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The tax and legal issues confronting existing and new farm businesses, new farm-based food enterprises, and farms in transition to the next generation are increasingly complex. Food safety, farm labor...
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Vermont must work towards racial equity in its food system in order to make the food system truly sustainable for everyone. Equity is “the condition that would be achieved when...
Ecosystem services are the “ecosystem functions that are useful to humans.” Agricultural landscapes in Vermont can be managed to enhance ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, climate regulation, biodiversity, and...
Over the past 20 years, the local food category evolved from an emerging to a maturing market. In a mature market, the rate of growth for the category slows, and...
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Plans underway to restore and expand the state’s investment in Farm to School programs
Vermont’s largest hospital contributes $2.7 million to state economy
Clean Yield bridges financing gaps for Vermont’s food system entrepreneurs
Intervale Food Hub Sells to Sodexo at the University of Vermont