Soil Health Training for Technical Assistance Providers
2023-2024 Soil Health Training for Technical Assistance Providers (click to learn more).
The overarching goal of the training is to better prepare technical assistance providers for the assistance they will be providing to farmers, forest owners, and other land stewards in their roles with Natural Resources Conservation Districts, state and federal agencies, watershed groups, non profit organizations, and other related groups. This course was created to be directly applicable to the landscapes and land stewards in VT and the Lake Champlain Basin in NY.
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First workshop is in-person on Tue, November 14, 2023, 9-2pm at VYCC in Richmond. 12 winter virtual webinars will follow. Questions? Please contact info@FranklinCountyNRCD.org
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Grain Growers Workshop
Wednesday, November 8, 1pm to 3pm – Grain Growers Workshop at Woodlawn Farm in Pawlet. Free event with lunch provided, but please pre-register at https://go.uvm.edu/grain. UVM Extension Ag Business and the Northwest Crops and Soils Team, along with the farm owners Seth and Kate Leach, will talk about the farm grain infrastructure and the benefits of adding this enterprise to their dairy operation. Contact for questions is Whitney Hull at 802-656-7563 or whitney.hull@uvm.edu. This workshop will be the first in a series, with future workshop locations in Addison and Franklin Counties.
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Trade Show Readiness Handbook
A handbook to help Vermont farm, food, and forestry businesses assess your readiness to market your products at trade shows and help you prepare to make your investment a success.
VT Directive 5730.1 Rev. 1: RESPONSIBILITIES IN DUAL JURISDICTION ESTABLISHMENTS
This directive provides instruction to VAAFM inspection program personnel (IPP) about their roles and responsibilities regarding inspection, verification, documentation of findings, reporting and enforcement actions in establishments that operate under the jurisdiction of both VAAFM and the Vermont Department of Health (VDH) on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), (i.e., a dual jurisdiction establishment (DJE)).
Updates situations where VAAFM will share information with VDH according to the MOU.
Establishments that harvest amenable cells for cell-cultured meat and poultry food products will be under the jurisdiction of USDA FSIS
The VAAFM Meat Inspection Section is small enough that we do not need a Liaison to VDH
Updates situations where VAAFM will share information with VDH according to the MOU.
Establishments that harvest amenable cells for cell-cultured meat and poultry food products will be under the jurisdiction of USDA FSIS
The VAAFM Meat Inspection Section is small enough that we do not need a Liaison to VDH
VT Directive 6100.3 Rev. 2: ANTE-MORTEM AND POST-MORTEM POULTRY INSPECTION
For use beginning 10/1/2023
This directive instructs the Inspector-in-Charge (IIC) and offline and online inspection program personnel (IPP) on how to perform ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of poultry and how to inspect the conditions under which the birds are processed. It also instructs IICs on how to make post-mortem dispositions for some poultry diseases and how to document these dispositions in the Public Health Information System (PHIS). This directive has been updated to clarify duties for the IIC, to update instructions on avian leukosis dispositions, and to remove previous instructions on worker safety hazards.
This directive instructs the Inspector-in-Charge (IIC) and offline and online inspection program personnel (IPP) on how to perform ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of poultry and how to inspect the conditions under which the birds are processed. It also instructs IICs on how to make post-mortem dispositions for some poultry diseases and how to document these dispositions in the Public Health Information System (PHIS). This directive has been updated to clarify duties for the IIC, to update instructions on avian leukosis dispositions, and to remove previous instructions on worker safety hazards.
Exmept Poultry Example Label
Label example demonstrating the required features needed when labeling exempt poultry
VT Notice 2-23: INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONDUCTING VERIFICATION TASKS ON MISSED INSPECTION VISITS OF PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENTS
For use beginning 6/1/2023
This notice reissues the contents in VT Notice 18-13 and 14-14, Instructions for Conducting Verification Tasks on Missed Inspection Visits of Processing Establishments. This notice provides instructions for inspection program personnel (IPP) on conducting inspection verification tasks on those very rare occasions when IPP have been unable to visit an official establishment within its approved operating hours. IPP very infrequently may be unable to visit a particular processing establishment during an operating shift because of emergencies or unforeseen events.
This notice reissues the contents in VT Notice 18-13 and 14-14, Instructions for Conducting Verification Tasks on Missed Inspection Visits of Processing Establishments. This notice provides instructions for inspection program personnel (IPP) on conducting inspection verification tasks on those very rare occasions when IPP have been unable to visit an official establishment within its approved operating hours. IPP very infrequently may be unable to visit a particular processing establishment during an operating shift because of emergencies or unforeseen events.