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Volunteer opportunities abound!Ready to help out in the production of this fantasticevent? Whatever your skill level, we canfind a job for you!Contact Volunteer Coordinator, Jean Cross toget “plugged in”: jmnvt@yahoo.comVolunteer for 2 hrs or more, choose a freet-shirt or free admission for the dayVolunteer for 4 hours or more, free admissionfor the day & a t-shirtWe need people for the weekend includingsetup on Friday and breakdown on Sunday.Full time volunteers, presenters and teamsters,check with Rebekah before purchasingregistration or other items.Book Signing for StephenLeslie's new book,“The New Horse-Powered Farm”will be held on Saturday afternoon during the late-afternoon networking session.Stephen will talk about his book and be availableto sign copies. Don't miss your chance to get acopy of this fantastic resource!Normally priced at $39.95, you will have thechance to purchase a copy for $29.95 or 25% offthe suggested retail price.Stop by the DAPNet Information table to pick upa copy if you won't be able to make it to the booksigning.What is Farmhack?Farmhack is an open source communityfor farm innovation. It is afarmer-driven project to develop,document and build tools for resilientagriculture. We engage both farmersand non-farmers with in-personevents across the country, as well as awiki-based online platform for tooldocumentation and sharing. The kindof equipment we need is affordable,adaptable, appropriate and easy to fix.Our goal is to speed the disseminationof great ideas, and increase feedbackand improvements on all tools.Within the Farmhack framework arevarious spheres of activity: opensourcebiofuels processing, organicno-till, bike-powered hand-scalevegetable equipment, arduino sensors,environmental monitoring, mechanicalhacks for tractor hitches,tractor-hacks for horse-power etc.These spheres and projects are drivenby users: designers, farmers and otherslooking for feedback, support andteam-mates. Some people are also5fabricating kits or doing small manufacturingruns of tools they sell. Aslong as the designs are open-source,Farmhack can be your marketplace aswell as your toolbox.Farmhack Glossary:Open-source - is a phrase comingfrom the software development communityto explain a " shared code"where programmers can use eachother's work freely and creatively.Wiki-based - A wiki is a way of orderingtext and information in anopen source way. The most famousexample is wikipedia ( a user generated,expert vetted online encyclopedia).Therefore a wiki is a way ofcompiling a collaborative ' article' or 'tool description' between many farmers--who can all comment on andcontribute to a tool that is documented.Absolutely no pets on the grounds for any reason, at any time.Online platform - Just like the Grangeis an “in person social platform,” anonline platform is a gathering placefor conversations, brainstorms anddigital documenting of CAD Designsand tools.Arduino sensors - are tiny opensourcecomputer chips that you canprogram to do simple actions, liketurn off irrigation or turn on an electricfence. These can be programmedwith a cell phone for remote access,or they can be linked to a thermometeror switch.Hacks - A hack is any design thatimproves the functionality of a toolwithin a system, even if the tool wasn'toriginally designed with that functionin mind. Hacks are fixes, tweaks,modifications many times with foundor salvaged equipment that get thejob done better, more efficiently andwith little cost.

