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Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program
vhcb.org/viability
elaREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vhcb.org
(802) 828-2117
VT Housing & Conservation Board 58 East State Street
Montpelier, VT 05602

People
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Liz Gleason
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Program Assistant | lizREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vhcb.org | (802) 828-3370 | |
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Liz has worked for the Vermont Farm Viability Program since 2010, coordinating business planning, grants, and program evaluation. She has a BA in Political Science and Environmental Studies from Williams College, and fills her free time trail running, baking, and rock climbing.
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Ela Chapin
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Viability Program Director | elaREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vhcb.org | (802) 828-2117 | |
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Ela Chapin is Director of the Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program, a program of the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board that provides business planning and technical assistance to farm, food and forest products businesses. Since 2006, Ela has managed and advanced the quality of program services and provided professional development opportunities to strengthen the network of agricultural service providers in Vermont and beyond. She has a MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University.
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Mariah Noth
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mariahREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vhcb.org | (802) 735-7893 | ||
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Vermont Farm and Forest Viability Program Outreach & Communications Coordinator
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Network Groups:
Production and Processing, Farmland Access and Stewardship, Food Cycle Coalition, Farmland Access, Education and Workforce Development, Aggregation and Distribution, Farm to Institution, Independent Grocers, Consumer Education and Marketing, Agritourism, Food Access, Financing, Research, Career Pathways & Image, Business-Education Partnerships, Slow Money Vermont, Health, Farm Viability Indicators Task Force, Communications and Marketing Community of Practice, Rooted in Vermont®, Food Access Planning
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Categories
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Marketing
- Marketing consultants
- Support organization: Marketing
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Farm Inputs
- Support organization: Farm Inputs
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Food Production
- Support organization: Food Production
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Food Processing or Manufacturing
- Support organization: Food Processing or Manufacturing
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Food Distribution or Storage
- Support organization: Food Distribution or Storage
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Retail Food Outlets
- Support organization: Retail Food Outlets
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Nutrient Management
- Support organization: Nutrient Management
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Business Planning and Technical Assistance
- Access to capital
- Accounting and taxes
- Feasibility and planning
- Human resources
- Infrastructure
- Land access
- Legal and estate planning
- Marketing
- Packaging and safety
- Production / Processing technical assistance
- Other: Business Planning and Technical Assistance
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Financing Organizations
- Grants
Products
business planning, feasibility analysis, financial planning, market analysis, transfer planning, technical assistance, sale of development rights
Location
Building Brands in Small Farm Food System
A new call-out to “scale up brands,” not farms, is needed to capture market opportunities and to remedy certain limitations in our small farm food system.