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Boston Public Market
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture is exploring a potential partnership with a Vermont business and/or a collaboration of Vermont businesses to develop, implement and operate a Vermont sourced food stand at Boston Public Market starting in spring 2015. The attached Request for Interest is an effort to gather information to gauge the level of interest and capacity among Vermont businesses.
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Now Accepting Applications for Hunger Free Vermont's The Learning Kitchen
The Learning Kitchen is a hands-on six lesson series that teaching cooking and nutrition skills, targeting youth, young adults, and adults with limited food budgets. Hunger Free Vermont is excited to host 50 classes in 2015 and is accepting applications now!
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Study Agricultural Adaptations to Climate Change in Chiapas, Mexico
This innovative two-week course will provide students with the opportunity to study the political, ecological, and historical aspects of sustainable agriculture in and around Chiapas, Mexico. Registration for this course closes November 20, 2014.
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Agency of Ag Hosts HR Trainings for Farmers
This fall, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture Food & Markets (VAAFM) will be hosting two Human Resources Management Trainings in Burlington and White River Junction to help Vermont agricultural producers build and hone strong employee management skills.
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Northeast Kingdom Farm-to-School Conference 2014
Join us to explore ways Farm to School Programs can Celebrate, Grow and Thrive!
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Working Lands Enterprise Board Announces Today $1 million in Available Grant Funds
Today, The Working Lands Enterprise Board (WLEB) announces the availability of $1 million in grant funds for essential, catalytic investments in Vermont’s farm and forest economy, from individual enterprises to service providers to supply chain partnerships. This year, funds for local food market development projects, previously solicited through a separate request for proposals (the Local Food Market Development Program) will be allocated through the WLEB grant process.
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Grant Funding Available for Farm to School Programming
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets has announced $49,000 of available funding for Vermont schools interested in Farm to School programing. Any Vermont school, consortium of schools, or school district interested in a Farm to School grant can find more information and download applications at www.agriculture.vermont.gov
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UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture’s Farming & Climate Change Program Offers Downloadable Resources for Vermont Farmers
Dr. Faulkner says. “With increasingly common extreme weather patterns events becoming the norm, we wanted to provide growers with strategies to both adapt to the reality they’re facing on their farms, as well as practices that minimize emissions in feasible and affordable ways.”
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Farm to School Love Photo Contest!
Enter the F2SLove Photo Contest this October and share what you love about Farm to School!
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Flexible Capital Fund reaches capitalization goal of $4 million
U.S. Treasury awards $600,000 to fully capitalize the Flexible Capital Fund to make more royalty financing investments available for growing Vermont agriculture, forestry and clean technology companies
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State Releases Map of Food Businesses and Food Rescue, Recycling, & Composting Sites
ANR announces the launch of its web-based “Universal Recycling Materials Management Map” (Materials Management Map). Following the passage of the Universal Recycling law in 2012, ensuring consistent recycling, food scrap, and waste services statewide by 2020, the map connects residents, businesses, and institutions with collection services and food rescue agencies, haulers, and composters with sources of quality food and food scraps. The map will provide the information needed to reduce waste and increase the development of infrastructure and systems to manage food waste for beneficial uses.
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UVM Announces New Food Hub Management Certificate Program
Vermont launches first food hub academic program in the United States
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