Show your support for local farms and food by signing RAFFL's signature ad
Publicly show your appreciation for our local farmers! RAFFL is designing a full page "signature ad" to thank our local farmers for nourishing our families and strengthening our communities. It will be published in the 2015 Locally Grown Guide (all 15,000 copies!) and in the Rutland Herald.
Read More Vermont’s Food System: Relocalize it!
Statewide “Farm to Plate” collaboration is creating jobs, boosting the economy, and making more local food available for Vermonters
Read More 16th Annual Vermont Dairy Producers Conference Returns to Burlington Feb. 24th
Dairy Industry Experts will Share Practical Solutions for Increasing Efficiency and Profitability
Read More Free Webinars on Selling to School Meal Programs
Join these free webinars to understand how you can start selling produce and food items to school meal programs. Learn how to market your products and navigate the regulations!
Read More Apply for the 2015-2016 Northeast Farm to School Institute
Want to grow a thriving Farm to School program in your school? Learn how to get more local foods into the cafeteria? Develop a garden curriculum? Involve the community? The Farm to School Institute is back, and thanks to a USDA Farm to School Grant, this year it's open to all schools in the Northeast!
Read More Farm to School "Recipes for Success" Contest Seeks Creative Projects, Activities and Ideas
What’s hot in your Farm to School program? Share your best projects, activities, lessons and ideas in the Northeast Farm to School Recipes for Success contest this month. Great prizes and a chance to share your story at the Farm to Institution Summit in April! Open to all in the Northeast.
Read More Nearly $4.5 Million in Financing Approved by VEDA for Entrepreneurial, Energy, Agricultural and Small Business Projects
The Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) has approved nearly $4.5 million in business financings for entrepreneurial, energy, agricultural and small business projects totaling $8.6 million.
Read More Windham Regional Business Planning Competition offers $68,000 in prizes
A total of $68,000 in prizes — including $30,000 earmarked for the farm/food sector —is being offered for innovative business models and plans in the 2015 Windham Regional Business Planning Competition.
Read More Farm to School Awareness Day Celebrated at Statehouse
Montpelier, Vt – On Thursday, January 29th, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets, in partnership with the Vermont Farm to School Network, announced the recipients of the 2015 Farm to School grants at a special ceremony at the Statehouse cafeteria
Read More College Scholarships Available from the Vermont Dairy Industry Association
Deadlines for 2015-2016 VDIA Memorial Scholarship applications are coming up! Vermont residents enrolling in any year at an accredited college or university and seeking a degree in dairy business, dairy science, or a related field are eligible. One to six scholarships are to be awarded, ranging from $500 to $1000.
Read More New Annual Report Data Shows Working Lands Enterprise Initiative Benefits Vermont’s Economy
New Annual Report Data Shows Working Lands Enterprise Initiative Benefits Vermont’s Economy
Read More State awards $270,000 to support clean energy and food scrap recycling
Casella Resource Solutions and Grow Compost have both been awarded Clean Energy Development Fund grants ($139,000 and $131,549 respectively) from the Vermont Public Service Department (PSD) for two pilot projects to demonstrate the anaerobic digestion of food scraps.
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