Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Association

Plastic Mulches in Vegetable Production: Sources, Alternatives, Pros and Cons | Winter 2026 Webinar

This webinar includes an overview of petroleum-based plastic mulch, bioplastics terminology, the differences between bio-based, compostable, and soil-biodegradable materi

Soil Health Bang for Your Buck | Winter 2026 Webinar

Improving soil health doesn’t need to be expensive or laborious. This webinar focuses on organic, soil building practices that make economic and efficient sense for soil

Learning from High Tunnel Enterprise Budgets | Winter 2026 Webinar

Enterprise budgets are a tool to help understand all the costs and returns associated with an individual crop. That data can inform decisions aimed at improving profitabi

Diversifying Herb Enterprises for Economic Return beyond the “Bunch” | Winter 2026 Webinar

Culinary and medicinal herbs can be sold in many ways - not just in bunches. Join experienced herb growers and VVBGA members Julia Etter of Nomad Farm in Bellow Falls, Ve

Crimp, Rip, or Strip: Innovative Tillage for Soil Health | Winter 2026 Webinar

Farmers share methods for reduced tillage and cover cropping in diversified vegetable systems. Speakers: Mike Snow, Snow Organic Ag and Executive Director, Connecticut Ri

CAPS-Plus Produce Safety Audits & Traceability for Wholesale Markets

Designed by farmers for farmers, CommunityAccreditation for Produce Safety (CAPS) is voluntary program of the Vermont Vegetable and Berry Growers Association (VVBGA), coo

CAPS Audits for 2026 - What’s New?

CAPS+ / CAPS+LGS has new auditors and a few improvements-come learn everything you need to know for CAPS Audit success in 2026! Panel presentation by Hans Estrin (CAPS Co

What's that spot? Organic Tunnel Management of PM & Other Foliar diseases | Winter 2026 Webinar

Join experts and farmers to learn the basics ofpest and disease scouting in tunnels, organic prevention tools, cultural management, and spray options. This webinar is s

Understanding Wholesale Distribution Options and Costs | Winter 2026 Webinar

Discerning the pros and cons of wholesale opportunities and costs can be difficult. Farm advisors Rose Wilson and Annie Harlow share tools to assess wholesale distributio

What's the Buzz About? Promoting Pollinator Health on Vegetable Farms | Winter 2026 Webinar

Farmers share their organic management practices that promote pollinator habitat, improve soil health, and provide other farm benefits.Speakers: Chuck Wooster, Sunrise Fa

Essentials of Safe, Easy, Low-cost Produce Handling with Hans Estrin

Are you a smaller-scaler "limited resource" grower aiming to build and/or improve your production systems for the coming season? If so, check out the CAPS webinar. Prac

High Tunnel Innovations: Farmer Lightening Round | Winter 2026 Webinar

High tunnel innovations: farmer lightening round. Farmers find the best solutions to vexing problems! This webinar is an opportunity to learn key tips for efficient, ergo

Go With the Flow: Improving High Tunnel Ventilation | Winter 2026 Webinar

Go with the flow: improving high tunnel ventilation.This webinar provides practical principles, tips, guidance, and tools to help improve ventilation and air circulation

Neonicotinoid Pesticide Restrictions | Winter 2025 Webinar

The Vermont legislature enacted Act 182 in 2024, titled “An Act Relating to the Regulation of Neonicotinoid Pesticides.” The Act aims to regulate the sale and use of neon

Brassica Pests and Diseases | Winter 2025 Webinar

Learn about research-based strategies to manage Alternaria, flea beetles, cabbage aphids and more. Speakers: Susan Scheufele, UMass Extension, Becky Sideman, UNH, and E

What to Know About Worker Protection Standards & Worker Housing Fire Safety | Winter 2025 Webinar

WPS are intended to protect employees and others from exposure to pesticides. All farms that apply pesticides are required to follow the WPS. There have been changes to t

Inter-seeding Cover Crops and Living Mulches | Winter 2025 Webinar

Living mulches can provide many soil health benefits and reduce erosion. Learn innovative strategies and how these practices impact yield. Speakers: Lincoln Fishman, Mome

Moving Water Away From Fields and Tunnels | Winter 2025 Webinar

What strategies are effective for mitigating excess water during wet years? There are a range of techniques to help your crops stay drier and more productive, ranging fro

Hang onto your soil! Reduced Tillage At Scale | Winter 2025 Webinar

This webinar explores the spectrum of reduced tillage practices at all scales, covering equipment and methods that can improve soil health and save labor. Speakers: Julie

What’s New in Colorado Potato Beetle Control? | Winter 2025 Webinar

Growers and researchers are always inventing and refining methods of managing this very persistent pest. Explore mechanical bug beaters, data on delayed planting, and upd