Names & Contact info for Associations related to Animal-Power

[Carl Russell]

Green Mountain Draft Horse Association;

For just $15/yr single, $20/yr family, you will receive 4 newsletters telling you what exciting events 2008 will offer, such as our Annual Sale, Beginners Clinic, Pleasure Rides and the famous Drat Horse Field Days-A celebration of traditional farming tchniques, including reaping binding, threshing, plowing, mowing and more.

Contact GMDHA C/O Martha Benoit, 1433 No. Cambridge Rd., Jefferson, VT 05464

Or visit the website http://www.greenmountaindraft.org

[Carl Russell]

For all things Oxen contact Alyson (Huppe) Bronnenburg at New England Ox Supply , 32 Tom Berry Rd., Strafford, NH 03884 603-269-7903

Or visit their website at http://www.newenglandoxsupply.com or e-mail at neoxsply@worldpath.net

For Yokes made by Tim Huppe of Farmington, NH Contact Berry Brook Ox Supply at their website http://www.berrybrookoxsupply.com

[Carl Russell]

Sanborn Mills Farm is a traditional NH working farm with agricultural fields and managed forests, timber framed barns and outbuildings still in use for animals, and a sawmill, a grist mill (both water powered), and a blacksmith shop, all dating fro the 1830’s. The farm buildings are all clustered around two dams at the outlet of Sanborn Pond, and are suurounded by almost 2000 acres of open space conservation.

Our Purpose; A century and more ago, Sanborn Mills Farm was a bustling, thriving center of agricultural activities that supported an extended family and served the community. Today we have gathered a group of instructors, farmers, craftspeople and historians dedicated to teaching the traditional skills that were commonplace then. We provide opportunities for people to learn old-fashioned ways, and explore how they can be integrated into modern life. We believe that these skills and a vital connection to the land continue to be important and relevant.

Come join us in this endeavor to preserve and build upon the legacy of those who came before us.

Colin and Paula Cabot
7097 Sanborn Rd.
Loudon, NH 03307
603-435-7314
e-mail; Colin@Sanbornmills.org

Website; http://www.sanbornmills.org

[Carl Russell]

NOFA-VT is a non-profit association of farmers, gardeners, and consumers working to promote an economically viable, and ecologically sound Vermont food system for the benefit of current and future generations.

http://www.nofavt.org

[Carl Russell]

Rural Vermont is a non-profit farm advocacy group, with a vision for a Vermont local food system which is self-reliant and based on reverence for Earth, and committed to supporting and cultivating a vital and healthy rural economy and community. ACTIVATE, EDUCATE, ADVOCATE.

http://www.ruralvermont.org

[Carl Russell]

Small Farmers Journal is a small family-held company doing business in agricultural periodical and book publishing, natural farming and stock raising, alternative farm research/inquiry, horse-drawn implement research and development, horse-drawn equipment sales, and related eduction.

http://www.smallfarmersjournal.com

[Vicki]

Midwest Ox Drovers Association was formed in 1995 to create an exchange of information about the care, training, and working of oxen in order to:
*Develop cameraderie among ox drovers and enthusiasts that will help promote common events, newsletters, and sharing information;
*Encourage the promotion of cattle breeds used as oxen and the refinement of skills and equipment for working cattle; and
*Educate the public about the historical role of oxen.

Ox Drovers’ Gathering is free and open to the public. June 20 through June 22, 2008 at Tillers International in Scotts, MI.

$15.00 annual membership. Contact Vicki for free complimentary newsletter evrgrn@nls.net

[Gabe Ayers]

Healing Harvest Forest Foundation
8014 Bear Ridge Rd. SE
Copper Hill, Va. 24079
540-651-6355

We have a web site that describes our mission, goals and objectives. We are a 501c3 public charity, non-profit organization that promotes restorative forestry through worst first single tree selection. We educate the public as to the benefits of restorative forestry and modern animal powered techniques. When funding is available we support the practitioners of this work with technical, networking and financial assistance.

All donations are tax deductible and truly appreciated. We accept anything of value that can be used to further the mission of the organization. We have been in existence since 1999. Web site address below.

Thanks to Carl and Lisa for hosting this wonderful site….and their annual event.

Warm Salute,

Jason Rutledge

[Gabe Ayers]

We have finally got our new improved plans on the HHFF Web site under log arch plans on the lower left side of the home page. There are several drawings, a materials list and 3D drawings that display the device well. There is some discussion of the use of this device in the Forest Understories page on the site.
We will probably write some more about the use of the arch soon. There are techniques that help this device be an efficient tool for moving logs with minimum impact on forest soil, increased capacity from the work stock and safety for the operator.

This information is free to the public, please let us know if you have any questions about how it works. We hope to have one at Horse Progress Days in Mount Hope, Ohio on the 4th and 5th of July 2008.

Thanks again to Carl and Lisa for this great site.

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