Resources & Stories

Resources

Themes addressed include: Advisory boards as a gift to the entrepreneur. How to set expectations about timeframe for serving on an advisory board. Entrepreneur responsibilities in relation to an advisory...
What do you give to your advisory board as a meeting approaches? What makes for a well-structured agenda? What do you want to focus your time on when your advisory...
You may be interested in forming an advisory board, but: Where to start? Learn how an entrepreneur can set the stage for a starting a complementary and focused advisory board...
Learn when to start an advisory board. See what an advisory board brings to any entrepreneur. How did entrepreneurs make their way to forming an advisory board? What common entrepreneurial...

Resource Collections

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about food security
This collection features free food resources across Vermont, including maps, databases of food distribution sites, and programs that offer free or low-cost food. It is designed to serve multiple audiences...
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Food Security in Vermont: Road Map to 2023 - Cover Image - fields with trees
The Vermont Food Security Roadmap collection includes Vermont Food Security: Roadmap to 2035, Transportation Barriers to Food Access in Vermont: Impacted Populations Report, and Food Security Roadmap Citations. Click to...
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Intervale Agroforestry3 - Michael Z. Weiss
A collection of resources tied to agroforestry in Vermont and beyond. Agroforestry is a rapidly growing climate mitigation strategy that brings together indigenous knowledge with modern day farmers looking for...
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A Regional Approach to Food System Resilience - NEFNE Report
What will it really take to grow, raise, produce, harvest, and catch more regional food and move it through a complex supply chain to our homes and other places we...

Stories

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 Farmers Market vendor Elom Essiba testifies about the importance of Crop Cash Plus and other food security programs, in the House Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry Committee
The Food Security Roadmap Coalition policy slate met with success in the State House during the session. We are grateful to the many legislators who worked hard to advance us...
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text "Join Us To Protect Our Local Food System". Image hands forming a heart around a head of garlic
written by Center for an Agricultural Economy The impact of federal funding cuts can already be seen across the country, including Vermont, in many different sectors. With the most recent...
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photo collage of different fibers, including hemp, linen, finished dress, napkins and utensils, and people combing wool
This session was extremely informative and inspiring in thinking about ways to diversify our agricultural products in ways that are beneficial to the environment and have the potential to bring...
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Food Security - Hummus
Vermont has the tools, knowledge, and resources to create food security and ensure that every person living here has the food they want and need to be healthy and nourished...