VCRD Press/News
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Food and Agriculture: The ‘Value-Added’ Buzz: Our Farms, Our Food By Josey Hastings The Working... read more... |
05/03/2012 The Herald of Randolph |
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Costello Commentary: Support funding for Vermont Working Lands Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Paul Costello, executive director of the Vermont Council on Rural Development, which is coordinating the work of the Vermont Working Landscape Partnership... read more... |
04/30/2012 VtDigger.org |
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Bennington Community Forum Notes Although the prioritization work of the Community Visit Program requires a town to decide what is most important as it moves forward with Task Forces, nothing is lost in the process from the long... read more... |
04/24/2012 Self Published |
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Websites aim to make neighborhoods more neighborly e-Vermont Partner Michael Wood-Lewis of Front Porch Forum is quoted in this article, printed 4/23/12 in the Baltimore Sun. In the Anne Arundel community of Berrywood, neighbors... read more... |
04/23/2012 Misc |
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Vermont Senate approves working landscape bill BENNINGTON -- The Vermont Senate gave final approval Monday to a bill that proponents say will enhance the state’s farming and forest industries. The Working Lands Enterprise... read more... |
04/23/2012 Bennington Banner |
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Working Lands Enterprise Investment Bill Approved by Vermont Senate House & Senate will work to resolve minor differences and agree to funding amount MONTPELIER, VT – The Vermont Senate gave preliminary approval to the Working Lands Enterprise... read more... |
04/23/2012 Press Release |
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Invite Your Students to Enter the Kodu Game Design Contest for K-12 Vermont Classrooms - Win Xbox Kinect April 19, 2012 - Manchester, VT - Students as early as 4th grade, are building incredible 3D computer games with just one class period of training! Through May 18th, 4-12th grade students across... read more... |
04/22/2012 Press Release |
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Letter to the editor: Applause for the Working Lands Enterprise Investment Bill Thank you, Mike Yantachka, for voting in favor of the Working Lands Enterprise Investment Bill (H.496). Charlotte is blessed with some of the most fertile land in all of Vermont. Before moving to... read more... |
04/22/2012 Charlotte News |
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Letter to the Editor: Ask Senate for support The Legislature is expected to get out of town by the end of the month. One of the most significant pieces of legislation needs support for final approval. It is H.496, The Working Landscape Bill... read more... |
04/18/2012 Times Argus |
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'Community visit' for community vision possible MANCHESTER - A request has been submitted to the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) for a "Community Visit," which would help the town create a vision for the future. Executive... read more... |
04/18/2012 Manchester Journal |
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Audio: Paul Costello testimony in the Senate Ag Committee Listen to Paul Costello share his perspectives on the Working Land Enterprise Bill with the Senate Agriculture Committee:... read more... |
04/11/2012 Self Published |
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Stuart Hurd column: Communitywide efforts At the first Select Board meeting in April, the board reorganized electing Joe Krawczyk Jr., chairman, and Sharyn Brush, vice chairwoman. This meeting featured a presentation by Trevor... read more... |
04/16/2012 Bennington Banner |
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Hey, let's do them all! It is too bad the community planning initiative Bennington is undertaking with help from the Vermont Council on Rural Development, and the many state officials and experts the process will bring... read more... |
04/13/2012 Bennington Banner |
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Slayton commentary: Working landscape is Vermont’s signature Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Tom Slayton, a journalist, writer, radio commentator, and retired editor of Vermont Life Magazine, who lives in Montpelier. I believe that... read more... |
04/15/2012 VtDigger.org |
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Stevens commentary: Working Lands bill is sound policy Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Rep. Will Stevens, an independent from Shoreham who is a member of the House Agriculture Committee. He and his wife own Golden Russet Farm. ... read more... |
04/13/2012 VtDigger.org |
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Scott Buckingham commentary ~ My turn: Growing our future economy Vermont has an extraordinary and growing wealth of talent, energy, and entrepreneurial interest in its agricultural and forest products sectors. With the state's working lands economy at a turning... read more... |
04/11/2012 Burlington Free Press |
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Bennington community defines goals BENNINGTON -- Residents winnowed more than 20 potential action statements down to four Thursday evening with the help of the Vermont Council on Rural Development as part of that group's ongoing... read more... |
04/13/2012 Bennington Banner |
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Letter to the Editor: In support of the Working Lands Enterprise Investment Bill The Working Lands Enterprise Investment Bill (H. 496) is important because it recognizes the people who work on the land as entrepreneurs & business owners. It acknowledges that businesses... read more... |
04/12/2012 Milton Independent |
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Debevoise commentary: Support Vermont’s working lands
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04/12/2012 VtDigger.org |
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Video ~ Finding Reliable Information in the Digital Age ACROSS THE FENCE: Larraby Fellows of Vermont State Colleges talks with Judy Simpson on WCAX's "Across the Fence" which was broadcast on 4/4/12. She discusses and demonstrates how to... read more... |
04/04/2012 WCAX |
Editor’s note: This...