07/27/2026
The first in the series of Guilford Food Hub farm tours is coming up soon. Event and registration details below.
When: Saturday, August 8 at 4:00 pm
Where: Fooster Farm, 161 South St., West Brattleboro VT
Please Register for this FREE event to let us know you're coming: https://airtable.com/apptB2TtzvgiBHof0/pagiELdUHMJMHi46v/form
Fooster Farm is a small, diversified family farm in West Brattleboro owned and operated by Jane Diefenbach and Ra van Dyk. Fooster Farm offers vegetables, eggs, and berries for sale through Guilford Food Hub and a free-choice CSA. Jane does most of the vegetable gardening on one-third acre and Ra manages the rotational grazing of 30 laying hens and a flock of six Katahdin sheep on five acres. Fooster Farm joined the Guilford Food Hub vendor community with truly modest offerings in 2023, added the CSA in 2024, and has been building capacity ever since.
Fooster Farm follows organic production practices but is not yet organic certified. Soil health has been a major concern since Ra and Jane moved to this neglected farm in 2018. Most of the garden beds are no-till and Ra generates all of the compost used on the farm.
The tour will cover the four main gardens, the orchard, and the pasture, including sheep shelters and mobile coop, for those who care to walk 50 yards or so to the current paddocks. Topics for discussion could include cover cropping, nutrient cycling, crop protection, and plastic on the farm.