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Llama at Green Chimneys

CALENDAR

Check-back often to see upcoming events, and view our Year in Review to see past offerings (2020, 2021, 2022). Do you have an idea for a program you'd like to offer with FBEN? Contact us - we love hearing from you!

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ABCs of Farm-Based Education at Shelburne Farms (in person)

October 22 - 24, 2023 

 

Presented by Shelburne Farms and FBEN​

 

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Wolfe's Neck Farm and Friends: A Farm-Based Education Meet-Up (in-person)

September 13 - 14, 2023

at Wolfe's Neck Farm â€‹

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Registration Closed.

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Death on the Farm: A Discussion with Michaela Ryan

March 29 & April 5

 3:30 - 4:30 EST

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With Michaela Ryan, New Village Farm

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ABCs of Farm-Based Education

March 31 - April 2, 2023​

and October 22 - 24, 2023

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At Shelburne Farms â€‹

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Register for Spring Workshop

Register for Fall Workshop

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Training Newly Hired
Farm-Based Educators

February 8, 2023

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm â€‹EST

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With The Lands at Hillside Farms & Backyard Basecamp

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Navigating Avian Influenza: from Prevention to Recovery Webinar

September 22, 2022

2:30-3:30 ET / 11:30-12:30 PT

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With USDA's Defend the Flock Program and Pineland Farms â€‹

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FBEN Community Check-In with City Slicker Farms

May 17, 2022 - POSTPONED

 

Will announce a reschedule soon! â€‹

With City Slicker Farms, Oakland, CA

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FBEN Summer Farm Camp

Every other Thursday 

 2:30 - 3:15 ET /

11:30 -12:15 PT​

January - June 

 

(Register to see upcoming meeting dates)

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Healing the Roots of Racism in Ourselves (for white folks)

January 5 - June 1, 2021

 3:00 - 5 ET / 12:00 - 1 PT​

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With Julia Metzger-Traber and Rebecca Mintz

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FBEN Community Check In

September 23, 2021

 4 ET / 1 PT​

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With Davi Cohen, Battery Conservancy, New York City

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Dandelion Speaker Series

August 2, 2021 | 4 EST / 1 PT​

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With Woody Woodroof, Red Wiggler Community Farm, Germantown, MD

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Dandelion Speaker Series

July 12, 2021 | 4 EST / 1 PT

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With Tiffany Brewer, EarthDance Organic Farm School, Ferguson, MO

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Mindful Movement with Nature

May 26, 2021

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Giselle Cuevas, Growing Wild Forest School, Asheville, NC

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Make a Felted Wool Flower!

April 9, 2021​

 

Presented by Cat Parrish, Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT

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Healing the Roots of Racism in Ourselves

March  5, 12, 19, 2021

 

Presented by Richael Faithful, Julia Metzger-Traber

Photo: Jeremy Bishop. 

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​Farm-Based Ed in Every City and Town: 4 Unique Stories 

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Building Farm & Garden Youth Entrepreneurship Programs

Oct. 12, Nov. 2, 14, 28,

3:30 - 5:00 EST on Zoom 

With City Blossoms, 

U.S. Botanic Garden & Several Guests

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Info & Registration

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Live from the Chicken Coop! 

July 12,  | 1-1:45 EST

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With Jenn from First Fruits Farm, Freeland, MD​

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Death on the Farm: A Discussion with Michael Kauffman

March 23, | 3:30 - 4:30 EST

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With Michael Kauffman, Green Chimneys

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Healing the Roots of Racism

March 22, April 19, May 17, Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 15 

3:00 - 5:00 pm â€‹EST

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With Rebecca Mintz and Julia Metzger Traber

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Register!

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ABCs of Farm-Based Education at Shelburne Farms (In Person!)

October 23-25, 2022

8:45 am - 1:30 pm â€‹

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With Shelburne Farms â€‹

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Register

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FBEN Community Check-In with City Blossoms

June 16, 2022

3:30 - 4:45 ET / 12:30-1:45 PT

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With City Blossoms, Washington, D.C.

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Indigenous Land Acknowledgements: What? Why? And Now What? 

March 1, 15, 29 2022

 3:30-5:30 ET /

12:30 - 2:30 PT​

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With Gedakina and Shelburne Farms

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FBEN Community Check In

January 10

 4 - 5:00 EST / 1-2:00 PT​

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With Jamie Lombardo, Smokey House Center, Danby, VT

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FBEN Community Check In

December 1, 2021

 4:00 ET / 1:00 PT​

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With Melisa Oliva, Ananda Gardens, Montpelier, VT

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Dandelion Speaker Series

August 16, 2021 | 4 ET / 1 PT​

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With Ang Roell, They Keep Bees

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Dandelion Speaker Series

July 26, 2021 | 4 EST / 1 PT

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With Phil Haynes, Carversville Farm Foundation, Carversville, PA

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Farm-Based Education After Covid

June 29, 2021 â€‹

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With UVM Extension, Fox Haven Farm and Billings Farm

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Animal Welfare in Educational Farm Settings

April 28, 2021

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A Zoom Conversation with Suzanne Kapral, The Lands at Hillside Farms

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Worker Justice in the Food System

April 1, 15, 29, 2021

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Presented by Vera Chang and Dr. Teresa Mares 

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Lessons from the Honeybee on Change, Adaptation and Storytelling

February 10, 17, 24 2021

 

Presented by Ang Roell, They Keep Bees 

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Service to Justice Leadership Training

January 11 - 15, 2021

Presented by Service to Justice (this training is full!)

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Climate Change and Farm-Based Education

September 21, 2023

3-4:00 pm EST 

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Virtual with NASA's Earth to Sky Program â€‹

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Registration

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Listening with BIPOC FBEN Members

May 24 | 3-4:00 EST

 

With Richael Faithful​

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RSVP

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Summer Farm Camp Learning Community 
(Ongoing!)

Biweekly starting Feb. 13

10:00 am - 11:00 am â€‹EST

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With Ani Steele

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Managing Growth and Demand

February 22, 2023

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm â€‹EST

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With Pony Power Therapies and EarthDance Organic Farm School

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Learning Journey to the Berkshire Region (In Person!)

Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2022

9:45 am - 11:30 am 

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With High Spirit Farm, Gould Farm, Hawthorne Valley, and Greenagers at April Hill â€‹

 

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May 25, 2022​

3:30 - 4:45 ET / 12:30-1:45 PT

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With Shelby Geitner

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FBEN Community Check In

March 7, 2022

 12-1 ET / 9-10 PT​

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With Jennifer Rothman, Yellow Farmhouse Ed. Ctr.

Stonington, CT

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Healing the Roots of Racism in Ourselves (for BIPOC)

January 6 - June 2

4 - 6:00 pm EST / 1 - 3:00 PM PT​

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With Richael Faithful

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Rooting Out Racism Workshop

October 4 - 8, 2021

 11 - 2 ET / 8-11 PT​

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With Service to Justice

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Dandelion Speaker Series

August 9, 2021 | 4 ET / 1 PT â€‹

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With Ceci, BKRot

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Dandelion Speaker Series

July 19, 2021 | 4 EST / 1 PT

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With Julia Aguilar, True Love Seeds

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Regeneration Corps Student Presentation 

June 5, 2021 â€‹

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Cecelia Luce and Cat Buxton, Regeneration Corps

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Bi-Weekly Summer Camp Call

On Pause - Summer '21​

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Rooting Out Racism

March  23, 24, 30, 31 2021

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Presented by Service to Justice

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Building an Adopt-A-Chick Program

February 5, 2021

Presented by Erika Gorgenyi and Jack Wright of Wright Locke Farm 

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