Taylor & Jake Mendell, owners of Footprint Farm in Starksboro
Photo: UVM
Young Farmers in Vermont Met with Challenges and Opportunities
By Shane Rogers, Farm to Plate Communications Manager at the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
The landscape of farming is changing throughout the country, and Vermont agriculture is by no means an exception. To see this borne out, one only has to look to…
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Wellspring Farm
Photo: Corey Hendrickson
Written by Shane Rogers
Green Mountain Farm Direct, a food hub run by Green Mountain Farm-to-School, is working to connect local farmers with schools, restaurants, and institutions across northern Vermont to increase the farm’s sales and boost consumption of local food in institutions and the overall region. Those partnerships have created…
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Energy efficient maple production at Scrag Mountain Sugar House
Photo: Efficiency Vermont
Written by Liz Gamache
Each spring, many Vermont sugar makers are already looking ahead to producing the next year’s crop and they may be considering what equipment upgrades they’ll need to save time, energy, and money next season.
With over 1500 maple sugar makers in the state, Vermont is the largest producer…
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Consumer shopping for local food
Photo: Rooted in Vermont
Written by Jake Claro
When you ask people their definition of the Vermont food economy, they’ll often talk about farms, farmers’ markets or CSAs. What’s often missing from the conversation are the supply chain of local businesses such as distributors, food processors and manufacturers, and seed, feed, and equipment dealers.
Vermont’s local…
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