Week helps bring awareness, new business, and growth to the state's cideries many of which have deep roots in Addison County!

Congratulations to Shacksbury Cider for being served at Danny Meyer's The Modern at MoMA, a Michelin Star restaurant in Manhattan. And this in Shacksbury's first year. Your friends at ACORN say "Way to go David & Colin"!

Meet with Colin Nov 14 at Burlington's American Flatbread to sip from the new Zero Gravity Cask. Also, Thursday Nov 20, at American Flatbread in Middlebury, a great night with James Beard Award-winning author Rowan Jacobsen who will be speaking about his new book Apples of Uncommon Character and David Dolginow will be talking about the Lost Apple Project. Plus, a reveal of the singularly stellar, 1840 Cider, not to be missed!