NFNA Documentaries and Press

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A quarter-acre of rice in Burlington’s intervale was a pilot project of New Farms for New Americans. The program is supported by the Center for Sustainable Agriculture’s NEw American Farmer Project and by the Association of Africans Living in Vermont. The rice being grown here is a cold hearty Japanese variety that is well suited to Vermont’s climate. University of Vermont Extension began working with New Farms for New Americans on this project in the spring. From the video: “For the Bhutanese, rice is as much of a food as it is a cultural connection. Along with a lifetime of knowledge of how to grow rice, these new farmers also continue the tradition of neighbor helping neighbor.” The Vermont rice project is a past highlight of the work of the New American Farmer Project. The Project’s support is of three main types: Food Security, Enterprise Development, and Cultural Awareness. For more information, contact: Ben Waterman at 802-656-9142 or via email at ben.waterman@uvm.edu Across the Fence is the longest-running locally-produced program in the US. We have been on-air on WCAX-TV since 1955! Across the Fence is produced by the University of Vermont Extension. Visit http://www.uvm.edu/extension/atfence

Farmers and gardeners in the Northeast have a new resource to help expand or diversify their businesses."Global Food, Local Food” is a publication from UVM’s Center for Sustainable Agriculture. UVM partnered with the New Farms for New Americans Program of the Association of Africans Living in Vermont. “Global Food, Local Food” is a guide to growing, harvesting and preserving African and Asian crops in the Northeast. The idea is to help local farmers adapt important crops from cultures around the world into the local food system. Guests were Ben Waterman, Coordinator of the New American Farmer Program with UVM’s Center for Sustainable Agriculture, and Alisha Laramee, a program specialist for the Association of Africans Living in Vermont’s New Farms for New Americans program. Across the Fence is the longest-running locally-produced program in the US. We have been on-air on WCAX-TV since 1955! Across the Fence is produced by the University of Vermont Extension. Visit http://www.uvm.edu/extension/atfence

Across the Fence is the longest-running locally-produced program in the US. We have been on-air on WCAX-TV since 1955! Across the Fence is produced by University of Vermont Extension. Visit http://www.uvm.edu/extension/atfence

Making the adjustment to American life can be a challenge for refugees, but the New Farms for New Americans program in Burlington, Vermont, feeds the hunger for the foods from back home. Download the AJ+ app at http://www.ajplus.net/ Subscribe for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV3Nm3T-XAgVhKH9jT0ViRg?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajplus Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ajpluscommunity Learn more about AJ+: http://www.ajplus.net/

New Farms for New Americans is a program that provides garden space for resettled refugees in Chittenden County. This community farm provides an opportunity for New Americans to grow their own fresh food. It’s also a communal space to retain their cultural identity by growing culturally significant crops in the Vermont climate. More at https://www.vermontpbs.org/must-see-vt/

University of Vermont Extension professor Ann Hazelrigg created this PowerPoint presentation to help tomato growers understand how to recognize and deal with such problems as early blight. Dubbed in Nepali for use with Nepali and Bhutanese farmers and gardeners. For more information about work with New American Farmers, contact New Farmer Coordinator Ben Waterman at the UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture at ben.waterman@uvm.edu or 802-656-9142.

A practical introduction to Cooperative Extension programs and services, featuring examples of programs that might be most relevant to new American farmers and gardeners. With versions dubbed in English, Kirundi, Nepali, and Mai Mai. This project is part of the University of Vermont Extension Center for Sustainable Agriculture's New American Farmer program. Learn more about this work at http://www.uvm.edu/sustainableagriculture/?Page=whatwedo/landaccess/NFNABuyersOutreach.html