Women's Agricultural Network (WAgN)

Learn about ways to build a stronger, more effective farm team at our "Building Better Work Teams" workshop series January 16, 23 & 30. Register now at https://www.uvm.edu/aglabor/dashboard/events/building-better-work-teams-0

These sessions are *not* your typical webinars. Come prepared for active learning (literally getting out of your chair) and sharing with other women farmers.

January is the perfect time for farmers to reflect and learn how to better care for our physical and mental health. Led by and for women farmers, the "Protect & Preserve Your Most Important Tool: You" series serves up a combination of practical information, movement and connection with other women-identifying farmers sharing similar experiences.

Topics
-Building flexibility & strength
- Understanding muscles and joints
- Preventing injury
- Dealing with chronic pain
- Cultivating rest

January 21, 22, and 23 from Noon to 1:30 pm EST
Learn more and register at https://www.uvm.edu/aglabor/dashboard/events/protect-preserve-your-most-important-tool-you-1

New Hampshire Workshop! Our bodies are our most important tools and this season yours is going to be ready. The Movement Workshop covers BETTER body mechanics and movement patterns in order to decrease injury potential, increase efficiency and extend career longevity.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Movement Workshops (labor-movement.com)

Register for half day forest farming immersion with partners Smokey House Center & Vermont Agency of Agriculture

Forest Farming: A Climate Smart Practice Learn how to integrate forest farming into your woods to reduce climate risks, sequester carbon, and diversify income for resilience.

Today in International Women’s Day! Let’s celebrate the contributions women make to inclusive sustainable agriculture!

$1.25 M available for service providers and graduate students to advance sustainable agriculture in the Northeast. Read More!

Connect, share and learn! Choose the series that fits best in your schedule. https://www.uvm.edu/aglabor/dashboard/2024-peer-learning-circles

Learn more and register at https://www.uvm.edu/aglabor/dashboard/2024-peer-learning-circles

The calls for 2024 Partnership and Graduate Student Research Grant Proposals are now available!!!

Partnership proposals are due April 9, 2024, 5:00 p.m. EST.
Graduate Proposals are due April 16, 2024, 5:00 p.m EST.

Women are leaders of agroecology projects worldwide. How do women farmers in the U.S. advance resilient sustainable food systems through practicing agroecology? Learn more about how women farmers in the U.S. align with global principles of agroecology in this study conducted by Duke University. Read the JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2023.131.003