Informal Farmer Discussion Group & Potluck Lunch Meeting
Held Tuesday November 6th, 2001, 10:00 am to 2:00 p.m.
Jersey Girls Farm- Chester, VT
Information Itinerary
- 10:00 - 12:00 Tour of Jersey Girls Dairy
- Meet Farmer, Lisa Kaiman
- New Walk Through Step up Style California Style Milking Parlor housed in Superstructure Barn
- Established successful intensive grazing, discussed reseeding fields, fertility needs, Vermont Accepted Agricultural Practices (AAPs)
- 12:00 Potluck Lunch
- Lisa's farm philosophy of finding what animals want to do and providing them what they want.
- Milk waste problems including need for pump. Discussed possibility of District assisting in making a pump available to for farms to rent.
- Scheduled next group meeting, Elm Valley Farm, Don Davis, Cavendish, VT
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