FOUNDER Orly Munzing EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Erin O'Connor GENERAL MANAGER Anne Latchis RIVER GARDEN & VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Vicki Friedman WINDHAM GROWS Cindy Delgatto, Director Jim Verzino, Entrepreneur in Residence Cairn Cross, Entrepreneur in Residence FARM TO TABLE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM Orly Munzing, Director Tristan Toleno, Culinary Teacher Vicki Friedman, Job Coach BOARD MEMBERS John R. Davidson, President, Treasurer Charlie Merinoff, Vice President Greg Worden, Secretary Roger Allbee Donna Simons Andrew Richardson Monroe Whitaker Dean Stadel Alexis Page Joshua Traeger Of Counsel: Fletcher Proctor HONORARY CHAIRS Governor Phil Scott Senator Patrick Leahy Senator Bernard Sanders Rep. Peter Welch Anson Tebbetts VT Secretary of Agriculture STAFF & VOLUNTEERS Christie Turner, Logistics & Production Director Beth Kiendl, Entertainment Chair & More Joan Buttrick, Bookkeeper Donna Simons, Expo Consultant Monroe Whitaker, Expo Mapping Consultant Tom Franks , Parade Chair Peter Stickney, Parade Animals Chair Martin Langeveld, Locavore Index Erika Elder, Marketing Director Dan Munzing, Graphic Designer & Poster Master Jen Brandt, Social Marketing , Slow Living Summit, Coordinator Phyllis Trier and Bobbie Groves, Sweet Breads & Coffee Cakes Competition Cicely Eastman, Tour de Heifer Coordinator Judy Fink, Farm Tour Coordinator Robert Dunbar, Bookkeeping & much more Robb Family Farm- Tour de Heifer Host Sam Groves, Float Designer and Builder John Keppler, Kim Fine Steve Major, Veterinarian Kevin Parry, Sound Helen Robb, Support and Inspiration Amelia Struthers, Dairy Godmother Doug Cleveland, Cleveland Electric Pete Gaskill, Triple T Trucking Athena Bradley, WSWMD Albert Diemand, Elm City Compost David Manning John Brunelle WEBSITE SUPPORT Bahman Mahdavi RIVER GARDEN AMBASSADORS Eileen Deutsch Sharon Hodge Ben Williams Bobbie Groves Sam Groves Donna Holliday Ellen Dudley Maggie Schiller Shan Marie Meissner Joseph Runge Vincent Sellew Todd Webb Ethan Meckle Stephen Charbonneau and many more! PRESENTING SPONSOR DIAMOND Brattleboro Reformer BreakThru Beverage Group PRIMARY MEDIA Brattleboro Community Television Brattleboro Reformer The Commons KOOL - FM THE PEAK MEDIA WRSI- The River Front Porch Forum WKVT - BRATT FM WYRY Vermont PBS FirstLight WYRY Hot Country/ NASH Edible Manhattan Green Energy Times Keene Sentinel Vermont Public Radio Joy Wallens-Penford, Gallery Walk WCAX TV WTSA 1450 AM and 96.7 FM Vermont Country Sampler WKNE WKBK WHAI WDEV PLATINUM FirstLight WhistlePig SILVER Ben & Jerry's Brattleboro Memorial Hospital C&S Wholesale Grocers DSE Healthcare Solutions Kikkerland Designs Mocha Joe's Roasting Pete & Gerry's Organic Eggs Price Chopper Supermarkets Udderly Smooth/Redex Industries BRONZE Against the Grain Aldi Brattleboro Area Farmer's Market Brattleboro Country Club Brattleboro Food Co-op Brattleboro Savings and Loan Cabot Creamery Coombs Family Farm Dunkin Donuts Europa IT Hampton Inn Home Depot John Brunelle & Son Construction Key Bank New Chapter Peoples United Bank Six Red Marbles TD Bank The Covered Bridge Inn The Marina Triple T Trucking Trust Company of Vermont CRYSTAL Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce Brattleboro Retreat Cooperative Insurance Corum Mabie