04/07/2025
Join us at the Sharon Food Justice Garden for a tree digging work brigade! Work brigades are a popular education tool used around the world to strengthen communities and build trust and solidarity through collective labor, connection, mutual aid, and knowledge sharing. Agroecological education will be provided by special guest Buzz Ferver, founder/owner of Perfect Circle Farm in Berlin VT and a long time naturalist who has been growing and propagating trees for over 45 years. Come learn about the Vermont People’s Agroecology School, the Sharon Food Justice Garden, and agroecology as a social, political, and ecological movement building tools to grow community resilience and food sovereignty.
We will be digging a variety of nursery trees to help create space to grow more annual vegetables for the food pantries and community refrigerators around Sharon and South Royalton. Some of the trees will be sold through the WRNRCD annual tree sale, some will be planted to support riparian areas impacted by recent floods and some will support starting a nursery for the People’s Agroecology School.
This work brigade is co-hosted by the People’s Agroecology School of Vermont of Rural Vermont, the Regeneration Corps and the White River Natural Resources Conservation District’s Farm Force. Lunch will be provided by Moon & Stars. RSVP required for planning purposes: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehREncKJ1azBFqGAh1fpj95eB9Oagz2405Xpvi-FT9c0wQtw/viewform?usp=header
