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Read More VHCB Offers COVID-19 Quick-Response Consultations to Working Lands Businesses
To help businesses navigate urgent needs related to COVID-19, the VHCB Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program is offering quick-response consultations to farm, food, and forest businesses through its team of expert business advisors.
Read More USDA Announces Grants for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
Urban Ag in Vermont? Why not? Learn more about USDA grants for project planning and implementation during a June 3 webinar and submit proposals by the July 6 deadline.
Read More Green Mountain Farm-to-School Receives $10,000 Grant to Purchase and Deliver Local Food for Area Food Pantries
Thanks to a generous $10,000 grant from the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, GMFTS's food hub, Green Mountain Farm Direct, will now be able to purchase, process, and deliver healthy, locally produced foods for food pantries in Canaan, St. Johnsbury, Island Pond, and Newport. This will help fight growing food insecurity in the Northeast Kingdom, while simultaneously supporting local farmers that have lost access to markets.
Read More ACORN’s Innovative Online Farmers’ Market Launches
Helping Hannaford Career Center Raise $3,900
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A free website to promote your business both in and out of state.
Read More Slow Living Summit will be Virtual This Year
The tenth annual Slow Living Summit has been reimagined as a virtual conference. Presented by Strolling of the Heifers and Windham Grows, the Summit’s theme is “Take a Bite Out of Climate Change” with live keynote presentations by Bill McKibben, Frances Moore Lappé, Tom Newmark and Sandra Steingraber.
Read More City Market's Co-op Seedling Grant Program Accepting Applications Through June 26, 2020
City Market, Onion River Co-op is accepting applications for their 2020 Co-op Seedling Grant Cycle. They're awarding $35,000 to organizations working to strengthen the local food system.
Read More The Food Team: A Community Collaboration to Address Hunger
A collaboration between Food Connects, Foodworks, the Vermont Foodbank, the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union is working hard to feed families in their community.
Read More Sterling College Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Launch EcoGather
This first-of-its-kind, online tool will connect local communities focused on ecological thinking and action
Read More UVM Survey: Food Insecurity in Vermont Rose 33% During Pandemic
Strong Connection to Job Losses
Read More Food Connects Raises Over $10,000 to Expand Local Food Markets
Food Connects successfully completed their “Growing Local Food Markets in the Monadnock Region” campaign. This campaign, run through the Local Crowd Monadnock, focused on improving the Food Connects Food Hub’s internal infrastructure to expand market access for their local farmers and food producers.
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