Cook Prodan Angell Secrest & Darrow, PLC Dead River Company Downtown Brattleboro Alliance Efficiency Vermont Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital Grafton Village Cheese Hannaford Supermarket King Arthur Flour Company Leader Distribution System, Inc. Pine Heights Of Brattleboro (Brattleboro Crossings) Putney School Red Star Yeast Robb Family Farm School For International Training The Bay and Paul Foundations The MOOver Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets Vermont's Original, Bag Balm Windham County Dairy Promotion Board Windham Foundation Windham Solid Waste Management PATRON Achille Agway Amy's Bakery Arts Cafe Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont Brown & Roberts Hardware Cleveland Electric Clif Bar Dairy Farmers of America Drew's Organics Edward Jones & Company Garden Path Elder Living Google Green Mountian Feeds H.P. Cummings H&R Block Targett Holstein Association USA, Inc. Houghton Sanitary Services JP Electric Lawton Flooring Lintilhac Foundation Marlboro College Mary Meyer Minuteman Press Morrison's Custom Feeds Mount Snow Oak Meadow One Stop Country Pet Paul Redeker Tents and Events Rebecca M Jones MD Retreat Farm Robust Valley Sam's Outdoor Outfitters SEVCA Sherwin Williams Southern Vermont Cable SPC Marcom St Michael School Taste of Thai Teddie Peanut Butter The Current The Works Bakery Cafe Thompson House UNFI Vermont Agricultural Credit Corporation (VACC) Vermont Business for Social Responsibility - Pa Vermont Creamery Vermont Jazz Center Vermont Land Trust Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Vermont Technical College Walmart Wessel Distributing Yankee Farm Credit SUPPORTING 802 Hemp Oil A Candle in the Night AliCat Jewelry All Things Maple Allard Lumber Company Amber Bessette Art Amber Forest Amy's French Macarons Angry Goat Pepper Co Anne Marie Givens Designs Anon's Thai Cuisine Apex Solar Power Art in Heaven At&T Prime Communications Backyard Candles Bart’s Ice Cream Company Basin Farm Bee the Change Berkley & Veller Realtors Better Buzz Mobile Espresso Big Rentz BioBag Blueberry Haus Bonny Grant Pottery Brattleboro Common Sense Brattleboro Portable Storage Brattleboro Veterinary Clinic Bruce's Lemonade Bruiser's BBQ Bug Hill Farm Burton Car Wash By the Dozen Caledonia Spirits Celphies.com Ceres - Southern Vermont Wellness Cersosimo Lumber Champlain Valley Apiary Cheshire Wellness Center Clear Solution Inc. ClearChoiceMD Urgent Care Colonial Motel and Spa Community Bank, NA Crispe & Crispe Crooked Stick Pops Cultured Tea Leaf Denique Vintage Designs DMI (Dave Manning) Downs Rachlin & Martin DUG Art Earth's Treasures Global Artisan Jewelry Edwards Smith Fine Woodworking Farms for City Kids and Spring Brook Farm Cheese Foozys Novelty Socks Fresh Potato Group Frisky Cow Gelato FUN HAIR BUN Grace Hill Farm Grammie Jane's Gray Raven Farm Green Mountain Concessions Green Mountain Glass Gunther's Sausages Hand Forged Damascus Cutlery Heim Properties Heirloom Threads Hells Gate Distillery Hemp by Harley Hidden Springs Maple Holyoke Hummus Company I'm Not Gonna Get Ticked India Masala House Interscape Commercial Environments JA Designer Collections J.B. Merchandise JJ's Maple Jorge's Paella La Medina Ker- Phaneuf Funeral Homes and Crematorium Kingdom Creamery of Vermont LLC Kona Ice of NH La Veracruzana Leaf