Featured PresenterDoc Hammill & Cathy Greatorex – Doug (Doc)Hammill DVM is an internationally respected authorityon horses and mules, gentle/natural horsemanship,and driving and working horses in harness. Doc hasbeen driving and working horses for over 60 yearsand has taught horsemanship and driving for over 35years. His life has been a quest to learn, practice andshare the art of communicating and interacting withhorses in gentle, persuasive, effective ways. Doc’slifetime of studying and working with horses, combinedwith his equine veterinary experience give hima unique perspective on horsemanship. He has beenblessed with lessons from thousands of horses, and anabundance of great old-time mentors and modernhorsemanship clinicians.As a partner at Doc Hammill Horsemanship, CathyGreatorex, has combined her lifelong passions -horses and helping people reach their dreams throughlearning and education - into the perfect career.Cathy, with her perspective as a student and her professionalunderstanding of educational philosophies,principles and techniques facilitates the transformationof Doc’s experience and knowledge into understandableand meaningful lessons for students. Shecontributes her unique and deep personal understandingsand feelings for horses into the lessons as well.Cathy is a lifelong horsewoman who has beenblessed with many great mentors. Her primary focusfor the past 19 years has been driving and workinghorses in harness.Doc and Cathy live together on a ranch in Montana.They teach and promote “gentle/natural horsemanship”through workshops, demonstrations, instructionalvideos, lecturing, and writing.Admission Fees:Gates open at 8 am each day. Event ends at 3pm onSunday.Admission Rates:Weekend Adult $25Under 18 or Over 65 $18Saturday Adult $15Under 18 or Over 65 $10Sunday Adult $10Under 18 or over 65 $87Online purchases:Many items related to the Field Days can be purchasedonline through www.brownpapertickets.com. Their site iseasy to use and helps us tremendously with our behind thescenes paperwork. We really appreciate you using this systemto pre-purchase items related to the event.Already made your online admission purchase? Your namewill be on a list at the event, you can pick up your wristbandat the gate and you're good to go.Camping:Available at the Fairgrounds Thursday, Friday andSaturday nights. Preregistration is requested but notrequired. Restroom, cold water and electricity areavailable.Car or Tent, $15 one night,$20 for two nightsCamper/hookups, $25 per nightLocation for Forestry Demos onSaturday Morning:Two logging sessions on Saturday morning will take place ata local sugar bush located just one mile from the Fairgrounds.Hay wagons will take folks up to the wood lot.Anyone going to the woodlot should wear sturdy shoes andbe comfortable moving around over rough or unevenground. There will be a short walk (~100 yards) from thewagon drop spot to the demo area. Bring an extra layer &jacket if the weather is damp.Directions: Leave the Fairgrounds and turn left on RoaringBrook Road. Turn right (south) on Rt 16. Go about 1 mile,turning in at Sugar Mill Farm on the right. Take the smallroad that goes out of the back of the parking lot (followsigns), cross the small covered bridge and park in the field infront of the sugar house.Wagons leave sugar house at 8:20 and 8:25Session 8:30 - 9:45Wagons leave demo area at 9:50EXTRA SESSION for those staying in the woods: 9:50 -10:25Wagons leave sugar house at 10:15 & 10:20Session 10:25 - 11:40Wagons leave demo area 11:40

Teamster & Presenter Bios:Jim & Barb Amblo – Barb and JimAmblo can be seen at fairs around NewEngland with the 8 horse hitch ofmatching minis. They not only made alltheir harnesses but built their hitch cartand many of their training carts. Theylive in Charlotte, VT.Jay Bailey - has been farming with hiswife, Janet at Fair Winds Farm in Brattleboro,VT since 1978. They havefarmed with registered Suffolk Punchdraft horses since 1980 and have taughtDraft Horse Workshops since 1995.8Fair Winds is a 40 acre diversified farmthat is now incorporating four youngfarmers who run a meat & vegetableCSA.Robert Boynton – has been makingyokes & bows for oxen since 1980(Boynton's Yokes 'n Bows). He hasdemonstrated his craft close to hishome in Dunbarton, NH and fartherafield in Washington DC at the SmithsonianFolklife Festival. Robert hasworked horses and oxen his whole life,exhibiting oxen at Eastern Sates andother events around the region.Rachel Cadwallader-Staub - is theChildren's Farmyard Manager and aFarm-based Educator at ShelburneFarms. The Children's Farmyard is ahands-on, educational farmyard whichengages visitors in conversations andactivities around food, fiber, and farming.The Farmyard environment providesthe opportunity to connect visitorswith their food system and theworking farms that sustains us.Continued on page 10

Board of Directors 2013President: Reva Seybolt - revabseybolt@att.netVice President: Donn Hewes - tripletree@frontiernet.netMark Cowdrey - rvfa-mlc1@usa.netTim Harrigan - harriga1@msu.eduSecretary: Brad Johnson - bradburyjohnson@gmail.comErika Marczak - marczake@hotmail.comEd Thayer - ethayer@gsinet.netJean Cross - Jmnvt@yahoo.comNominees for 2014 3 year termsTim Biello - trbweeks@yahoo.comBrandon Bless - ngbra@gmail.comJay Fisher - longviewfarminc@gmail.comTracey Wilkerson - wilkerst@gouldacademy.org9

