Jenn Colby

Jennifer (Jenn) Colby has operated Howling Wolf Farm, LLC a diversified meat livestock farm, in the

Randolph Vermont area since 2000. After participating in the Ranching for Profit (RFP) School and follow

up board development program Executive Link, Jenn is actively growing her farm business using the RFP

principles. In 2022, she began hosting the Choosing to Farm podcast for livestock farmers and ranchers.

Previously, Jenn spent over 25 years working professionally in agriculture and environmental

management to help livestock farmers find success and quality of life. Under this overarching theme,

she was part of the University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture’s Pasture Program for

seventeen years, coordinating the program for ten. Jenn served as the Vermont Grazing and Livestock

Conference organizer, developed a longstanding partnership with the Vermont Grass Farmers

Association, managed multi-media outreach and provided leadership to pasture and livestock-based

educational activities, research and technical assistance around the state. She managed a UVM team

providing technical assistance in the Long Island Sound Watershed (Connecticut River), was the co-chair

of the Vermont Farm to Plate Network’s Production and Processing Working Group, and led the

establishment of the New England Grazing Network (NEGN). Jenn has taught grazing and livestock

courses at Sterling College and Vermont Technical College (VTCS).

Currently, she is an advisor for the Randolph Technical Career Center [H.S.] agriculture program and the

VTC Ag and Food Entrepreneurship Center (CAFÉ), is the co-Executive Director of the Northeast Pasture

[Research] Consortium (NEPC), and is a National Grazing Lands Coalition (NatGLC) Regional At-Large board member.