Summer Events | Strolling of the Heifers Parade

Summer Events | Strolling of the Heifers Parade

Who We Are
A concerned group of civic leaders and farmers who have organized an annual event during the first week-end of June, which also is the beginning of National Dairy Month. The Strolling of the Heifers Parade and Festival was originally created to increase the public's awareness of how family farms contribute to the local community, Vermont's agricultural landscape and rich heritage, and society overall. The event has been named one of the Green Mountain State's Top Ten Summer Events for the past four years.

Our Mission
To promote awareness of the importance of agriculture in our daily lives and to raise money to fund educationally oriented agricultural programs for youth.

The Need
If Vermont loses its family farms, it will lose its unique identity, lovely agrarian landscape as well as its proud culture and heritage. The state also will lose the patronage of the tourists who financially contribute so heavily to Vermont's economy.

Our Achievements
To date, in addition to capturing the national media's imagination, our organization has made many noteworthy strides in fulfilling our educational mission. These include:

* Provided $100,000 dollars for educational programs to over 80 schools and other organizations in Windham County.
* Created and distributed a comprehensive guide that highlights Windham County area farms open for the public's enjoyment.
* Produced a hands-on farmer-teacher workshop.
* Offered guidance on how visits to area farms can be used to give students real life learning experiences that can be used to help teach children basic math and science skills. These real life learning experiences also can be used to teach children about subjects such as food, society, work and history.
* Showed teachers how to teach students about agriculture in the classroom.

The fifth annual Strolling of the Heifers Parade and Festival
Thursday, June 1 Sunday, June 4, 2006
URL: http://www.strollingoftheheifers.com

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