Teamster & Presenter Bios: continued from page 8Dave Clark – Works with a team or 3halflingers. He uses his horses to hay,plow, give wagon rides and sleighrides. Dave builds or refurbishes mostof his equipment. He lives in Arglye,NY and loves to teach people how funit is to work with draft horses.Jenn Colby - .Jenn Colby is the ProgramCoordinator for the Pasture Programat the UVM Extension Centerfor Sustainable Agriculture. Jenn producesan annual grazing and livestockconference with the VT Grass Farmersand the VT Beef Producers, coordinatesongoing research and workshops,develops new projects, andprovides technical assistance. She alsooperates a diversified meat livestockfarm in Central Vermont and competesregionally as part of a barbecueteam.Bill Cole - “I have owned and workedwith oxen my entire life. I have usedthem in the woods, on the farm, andtraveling to many pulling competitionsaround New England. I own OxHill Construction LLC which I specializein agricultural buildings, oxrelated equipment and trimming/shoeing oxen.”Bob Copobianco - is a horse-loggerand sugar-maker who lives in Washington,VT.He has been workinghorses in the woods and introducingbeginners to the work since 1982.Ben Dube - is a graduate of the sustainableagriculture program at GreenMountain College and has worked fulltime for the college farm for nearlytwo years. He learned to drive oxenwhile a student and now teaches andworks with student teamsters as wellas working oxen on the farm for hayingand vegetable growing. He alsoconducts research on energy efficiencyin farming, with a focus onanimal traction and other ecologicallybased technologies.David Fisher - has relied on workhorsesto power Natural Roots farm inConway, MA since 2000. With hiswife, Anna Maclay and their two children,he raises 3 1/2 acres of producefor 200 CSA shareholders, and another3 1/2 acres of soil buildingcrops. David has modeled many of thefarm’s systems on the work of Anneand Eric Nordell and is focused onweed control, biological fertility, andintensive cover cropping. He alsomanages about 15 acres of hay andpasture land to feed the working herdand uses his horses for low-impactlogging in the winter months.Karl Hammer – is the founder andowner of the Vermont Compost Companyin Montpelier, VT. They offerquality organic compost blends for avariety of garden applications. Mammothdonkeys are his power source ofchoice, as he has worked with themfor more than 20 years.Continued on page 2010

Thanks to the Association of New EnglandOx Teamsters for sanctioning this event.Their new website is coming soon! Findthem at: www.neotaonline.com11

WhatzitDo you have an unknown "Whatzit" lying around? Bring it along and see if you can "stump the curator".The curator for the Old Stonehouse Museum will be on hand to help figure out what your"Whatzit" is. If she can't figure it out, she'll keep it on her "Whatzit" table and see if anyone else whocomes through knows!18

Lodging: A variety of hotels are available in theNewport/Derby area. Take 1-91 North to Exit 28 forfood and lodging.Food at the Fairgrounds:Food & Lodging InformationMem & Pep's Cafe,a fundraiser for United Christian Academy,Newport, VTBreakfast, Saturday 7 am: English muffin withsausage, egg & cheese, coffee, tea, etc.Saturday evening: Local Harvest Dinner,Applecheek Farm, DAPNet FundraiserLimited number of tickets for sale at the informationtable for $25.Menu:Butternut Squash & Apple Soup, CornChowderFresh artisan bread, local meatSpinach Salad w/ goat cheese, apples &cranberries, Potato SaladDessertSunday: Teamster Appreciation Breakfast &DAPNet Annual MeetingAll are welcome!Suggested donation $10Lunch Saturday & Sunday, 10 – 4: Serving homemade hamburgers, McKenzies' hot dogs, frenchfries (nothing else goes in the fryer), baked goods(including some gluten-free items!), drinks, etc.Riley's Lemonade & MoreSaturday & Sunday, 10am – 2pm: Serving hamburgers,cheeseburgers, hot dogs, pulled pork and/or hot soup, sandwiches, french fries, drinks, etc.Volunteer & Receive DiscountedAdmission! Contact Jean Cross802-377-2259, jmnvt@yahoo.com19Log Scoot RaffleWondering where you can get a Les Barden style logscoot?Purchase raffle tickets at the Field Days and come tothe dinner on Saturday night to see if you won!Wood donated by the Farm School in Athol, MA, Ironsprovided by Berry Brook Ox Supply, Labor donated byEd Thayer.Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20Silent Auction and RaffleWe will also be having a silent auction and raffle ofitems donated by friends and supporters of DAPNet andthe Draft Animal-Powered Field Days. Winners announcedSaturday evening. Auction closes at 5 pm.Silent Auction and raffle items are located near theinformation table. Ask for details at the table.Proceeds will be used for scholarships to attendDAPFD.

