Vegetable Farmers and their Weed-Control Machines

A 75-minute educational video on weed cultivation and flaming equipment, featuring 9 farms in 3 northeastern states

Produced by:
Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont Extension
Mary Jane Else, University of Massachusetts Extension

With funding from:
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), USDA

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Video Content:

Bob Gray, Four Corners Farm, Newbury VT
   * Custom cultivator for plastic
   * Rolling cultivator
   * Finger weeder

John Arena Jr., Arean Farms, Concord MA
   * Custom cultivator for plastic mulch edges

Tim Taylor, Crossroad Farm, Fairlee VT
   * Basket weeder
   * Rotary hoe
   * Batwing shovels
   * Field cultivator

Chuck Armstrong, Fiddlehead Farm, Brownsville VT
   * Bezzerides tools
   * Flex-tine weeder

Lockwood 'Pooh' Sprague, Edgewater Farm, Plainfield NH
   * Flex-tine weeder
   * Basket weeder
   * Sweeps

Gary Gemme, Harvest Farm, Whately MA
   *Basket weeder
   * Sweeps

Tom Harlow, Kestrel Farm, Westminster VT
   * Custom flame weeder
   * Stale seed bed roller

Steve and Ray Mong, Applefield Farm, Stow MA
    * Bezzerides' tools
    * Flame weeders

Jake Guest, Killdeer Farm, Norwich VT
    * Backpack flame weeder
   * Tractor-mounted flame weeder


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