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Vermont Farmstand to Open at Boston Public Market
After over a year of research and development, the Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (AAFM) and Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) are pleased to announce the creation of a Vermont retail stand within the Boston Public Market, opening next month. Harlow Farm of Westminster, VT will operate the stand, demonstrating an innovative public-private partnership that will open a new market channel for dozens of Vermont companies in the Boston metro region.
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Vermont Breakfast After the Bell Challenge
The first ever Vermont School Breakfast After the Bell Challenge is coming in January 2016! Stay tuned for details and the opportunity to register some friendly competition to find out which Vermont schools can dramatically increase breakfast participation. Click here to learn more: us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=426eed6740a3d7fc6d35efb9e&id=34c97d87b3&e=%5bUNIQID
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Participate in Vermont's inaugural Open Farm Week!
Are you a farm or agricultural network, council or association? Join us in celebrating Vermont's vibrant working landscape and participate in Open Farm Week August 3-9, 2015.
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Vermont Cheese Council Signs 50th Member
The Vermont Cheese Council (VCC), a non-profit trade association committed to the promotion and advancement of quality cheese production in Vermont, signed its 50th principal member to its membership roster.
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Owner of Sweet Rowen Farmstead Buys Land with Help from Vermont Land Trust
If you’ve been lucky enough to sample some of the milk and fine cheeses from Sweet Rowen Farmstead, you will know Paul Lisai is serious about quality and taste when it comes to one of Vermont’s finest products. Paul was recently able to secure the future of his business by purchasing land for his farm with help from the Vermont Land Trust.
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Brattleboro Area Farmer's Market Moves Ahead to Improve Market Site
The Brattleboro Area Farmers’ Market has successfully finished a $58,000 fundraising campaign to help with the acquisition and redevelopment of the former Planet Gas station parcel on Route 9. In the coming months, this site will be transformed into space for vending, driveway access, and parking for the Market.
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Sodexo's Vermont First Seeking Applicants for Advisory Board
Sodexo is seeking applicants for its Vermont First Advisory Board. The Vermont First Advisory Board will offer guidance and insight to the Vermont First Coordinator and the Vermont First Leadership Team, supporting Sodexo’s Vermont First Initiative in realizing Sodexo’s goal of strategically increasing the purchase of Vermont products across Sodexo’s Vermont accounts. The Advisory Board will be a tremendous ally in providing guidance to moving Vermont First objectives forward.
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Farm and Food Student Leaders to Arrive in Vermont for Whirlwind Study Tour
Leaders from across the nation who are studying how communities source, grow, process, purchase, and contemplate food will soon arrive in the Green Mountain State for the inaugural three-week Vermont Food Systems Summer Study Tour, May 31 – June 20. One of the only study tours of its kind in the world, students will earn transferable credits while accessing a “movable feast” of Vermont food systems education.
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The Working Lands Enterprise Initiative Announces over $1 Million in Grants to 36 Vermont Businesses and Service Providers
Today, the Working Lands Enterprise Board announced this year’s 36 grant recipients – 24 agriculture and 12 forestry projects – for just over $1 million in both Working Lands and Local Food Market Development grant funding. These projects impact every county in Vermont, and leverage an additional $1.8 million in matching funds. Investments were made to 26 working lands enterprises and 10 service providers for projects that increase production, expand markets, develop innovative technologies, improve water quality, and train the workforce that Vermont’s businesses need to succeed.
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Community Kitchen Academy - BIG IMPACTS on Individuals and Communities
IS ANYONE BETTER OFF? Community Kitchen Academy, a program of the Vermont Foodbank improves an indvidual's likelihood to succeed in the food systems industry.
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Vermont and New Hampshire Farmers Encouraged to Apply for Value-Added Producer Grants …Agricultural Producers Eligible for $250,000 In Grants
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking farmers and producers interested in turning their agricultural commodities into new products. The USDA Rural Development Value-Added Producer Grant program provides farmers with up to $250,000 in working capital or feasibility funding to turn raw agricultural products into finished products that increase producer profitability and create jobs. The deadline for grant submissions is July 7th.
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Tutorial Center's Students Hungry for Food Revolution Day
It's Gonna Take a Revolution...
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