Teamster & Presenter Bios: continued from page 10Tim Harrigan – works oxen in centralMI where he is a professor ofbiosystems engineering at MichiganState University. He is also presidentof the Midwest Ox DroversAssociation and on the board ofTillers International in addition toserving on the DAPNet board ofDirectors.Donn Hewes - and his wife, MaryroseLivingston live in Marathon,NY where they graze and milksheep for cheese making and meat.Donn works with horses and mulesto produce hay, firewood, vegetables,and anything else he can thinkof. They both enjoy teaching andworking with farm interns eachyear.Tom Jenkins - “I have lived inWesthampton, MA my whole life. Iam a 9th generation teamster myfamily still sugars, sell hay and havehobby oxen. I got my first teamwhen I was five years old and amcurrently on my 6th. I have been aConsulting Forester for Bay StateForestry Service for 16 years, andhave recently started integratingLow Impact Logging into my forestmanagement strategies. Logging ismy team’s main purpose. Howeverwe will do any work that can befound. I am the father of 3 youngkids and love teaching childrenabout forestry as well as oxen.”Brad Johnson - owns and operatesAll Together Farm in RandolphCenter, VT with his wife and daughter.The farm incorporates horsepower year round, and they sell pastureraised chicken, turkey, beef,pork and lamb. In addition Bradoffers positive-impact horse loggingand sheep shearing services.Jennifer Judkins – is owner andoperator of Resting Heart Farm in20Danby, Vermont. An MD by day,Jen has a diversified farm usinghorsepower where possible andteaches driving clinics to new teamsters.Seth Johnson - is a farmer inGlover, Vermont using Belgians tohelp with the farm work. He and hiswife grow vegetables & dry beans.They have hosted previous draftanimal gatherings at their farm.Anna Knapp-Peck – owns & operatesZion Farm in DeKalb Junction,NY with Cody Peck & Alan Knap.They grow seasonal produce &flowers using oxen as the mainsource of power on their farm. Theiroxen have been featured in variouscommercials, films & ads. "We usemostly single oxen for vegetableproduction. We have built our farmbased on Psalm 8 and the principlesof good stewardship: if we takegood care of the land and the animalsthey will take care of us.”Ken & Martha Laing – operateOrchard Hill Farm near St.Thomas,Ontario, Canada. “We started farmingin1979. Our farm has evolvedfrom a small fruit pick your ownoperation, transitioned to organic in1989,and has involved various enterprisesincluding organic cashcrops and Christmas trees. The CSA[community shared agriculture] wasstarted in 1997 and quickly becamethe main enterprise on the 93 acrefarm. We have 220 summer seasonCSA members with an additional100 fall members. Our first horseswere purchased in 1980 and presentlywe have 7 Suffolk Punches todo most of the work on the farm.Through our apprentice program wehave trained 40 new farmers andintroduced many people to drafthorses through our draft horse workshops.We look forward to sharingour experience of marrying our passionfor draft horses and a CSA tocreate a productive and profitablefarm business.”Will & Keeley Lent – live on a 40acre farm with draft horses, sheepand chickens. Will has been a farrierfor over 35 years and has built draftshoes for as long. On top of managingall of the draft horse shoe orders,Keeley runs the Will LentHorseshoe Company farrier supplybusiness and tries to keep Willpointed in the right direction...not aneasy job!Stephen Leslie - is the author of"The New Horse-PoweredFarm" (Chelsea Green Pub 2013).Stephen began farming with drafthorses in 1994. He manages CedarMountain Farm with his wife KerryGawalt, they are a Fjord horsepoweredCSA and dairy farm locatedat Cobb Hill Co-housing inHartland, VT.Susie Marchand - has been workingat Shelburne Farms for 20 yearsin the education department connectingpeople of all ages to the importanceof agriculture and wheretheir food comes from. She is presentlythe Agriculture Education Coordinatorand oversees The Farmyardfrom May to October, planningfamily programs and specialevents throughout the rest of theyear. She is also co-leader of theShelburne Explorers 4-H club whichmeets at the Dairy.Erika Marczak - is the market gardenerat Abington Grown, in Abington,CT. Erika uses her MilkingShorthorn steers and her partnerSam Rich's Percheron horses to domuch of the work in the market gardenand she also helps out on therest of the diverse operations at We-Li-Kit Farm.Continued on page 22

