Farmers Can Now Resolve Contract and Labor Issues with Free Ag Mediation
VTAMP recently expanded the list of approved issues that qualify for free mediation, including easements, contracts, and labor issues.
Read More Keeping the Farm in the Family: Not a Last Resort
How one family learned to better communicate through their farm transition.
Read More Vermont Tech Awarded $1.2 million by U.S. Department of Commerce
On August 9, 2022, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) would award a $1.2 million grant to Vermont Technical College to expand
Read More An Inspiring Year at Central Elementary School
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Carbonneau | Marketing & Outreach Manager, Food Connects | laura@foodconnects.org Written by: Jenny Kessler |Farm to School Coach, Food Connects [BELLOWS FALLS, VT] Central Elementary
Read More A Partnership in Action: How Food Connects and the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation are working together to support our food economy.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Carbonneau, Marketing & Outreach Manager, Food Connects Email: laura@foodconnects.org A Partnership in Action How Food Connects and the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation are working together
Read More Join the Maple 100!
The Vermont Maple 100 is a month-long, annual promotion that highlights the hundreds of maple activities, adventures, and maple-inspired products available across Vermont. This fall, join the Vermont Agency of
Read More Origins of Food Tours
Deepen your Vermont farm and food knowledge with an exclusive Origins of Food tour! Planned in conjunction with the International Workshop on Agritourism coming to Burlington this summer, we have
Read More VHCB Releases RFQ for Rural Economic Development Initiative Consultants
The Vermont Housing & Conservation Board is seeking skilled grant writers and technical assistance consultants to provide support to community-based economic development projects through the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI). REDI provides grant writing and technical assistance to rural communities and small businesses to access federal and other complex funding sources. Priority focus areas include: Working lands sector development, outdoor recreation, and community & economic development.
Read More Joey Jacques Wins Jr. Iron Chef Competition!
On April 2nd Joey Jacques of Bellows Falls Union High School (BFUHS) competed in the Junior Iron Chef VT competition and took home the Mise en Place award cooking by
Read More Culturally Relevant Foods: Bringing Halal Chicken to Our Community
Food Connects, the Vermont Foodbank, and Common Wealth Poultry have partnered to bring Halal certified chicken to the new Afghan neighbors in our community. Over the past few months, Brattleboro
Read More 2022 Vermont Agriculture Hall of Fame Inductees!
Vermont Agriculture Hall of Fame Announces 2022 Inductees Essex Junction, VT- The Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame is excited to announce the 2022 inductees! Over the past 20 years, over
Read More Honoring Two Local School Food Heroes
Two local Farm to School champions were honored this year by the School Nutrition Association of Vermont and Hunger Free Vermont—Ali West and Harley Sterling The Outstanding Achievement Award for
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