Filter North Let's Grow Kids Living the Dream Alpaca Farm Lyme Green Heat M & G Mobile Gourmet Mach's Wood Fired Pizza Matt Clark's Northern Basement Systems MOCO, LLC Moo Dooers / VNAP Moose Mountain Maple Morning Star Home Accents Mutton And Mead Medieval Festival Native Craft New England Wireless/ US Cellular New Forest Organics Norden Arts & Handicrafts Northeast Delta Dental Northeast Old Fashioned Soda Company/Willd Bill's Northern Fire and Slice Pizza Old Fashioned Jewelry Onice Orchard Hill Breadworks Paisley Peacock Body Arts Peace Corps Peony's Envy Pinnacleview Equipment Inc. Plymouth Notch Seasoning Prentiss Smith & Co. Putney Mountain Winery Rekindled Kindling Rescue, Inc. River Valley Credit Union River Valley Community College Rolling Rock Farm Rooted in Vermont/ VT Sustainable Jobs Fund Runnings Same Sun of Vermont Saxtons River Distillers Scentsational Marketing Seapoint Chandlers Shree's Kitchen Sidehill Farm Sillie Puffs - Gourmet Cotton Candy Solaflect Energy Sophies Donuts Southern Vermont Natural History Museum Southwest Tribal Arts Specialized Sports / Burrows Sri Healing Arts St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, Inc. St. Johnsbury Distillery Staples Stewart Vacations Stitchery by Stacy, Bonal Div. Stowe Cider Sugar Bob's Finest Kind Sweet Doe Dairy Taco Truck All Stars Tarm Biomass TeachArt2Me The Cabbage Cove The Grammar School The Lazy Cow Vermont The Richards Insurance Group The Shaman's Touch Apiary The Toadstool Bookshops The Vermont Spaetzle Company Tito's Taqueria Touch of Purple Traditional Basketry Twice Upon A Time Uncle Joey's Cannoli Unique Turning Vermont Venetian Beverages - Ginger Ale Vermont Amber Design Vermont Artisan Designs and Tuxedo Gallery Vermont Bentwood Handcraft Vermont Country Deli Vermont Creamery Vermont Dept Forest and Parks Vermont Distillers Vermont Foodbank Vermont Pottery Arts Vermont Reiki Association Vermont Soap Vermont Veterinary Medical Association (VVMA) Vernon Homes Vibe Smart Pillow VT - NH Veterinary Clinic VT Fish and Wildlife W.S. Badger Co. Walker Farm West Cannan Art Whetstone Station Brewery Whisker Biscuits Why a Spoon Wild Hart Distillery Wild Mountain Soap Company Wildflower Beads Wink of Africa Wood Thrush Farm Yankee Home Improvement Yarina Threads Yellow Barn Music Haul Z Wraps Zephyr Design Friends of Q' ewar To the Queen's Table White Mountain Essence Didjeridu Ziegler FRIEND Altiplano Angel Creations Building Green Clark-Mortenson Insurance Corina's Switchy Craft and Collectibles Dalem Chalet David Brown Realtor Echo Restaurant Friends of Brook Memorial Library Granger Real Estate Green Lantern Group Green River KROKA Expeditions Mercedes-Benz of Springfield Milk Paint NOFA Vermont R.K. Miles Salsa Sisters Small Town Cultures Society of American Foresters Green Mtn. Division Stevens & Associates T.J. Buckley Tavernier Chocolates Thai Hut The New England House Thomas Dairy Three Stones (Mayan Restaurant) Top of the Hill Grill True North Granola Twombly Wealth Management Group VCA Windham Animal Hospital Vermon Spaetzle Company Vermont Timberworks We Celebrate Democracy/Civil Rights for All WW Building Supply Redfin Jack's Crackers Still Thyme Botanicals Vermont Tech B-Organic NOT FOR PROFIT AARP Vermont Brain Injury Association of Vermont Compassionate Brattleboro Dreaming of a Vetter World Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund- Moms Demand Action Falun Dafa Association of New England In-sight Photography Project NAMI Vermont Rich Earth Institute River Gallery School of Art Senior Solutions So. Vermont Therapeutic Riding Center St Michael's Episcopal Church The Gathering Place TUNDI Productions Vermont Community Garden Network Vermont Grass Farmers Association Vermont Insight Meditation Center Peace and Justice Center HEIFER TEAMS Pete Stickney Vern-Mont Farm Manning Hill Farm Laura Scott Farm Heritage Hands Farm 4-H Merrimack County 4-H Club Pinnacleview 4-H Club Marsh Croft Farm Franklin County 4-H Dairy Club Hartland Cattle Club 4-H Molly Boyd Putney School, Elm Lea Farm St. Michael Catholic School PARADE UNITS Brattleboro Police Department American Legion Color Guard Brattleboro American Legion Band Strolling of the Heifers Banner STOH Float with Miss Vermont Miss Vermont Scholarship Organization Brattleboro Retreat Brattleboro Elementary Schools Band Brattleboro Memorial Hospital C&S Wholesale Grocers Steve Major, DMV - Heifer Rescue Trailer Wagenbach Farm Cowpie Crew Brattleboro Youth Soccer Association - Storm Udderly Smooth Hand and Body Cream The Gathering Place Elm City Compost Initiative Rich Earth Institute Leland and Gray Rebels Marching Band Garden Path Elder Living Marina Restaurant Holstein Association USA, Inc. New Chapter, Inc. THE LOVE SHEEP - SHEEPX We Celebrate Democracy / Civil Rights for All F. M. Kuzmeskus / Travel Kuz Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains Council Academy Starz and Brattleboro Baton Twirl Teams Wickopee Hill Farm Super Kids Evening Star Grange, Dummerston Exchange Students Edward Jones Neighborhood Schoolhouse Nellie's Free Range Eggs Yellow Barn Returned Peace Corps Volunteers The Root Social Justice Center Hampton Inn by Hilton & Fly Boy MyStro Early Education Services The Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development Europa IT Cub Scout Pack 447 Brattleboro Food Co-op BAMS Marching Band New England Youth Theatre Brattleboro Gymnastics Southern Vermont Ukulele Ukesters Art in the Neighborhood The Grammar School Adaptive Sports at Mount Snow The Richards Group Brattleboro Union High School Band Food Connects Boys & Girls Club of Brattleboro Brattleboro Outing Club Green Mountain Camp for Girls River Gallery School of Art Extinction Rebellion Vermont Chapter Vermont Earthworks (WVEW radio) Experienced Goods Brattleboro Common Sense Sunrise Farm Southern Vermont Samba Crowd SEVT The MOOver Brattleboro Police Department STROLLING EXPO TEAM Alma & Cary Winther Andrea Conklin Arlene Hanson Ben Williams Beth Kiendl Bob Dunbar Bobbie Groves Brody King Carol Whitaker Chuck Perlmutter Cindy Delgatto Claire Gilman Dana Poladian Daniel Munzing Debby Berreye Donna Freses Donna Holliday Donna Simons Doren Caputo Eileen Deutsch Elizabeth Stoumen Ellen Dudley Emily Jackson Flo Nestor Fred Lee Gail Ventura Jackie Stromberg Jeanne Sutherland Jen Brandt Jennifer Holan Jillian Fisher John Keppler John Quigley Judy Davidson Kathy Quigly Lauren Dumont Leslie Kramsky Lisa Williams Lucy Miller MaryAnn Cheveralls MaryJeanne Perlmutter Meris Morrison Michael Bosworth Monroe Whitaker Pat O'Connor Shan Marie Messnier Sharon Carlton Newton Sharon Hodge Stephen Charbonneau Susan Mello Suzanne Buck Tim