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Are you a vegetable, fruit, or berry grower in Vermont? Salvation Farms invites YOU to take part in a short survey!
Salvation Farms has launched the Vermont Food Loss Survey and is looking for Vermont vegetable, fruit, and berry farmers to participate.
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Two Weeks, Eight Schools: Students Invited to Vermont to Discover the Future of Food
From food justice to safety and labeling, the nation is poised to transform the way in which it sources, grows, processes, purchases, and contemplates food. The Vermont Food Systems Summer Study Tour is the only program in the country where students take to the road for two weeks, moving through eight schools, earning transferable undergraduate or graduate credit or auditing the class.
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Rebates Available for Vermont Maple Sugar Makers to Save on Energy Costs
Efficiency Vermont offers a number of rebates to help maple sugar makers throughout the state increase the energy efficiency of their operations and reduce their spending on fuel. 2016 rebates on qualifying reverse osmosis installations. Maple sugar makers with a minimum of 400 taps, or 100 gallons of annual production are eligible for a rebate. Up to $3,250 is available per system depending on the size of the equipment.
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The School for the New American Farmstead at Sterling College Announces Full Line of Workshops for Summer
The School of the New American Farmstead at Sterling College has announces summer workshops in Holistic Orcharding, Beekeeping, Mushrooms, Hemp, Pollinators, and Moreits full lineup of workshops for the summer. These workshops are designed to prepare agrarians, agroecologists, landholders, and homesteaders at all stages to sustain the working landscape as well as themselves.
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Celebrate Local Farms & Food at the 15th Annual Flavors of the Valley
Mark your calendar for April 10 and bring your appetite to the 15th annual Flavors of the Valley – the region’s premier local-foods tasting expo hosted by Vital Communities. The family event offers a chance for consumers to meet the people behind the Upper Valley’s local farms and foods, try new products, and make mealtimes more delicious while supporting a vibrant local food system and economy.
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Breakfast after the Bell Challenge Boosts School Breakfast Participation
New England Patriots Player Duron Harmon & Dairy Farmer of the Year Celebrate Success
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Food Waste Gets Second Life as Renewable Energy on Dairy Farm
Blue Spruce Farm in Bridport, Vermont has a farm waste digester, which converts manure, food waste and farm by-products into natural fertilizer and energy to power 400 to 500 homes. They will soon be piloting a new project with Casella Organics to help communities understand the importance of properly separating food waste so that it can be collected and turned into a mixture that can be fed into the farm digester.
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Farm and Food Business JOB FAIR in the Northeast Kingdom
Are you ready for a job in the fast growing Agricultural Economy in the NEK? Join some of the area's premier food and farm businesses, learn what opportunities are available - and BRING YOUR RESUME!! The Center for an Ag Economy is hosting a job fair in APRIL, to help you find the job you're looking for!
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NEK Nonprofit Founder Nationally Recognized for 'Shaping Rural America'
Katherine Sims, founder and executive director of Green Mountain Farm-to-School (GMFTS), is being recognized nationally through Farm Credit 100 Fresh Perspectives, a search to identify and honor 100 leaders who are changing rural communities and agriculture for the better.
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New Toolkit Promotes Food Production at Housing Sites
A new edible landscaping resource guide for affordable housing communities arrives at the start of the garden planning season! A collaborative project of the Vermont Community Garden Network and Vermont Edible Landscapes, the “Edible Landscaping & Community Gardening Toolkit” provides step-by-step support for housing authorities, residents, housing staff, service providers, and others who want to establish, enhance, or support food production at housing sites.
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Sodexo's "Vermont First" Initiative on Track, Bringing More Local Food to VT Colleges and Universities
Sodexo's Vermont First local food purchasing results for 2015 are in! Sodexo, which serves the food at many of Vermont's colleges and universities, spent $3.22 million purchasing locally-grown food in 2015. That constitutes 15.4 percent of the food purchased at Sodexo's 15 Vermont accounts.
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Vermont Cheesemakers Win at World Championship Cheese Contest
Four Vermont Cheese Council Members win "Best in Class" awards at the World Championship Cheese Contest. The World Championship Cheese Contest in Madison, WI is the largest technical competition for butter, yogurt and cheese in the World.
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