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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)
Wolfe's Neck Farm and Friends: A Farm-Based Education Meet-Up (in-person)
Death on the Farm: A Discussion with Michaela Ryan
ABCs of Farm-Based Education
March 31 - April 2, 2023​
and October 22 - 24, 2023
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At Shelburne Farms ​
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Training Newly Hired
Farm-Based Educators
February 8, 2023
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm ​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 ​
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FBEN Community Check-In with City Slicker Farms
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
FBEN Community Check In
Dandelion Speaker Series
August 2, 2021 | 4 EST / 1 PT​
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With Woody Woodroof, Red Wiggler Community Farm, Germantown, MD
Dandelion Speaker Series
Mindful Movement with Nature
May 26, 2021
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Giselle Cuevas, Growing Wild Forest School, Asheville, NC
Make a Felted Wool Flower!
April 9, 2021​
Presented by Cat Parrish, Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT
Healing the Roots of Racism in Ourselves
March 5, 12, 19, 2021
Presented by Richael Faithful, Julia Metzger-Traber
Photo: Jeremy Bishop.
​Farm-Based Ed in Every City and Town: 4 Unique Stories
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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Live from the Chicken Coop!
Death on the Farm: A Discussion with Michael Kauffman
Healing the Roots of Racism
March 22, April 19, May 17, Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 15
3:00 - 5:00 pm ​EST
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With Rebecca Mintz and Julia Metzger Traber
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ABCs of Farm-Based Education at Shelburne Farms (In Person!)
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?
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
Dandelion Speaker Series
Dandelion Speaker Series
Farm-Based Education After Covid
June 29, 2021 ​
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With UVM Extension, Fox Haven Farm and Billings Farm
Animal Welfare in Educational Farm Settings
April 28, 2021
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A Zoom Conversation with Suzanne Kapral, The Lands at Hillside Farms
Worker Justice in the Food System
April 1, 15, 29, 2021
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Presented by Vera Chang and Dr. Teresa Mares
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!)
Climate Change and Farm-Based Education
Listening with BIPOC FBEN Members
Summer Farm Camp Learning Community
(Ongoing!)
Managing Growth and Demand
February 22, 2023
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm ​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 ​
May 25, 2022​
3:30 - 4:45 ET / 12:30-1:45 PT
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With Shelby Geitner
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
Healing the Roots of Racism in Ourselves (for BIPOC)
Rooting Out Racism Workshop
Dandelion Speaker Series
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 ​
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Cecelia Luce and Cat Buxton, Regeneration Corps
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