Sanborn Todd Webb Twyla Wallace Victoria Chertok Vivian Prunier BAKING COMPETITION Phyllis Trier, Coordinator Bobbie Groves Bob Trier Bob Dunbar Carol Bellucci Lisa Williams Ginger O'Connor Troy Weeks Gary Stroud PARADE Tim Johnson Arsenault - Announcer Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman- Announcer BCTV Adrianna Howard Ahren Ahrenholz Alexander Meima Ann Newsmith Annaleeza Nuzman Carl Lynde David Brown Dayna Lovell Don Skekel Fred Lee Gigi Purcell Jan Anderson Jeanne Domina Johnny Lee Conroy Kate Hayes Larry Lynch Laura Sillerman Linda Aiken Mike Szostak Norm Oakes Ross Gibson Skylar Plumb Steve Dutton Suki Rauh Teddy Kramer Tim Sanborn Val Harlow Bob & Barbara George Doug Kroc Fred Jenness Frank Maltese Frank Chrisco Charlie Robb, Jr. EVENT SITES American Legion Brattleboro Windham County District Court House Corum Mabie Cook Prodan Angell Secrest & Darrow, PLC Town of Brattleboro: The Common PARKING Academy School Brattleboro Savings and Loan BUHS Heim Properties Home Depot Kramer Law Linden Gardens Logic Branch Productions Otter Creek Health Care People's Bank -Operations Center Pieciak &Co. St Michael's School State of Vermont- Health Department TD Bank Trust Company of Vermont Bill McKim Joe Pumilia Sharon Snider Jim Verzino Gary Bedard Gary Stroud SAFETY & SECURITY RESCUE, INC.: Eric Wilson, KJ Johnston, Christine Hume, Mark Considine, Joe Thompson, Drew Hazelton, Deb Chapman, Domenick Schmidt Kyle LaPointe, Rescue Inc. Liaison Michael Fitzgerald, Brattleboro Police Chief Adam Petlock, Brattleboro Police Liaison Brattleboro Police Dept. Len Howard, Brattleboro Fire Dept. Liaison Spoon Agave LOGISTICS Christie Turner John Sohl-Brattleboro Retreat Dave Manning-DMI John Brunelle-Brunelle & Son Construction Peter Gaskill - Triple T Trucking, Waste Removal and Recycling Bob Spencer - WSWMD Albert Diemond - Elm City Compost Athena Bradley - WSWMD Jeff Parker-D&E Tree Company Matt and Jay Nadeau - Nadeau Electric Sandy Russell-Robust- Valley Sales & Rental Mike Snide - Pinnacleview Equipment Melanie Boese & Andrew Fowler- Brattleboro Country Club Damien Cavanagh- Home Depot Doug Cleveland- Cleveland Electric Carol Lolatte & Paul Ethier- Brattleboro Recreation Department Brattleboro Cub Scout Pack 447, Chartered by the West Brattleboro Congregational Church Chris Denette-Cub Scouts Kyle Skrocki- Landmark College Celine LaCroix - Brattleboro Portable Storage AL's Towing Retreat Farm With special thanks to Christie Turner's Logistics Staff Acadia Barrengos Alejandra Floyd Andrew Eames Angela Stratton Anwyn Darrow Christine T Dale Dimauro Dan Lyden Gary Bedard Jeanne Domina Katia Morosan Lisa Williams Owen Steelman Quinn Darrow Seth Pichette Vincent Sellew and Crossing Guards Bob Nantel Charlie Siggan Ann Wyman Dave Wheelock Stan Haselton Carol Klute Elizabeth Trouseel Scott Haselton Ruth Shultz Scott Surgner SLOW LIVING SUMMIT TEAM Arlene Hanson Bonnie Kelsey Cathy Nolan Derek Schwartz Don Skekel Francine Vallario Gail Vaneema Jennifer Brandt Josh Traeger Karen Zahorchak Kathe Camara Kelly Teamey Kennidy Stood Kiki McShane Maureen MacDonald Pat O'Connor Pauline McKean Peter Gould Roxane Johnson De Lear Sharon Brown Tom Mosakowski Ty Haugh Udi Butler Zoe Williams EVENT PHOTOGRAPHERS Kelly Fletcher Jesse Kreitzer Linda Carlsen Sperry Dana Harris ENTERTAINERS BUHS Jazz Band