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Tech Salad: A farm-food-tech meetup to discover new business opportunities
We invite you to join us for TECH SALAD — a workshop bringing together Windham County (VT) farm/food sector entrepreneurs and technology entrepreneurs, in order to explore opportunities for ways in which these sectors can work together and solve problems, including new methods, new markets, new products, and potentially whole new businesses.
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Dairy Farmers Talk Sustainability & Innovation at Annual Conference
Topics Included Tactics for a Sustainable Future, Training the Next Generation and New Technology.
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Agency of Ag Releases Second Draft of Required Agricultural Practices for Public Review
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) has released a second draft of the Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs) for public review. This draft, to be presented to the legislature and the public over the coming weeks, has been substantially revised to incorporate public input. The second draft is available today on the Agency website: agriculture.vermont.gov/water-quality/regulations/rap
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Registration now open for Northeast Kingdom Food System Summit!
The Northeast Kingdom Food System Plan Summit is scheduled for Saturday, March 26 at Sterling College in Craftsbury Common. The daylong Summit will review the changes in our local food system in the past 5 years and engage attendees around specific goals to help set priorities for the future. The Summit will include topics on distribution and aggregation of local products, farmland access, economic and community development, as well as food access and justice. The Summit will feed into an update of the Northeast Kingdom Food System Plan, originally written in 2011.
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Working Lands Enterprise Board Releases Annual Report Demonstrating Cumulative Impacts
Since its inception in 2012, the Working Lands Enterprise Board (WLEB) has invested over $3.1 million dollars in 112 projects impacting every county of the state, leveraging just under $5 million in additional funds. Impacts to date include 106 new jobs created by working lands grantees and $12 million+ increase in gross income across all working lands grantees
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Secretaries of Agriculture, Natural Resources Submit Joint Interim Report on Subsurface Agricultural Tile Drainage
Vermont’s Secretary of Agriculture, Chuck Ross, and Vermont’s Secretary of Natural Resources, Deb Markowitz, jointly submitted the interim report on subsurface agricultural tile drainage to the Vermont General Assembly. The Subsurface Tile Drainage Interim Report is a summary of the progress the two agencies have made in preparing a final report on tile drainage, which is due to the Legislature in January, 2017. The interim report is available today on the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) website
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Farm to School Awareness Day Celebrated at Statehouse
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets, in partnership with the Vermont Farm to School Network, announced the recipients of the 2016 Vermont Farm to School grant awards at a special ceremony in the Statehouse cafeteria last Wednesday.
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Sterling College Claims #1 for Real Food on Campus for Second Year in a Row
For the second consecutive year , Sterling College has been confirmed as the top college in the United States that serves food on campus that is local, sustainable, humane, and fair-trade.
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VSECU Announces Support of Milk Money L3C to Foster Local Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Partnership marks the first initiative under VSECU’s newly launched vision, focused on maximizing the credit union’s social, environmental and financial impact throughout Vermont
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New Website and Video Highlight the Economic Impact of the VT Dairy Industry
The Vermont Dairy Promotion Council and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets have partnered to launch a new website and video highlighting the economic impact of the state’s dairy industry.
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Commmunity Kitchen Academy - Culinary Job Training Program
Community Kitchen Academy (CKA) in Burlington is currently accepting applications for student enrollment in its successful culinary job training program.
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Vermont Dairy Co-op First to Adopt New Technology to Improve Value of Milk & Farm Management Practices
The St. Albans Cooperative Creamery is the first dairy co-op in the nation to provide new information to farmers about the fatty acids that make up the milk fat in their cow’s milk. Local researchers found a direct correlation between the fat content in milk and farm management practices – this information will allow farmers to improve the way they feed and manage their cows as well as earn a higher pay for their milk.
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