Teamster & Presenter Bios: continued from page 20Kurt Masters – and his partner, PatBacon own Roka Farm in Jefferson,NH, which they power with a team ofmules.Tony McQuail – farms with his wife,Fran at Meeting Place Organic Farmnear Lucknow, ON. They have a diversifiedfarm including grass-fedmeat, fruit & vegetables. They havebeen using Belgian horses for draftpower for over 35 years. They alsooffer Holistic Management trainingand farm planning/consulting services.Kenneth Mulder - is the Farm Managerand Assistant Professor of SustainableAgriculture at Green MountainCollege in Poultney, VT where hehas been teaching students how tofarm with oxen for six years as well asconducting research on the energy,land, and labor efficiency of draft22power.Larry Newcombe - is from Fort Ann,NY and has worked with draft horsesfor many years. He has a pair of Suffolksand a pair of Percherons. Hetrains, sells, and has a wagon ride service.Larry really enjoys doing demonstrationsof farm equipment andeducating people about the role ofdraft horses.Neal & Rebekah Perry – operate thePerry Family Farm in Brownington,Vermont with their family. Theyboard and train horses and raise grassfedmeat, milk & eggs. They do mostof the farm work with horses, workingBrabants, Hafflingers and Morgans invarious combinations. Rebekah is alsothe administrator for the Draft Animal-Power Network and Event Organizerfor the Field Days.Lain Pinello - “I am 9 years old and Iwork a 4 year old single ox namedPurple. I started training him when Iwas 5. Purple cultivates in the garden,scoots logs, and hauls water. This yearPurple and I went to New Hampshireand completed an ox training workshopwith Drew Conroy and TimHuppe at Sanborn Mills Farm. Welive at Zion Farm in DeKalb NY”Dan Renaudette – is an equine dentistin addition to owning & runningHigher Ground Boarding Stables inLyndonville, VT with his wife, Kristaland their family.Sam Rich - Grew up working steers,and later switched to horses. He is apast winner of the Walking Plowcompetition at the USA Plow Matchin Carriage Hill, Ohio. Sam uses hisPercheron horses for field work, haying,sugaring, logging and in the marketgarden run by his partner, ErikaMarczak, on his family's We-Li-KitFarm in Abington, CT.Continued on page 30

Event Organizers, Committee Members& VolunteersSpecial thanks to everyone who is helping tomake this event possible:Teamsers & PresentersSponsors & SupportersDAPFD CommitteeDAPNet Board of DirectorsField Days OrganizerRebekah Perry, couldn't do it without all thoselisted above, and most of all, beloved husband,Neal PerryField Days AdministrationCommittee:Bill West, Equipment DemosDonn Hewes, Teamster CoordinatorJean Cross, Volunteer CoordinatorDAPFD Committee:Erika Marczak Tim BielloJenifer Judkins Bill WestDonn Hewes Jean Cross23

Abington Grown is looking for an apprentice for the 2014 season.Learn market gardening using many organic principles with horses,oxen and tractors.We market through a CSA, farmers market and farm stand. Must bewilling to get dirty, help with hay and milk a couple shifts a week.A letter of interest and resume can be sent to : abingtongrown@hotmail.comor to Abington Grown, Erika Marczak and SamRich, 63 Fay Road, Abington, CT 0625924

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Teamster & Presenter Bios: continued from page 22Carl Russell - is a horse-logger,forestry consultant and timberlandowner from Bethel, VT. He has operatedRussell Forestry Servicessince 1986, specializing in ecologicalforestry and low-impact timberharvest with draft animals. Carl operatesEarthwise Farm and Forestwith his wife, Lisa McCory, wherethey use draft animals, raise organicvegetables, and grass fed meat andmilk.Ted Russell - lives and farms inSudbury, VT. He has over 35 yearsof experience working draft horsesand uses his team to accomplishmany farm tasks. He trains horses towork and gives lessons to folks whowant to become better teamsters.Reva Seybolt – came to draft horsesin her 50's, farming with her team ofBelgians in Eastern Connecticut.She does various farm tasks withthem including haying, spreadingmanure and other chores. Reva iscurrently the President of DAPNet.Rick Thomas – directs & teachesthe draft horse program at SterlingCollege and teaches sustainable agricultureclasses there. He is also aCertified Journeyman Farrier andattended Maryland HorseshoeingSchool.Howard & Andy Van Ord – operateOx Hill Devons Farm in Russell,PA with their wives, Betty & Kathy.Howard started raising oxen in1957, and has been hooked eversince. He has many years of experiencein raising and working singleoxen. He and son Andy work andshare their knowledge and passionwith others through a variety of outlets,including 4-H, County Fairs,and Ox Associations.Chad Vogel – is a farmer and horse-logger from Essex, NY. His backgroundincludes working extensivelywith Healing Harvest Foundationin VA.Fred Webster – is an avid stagecoachbuilder at 93 years young.Fred taught high-school and raisedhis eight children, then launchedinto his second career upon“retirement” at age 65. He is thecurator of what is arguably the largestprivate collection of farm equipmentand tools of rural living in existence.He is currently building histhird replica Concord Coach.30