Celebration Brass Band Molly Steinmark & Friends Amelia Struthers New England Center for Circus Arts The Love Sheep Flyboy MyStro Va-et-Vient Debbie and the Downers XPressivo Rear Defrosters Sandglass Theater Kasper the Cow Fritzi’s Flea Circus The Full Catastrophe FARM TOUR Bunker Farn Scott Farm Rebob Farm Full Plate Farm Miller Farm Robb Family Farm Judy Fink Rob Freeberg Joan Weir TOUR DE HEIFER Andrew Cavanagh Anna LaPorte Bob Dunbar Bob Underhill Claudia DiPeri Dan Ridgway Deb Cavanagh Diny Sweitzer Don Skekel Helen & Charlie Robb Charlie Robb Jr. Jeff Nugent Jordan Hughes Keith Streeter Larry McIntosh Mark Frasco Nora Dissinger Paul Rodrigue Phil Brubaker Rick Eastman Sam and Bobby Groves Steve Shriner Tim Guarente TOUR DE HEIFER SPONSORS Ehrmann/ Commonwealth Dairy Breakthru Beverage Against The Grain Dunkin Donuts BICYCLE SUPPORT West Hill Shop WATER BOTTLES Specialized BIKE SHOP SPONSORS Burrows Specialized Sports West Hill Shop Bicycles Unlimited FOOD/SUPPLIES DONORS: Against the Grain Cabot Creamery Grafton Village Cheese Leader Distribution Pete & Gerry’s Organic Eggs Teddie Peanut Butter Sidehill Farm Vermont Creamery FOOD & DRINKS A Vermont Table Whetstone Brewery SPECIAL THANKS: Vermont Land Trust Robb Family Farm Winchester Farm Lilac Ridge Farm Deer Ridge Farm Sunrise Farm Circle Mountain Farm Full Steam Farm Olson Farm Gateway Farm Shearer Hill Farm Cortland Hill Orchards Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center Our year-round mission and purpose is to help save family farms by connecting people with healthy local foods. Listed below are the many, many people, businesses and organizations that help make that possible. When you get a chance, please tell these folks you appreciate what they do for Strolling of the Heifers. We want to thank everyone who helped in any way — please forgive us if we missed any individual, business or organization inadvertently omitted from the lists above, or if we have misspelled your name. Thank you for a great Stroll Weekend! THANK YOU!! Purchase Stroll shirts, caps, and gifts at any time via our online store at www.strollingoftheheifers.com Strolling of the Heifers To make a tax-deductible contribution: Visit our web site: www.strollingoftheheifers.com to make a PayPal or credit card contribution or mail your contribution to: Strolling of the Heifers, 105 Partridge Road, East Dummerston, VT 05346 Visit us online, year-round: www.strollingoftheheifers.com, www.slowlivingsummit.org THANKS!! Join our e-mail lists for regular updates: use e-mail sign-up box on our site home pages. Join Strolling of the Heifers and Slow Living Summit on Facebook and Twitter! And thanks also to: • all who enjoyed the Friday Festival and the finals of our Coffee Cakes & Sweet Breads Competition; • all who came to our Famous Farmers Breakfast at The Marina on Sunday took part in our Farm Tours; • the hundreds of cyclists who rode in the Tour de Heifer. Tens of thousands came to see the Strolling of the Heifers Parade and Slow Living Expo on June 8. Many thanks to everyone for turning out to support and honor our farmers! MOOO-CHAS GRACIAS!!! photos by Dana Harris MISS THE PARADE? Catch it anytime on BCTV: brattleborotv.org/strolling-heifers Next Year's Stroll Weekend dates: June 5-6-7, 2020 (Parade: June 6, 2020, 10 a.m., downtown Brattleboro)