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Kirsten Workman

Kirsten Workman is an Agronomy Specialist with UVM Extension’s Champlain Valley Crop, Soil & Pasture Team based in Middlebury, Vermont. She and her husband, Paul, have owned, lived and worked on farms since before their kids were born — both in Washington state and in Vermont. She can be contacted at Kirsten.workman@uvm.eduor 802-388-4969, or check out www.uvm.edu/extension/cvcrops.

  • Challenges and Progress in Water Quality

    Kirsten Workman

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    An uneasy but important coexistence for agriculture in our watersheds. Working on water quality issues and solutions in the Finger Lakes region has been a bit stressful lately. Disagreements surrounding proposed watershed rules and regulations in Owasco Lake, a newly released Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Cayuga Lake, a surge in late summer and…

  • Farming and Motherhood

    Kirsten Workman

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    When I reflect on my own skills as a mother, I cannot help but also think about my skills as a farmer. This morning our family celebrated a milestone. Our oldest child, Johnny, boarded a big yellow school bus and rode off into the horizon as a Kindergartener while his little sister Ruby looked on…

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