Take a Tour of Full Moon Farm [Slideshow]

Posted by Carol Miller|June 7, 2017

This thriving 155-acre organic farm in Vermont grows more than 100 cultivars each year, hosts live events, and manages profitable, related side businesses.

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Full Moon Farm is an organic operation in Hinesburg, VT.
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Full Moon Farm's owners, David Zuckerman and Rachel Nevitt
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Zuckerman has two jobs: farmer and Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.
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Of its 150 acres, 60 are arable, half of which are under cultivation, while the other half are fallow.
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Growing fields are divided into half-acre lots and numbered like tables in a restaurant.
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The farm employs two workers full time, hires students in the summer, and has six to seven seasonal workers from April to December.
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Currently, there are two high tunnels and one greenhouse at Full Moon Farm.
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Nevitt and Zuckerman grow under cover year round and would like to expand how much they grow in winter.

Nevitt and Zuckerman grow under cover all year and would like to expand how much they grow in winter.
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Farm Camp is a side business during the summer.
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Along with playing outdoors, kids learn farming at Farm Camp, cultivating future growers.
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Full Moon Farm has a robust CSA following in its community.
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When it moved to its current site in 2009, Full Moon Farm expanded into organic livestock.
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Another way Full Moon Farm is diversifying is by increasing the number of events it hosts, like this pig roast.
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Rachel Nevitt inspects storm damage, something she says is happening more frequently.

Carol Miller is Editor of American Vegetable Grower. See all author stories here.

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Take a Tour of Full Moon Farm [Slideshow]

Full Moon Farm is an organic operation in Hinesburg, VT.

Full Moon Farm's owners, David Zuckerman and Rachel Nevitt

Zuckerman has two jobs: farmer and Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.

Of its 150 acres, 60 are arable, half of which are under cultivation, while the other half are fallow.

Growing fields are divided into half-acre lots and numbered like tables in a restaurant.

The farm employs two workers full time, hires students in the summer, and has six to seven seasonal workers from April to December.

Currently, there are two high tunnels and one greenhouse at Full Moon Farm.

Nevitt and Zuckerman grow under cover year round and would like to expand how much they grow in winter.

Farm Camp is a side business during the summer.

Along with playing outdoors, kids learn farming at Farm Camp, cultivating future growers.

Full Moon Farm has a robust CSA following in its community.

When it moved to its current site in 2009, Full Moon Farm expanded into organic livestock.

Another way Full Moon Farm is diversifying is by increasing the number of events it hosts, like this pig roast.

Rachel Nevitt inspects storm damage, something she says is happening more frequently.

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Full Moon Farm is an organic operation in Hinesburg, VT.

Full Moon Farm's owners, David Zuckerman and Rachel Nevitt

Zuckerman has two jobs: farmer and Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.

Of its 150 acres, 60 are arable, half of which are under cultivation, while the other half are fallow.

Growing fields are divided into half-acre lots and numbered like tables in a restaurant.

The farm employs two workers full time, hires students in the summer, and has six to seven seasonal workers from April to December.

Currently, there are two high tunnels and one greenhouse at Full Moon Farm.

Nevitt and Zuckerman grow under cover year round and would like to expand how much they grow in winter.

Farm Camp is a side business during the summer.

Along with playing outdoors, kids learn farming at Farm Camp, cultivating future growers.

Full Moon Farm has a robust CSA following in its community.

When it moved to its current site in 2009, Full Moon Farm expanded into organic livestock.

Another way Full Moon Farm is diversifying is by increasing the number of events it hosts, like this pig roast.

Rachel Nevitt inspects storm damage, something she says is happening more frequently.

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Full Moon Farm is an organic operation in Hinesburg, VT.

Full Moon Farm's owners, David Zuckerman and Rachel Nevitt

Zuckerman has two jobs: farmer and Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.

Of its 150 acres, 60 are arable, half of which are under cultivation, while the other half are fallow.

Growing fields are divided into half-acre lots and numbered like tables in a restaurant.

The farm employs two workers full time, hires students in the summer, and has six to seven seasonal workers from April to December.

Currently, there are two high tunnels and one greenhouse at Full Moon Farm.

Nevitt and Zuckerman grow under cover year round and would like to expand how much they grow in winter.

Farm Camp is a side business during the summer.

Along with playing outdoors, kids learn farming at Farm Camp, cultivating future growers.

Full Moon Farm has a robust CSA following in its community.

When it moved to its current site in 2009, Full Moon Farm expanded into organic livestock.

Another way Full Moon Farm is diversifying is by increasing the number of events it hosts, like this pig roast.

Rachel Nevitt inspects storm damage, something she says is happening more frequently.

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