Diggers’ Mirth Collective Farm
Dylan Zeitlyn, Elango Dev and Hilary Martin
What they sell: vegetables, fruit, herbs
Phone: (802) 324-5962
Diggers' Mirth was founded in 1992 and currently has five members farming 15 acres. This is a worker-owned and operated farm. The name Diggers' Mirth was derived from a British agrarian collective that operated in the mid-1600s. The original Diggers reclaimed abandoned land to grow food for themselves and the poor. All collective members taking part in the farm have an equal voice in its operation.
Each year Diggers' Mirth cultivates approximately 2/3 of the field and cover crops the other portion to ensure soil regeneration, growing over 40 types of certified organic vegetables and fruits. Their most popular and focus crops are mesclun and carrots. The Diggers sell to City Market, Healthy Living, American Flatbread, Mirabelles, Sugarsnap, and Trattoria Delia. Additionally, they attend the Burlington Downtown Farmers Market on Saturdays, 8:30-2:30, and the Old North End Farmers Market on Tuesdays 3-6:30.
Dylan Zeitlyn, Elango Dev and Hilary Martin
What they sell: vegetables, fruit, herbs
Phone: (802) 324-5962
Diggers' Mirth was founded in 1992 and currently has five members farming 15 acres. This is a worker-owned and operated farm. The name Diggers' Mirth was derived from a British agrarian collective that operated in the mid-1600s. The original Diggers reclaimed abandoned land to grow food for themselves and the poor. All collective members taking part in the farm have an equal voice in its operation.
Each year Diggers' Mirth cultivates approximately 2/3 of the field and cover crops the other portion to ensure soil regeneration, growing over 40 types of certified organic vegetables and fruits. Their most popular and focus crops are mesclun and carrots. The Diggers sell to City Market, Healthy Living, American Flatbread, Mirabelles, Sugarsnap, and Trattoria Delia. Additionally, they attend the Burlington Downtown Farmers Market on Saturdays, 8:30-2:30, and the Old North End Farmers Market on Tuesdays 3-6:30.
Lalumiere Farm
Louie and Karolyn Lalumiere
What they sell: vegetables, bedding plants, fruit, jams, some prepared foods
Phone: (802) 877-2572
We are a family owned and operated business. On any given day you can find one or all three of our sons working in the field along side their uncle and dad, helping mom transplant, running the farm stand or assisting with sales at one of the three farmer’s markets we attend weekly. Twenty years ago we began selling, at a local store, excess produce from our very large garden. Five years later we sold our heifers, gave up hay land and went into serious vegetable farming. We focused on a wholesale customer base. Ten years ago we shifted our efforts to retail sales and farmers markets. Our greenhouse production was expanded.
Louie and Karolyn Lalumiere
What they sell: vegetables, bedding plants, fruit, jams, some prepared foods
Phone: (802) 877-2572
We are a family owned and operated business. On any given day you can find one or all three of our sons working in the field along side their uncle and dad, helping mom transplant, running the farm stand or assisting with sales at one of the three farmer’s markets we attend weekly. Twenty years ago we began selling, at a local store, excess produce from our very large garden. Five years later we sold our heifers, gave up hay land and went into serious vegetable farming. We focused on a wholesale customer base. Ten years ago we shifted our efforts to retail sales and farmers markets. Our greenhouse production was expanded.
Catamount Farm
What they sell: seasonal vegetables, flower bouquets and whole frozen chickens
UVM’s Farmer Training Program is a six-month, hands-on program for aspiring farmers and food-systems advocates that provides experiential, skills-based education in sustainable agriculture. We host 20 students from around the country who have come to learn from Vermont’s vibrant food system.
What they sell: seasonal vegetables, flower bouquets and whole frozen chickens
UVM’s Farmer Training Program is a six-month, hands-on program for aspiring farmers and food-systems advocates that provides experiential, skills-based education in sustainable agriculture. We host 20 students from around the country who have come to learn from Vermont’s vibrant food system.
City Market
City Market plans to attend the market once a month on the below dates to provide a hands on (free!) experience for market attendees. It was a huge hit last year, with everything from blend your own smoothie (on a bike) to make salad on a stick or dry your own apple rings.
2018 dates: June 19th, July 10th, August 14th, September 4th, October 2nd
City Market plans to attend the market once a month on the below dates to provide a hands on (free!) experience for market attendees. It was a huge hit last year, with everything from blend your own smoothie (on a bike) to make salad on a stick or dry your own apple rings.
2018 dates: June 19th, July 10th, August 14th, September 4th, October 2nd