Vermont Historical Society Annual Meeting, 2012
September 22, 2012 at the Pavilion Building, 109 State Street in Montpelier; time to be determined.
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2011 VHS Annual Meeting and Conference
Plowing the Past: Vermont's Agricultural History
The 2011 conference is generously sponsored by: Bates & Murray, Inc., Billings Farm & Museum, Cabot Creamery of Vermont, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Shelburne Farms, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture and the Vermont Brewers Association. Co-sponsors are: Capitol Plaza Corporation, Hilltop Restaurant and Co-operative Insurance Companies.
8:30 am to 4:30 pm, September 24, 2011
Pavilion Auditorium, 109 State Street, Montpelier, VT
The 173rd Annual Meeting and Conference of the Vermont Historical Society will feature keynote speaker Roger Allbee of Townsend, former Secretary of Agriculture for the State of Vermont. Roger will give his unique view of the progression of farming in Vermont. He now posts a blog, What Ceres Might Say, invoking the name of the goddess of agriculture while writing about our crops, weather and dairy history.
We will start our day with the VHS business meeting, followed by a showing of Thanks to Vermont, a film produced in 1950 by the Vermont Department of Agriculture, extolling the bounty of Vermont-grown produce. Roger Allbee’s presentation will follow.
After lunch, we will be treated to a panel discussion about Vermont’s Agricultural Fairs, moderated by Charles Fish, author of Blue Ribbons and Burlesque: A Book of Country Fairs. The panel will include fair veterans such as Euclid Farnham of Tunbridge and Rupert Chamberlin of Barton.
Adam Krakowski, recipient of the 2010 Cate Fellowship, based his research on hop growing in Vermont. Adam will give us a new appreciation for entrepreneurs of the past in his presentation A Bitter Past: Hop Farming in 19th-century Vermont. After his presentation, we will enjoy a reception in the Snelling Room with, fittingly, Vermont beer and local food!
Please join us for a day of learning about—and celebrating—Vermont’s beauty and bounty.
The public is invited to attend! Call Tess Taylor for details at (802) 479-8505 or click here for the registration form. You may also call Diane Campbell directly to register at (802) 479-8503.
