VCRD Press/News
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Working landscape MONTPELIER — “I dip therefore I yam” is a motto that belongs to Lisa Johnson of Norwich, who testified recently about a niche product, Yummy Yams, she is producing from a crop... read more... |
02/01/2012 Self Published |
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Leaving RutVegas: A blue-collar city reinvents itself — and refutes its reputation “Let’s talk about RutVegas.” Jim Sabataso is sitting at a small table in Café Terra, “Rutland’s best coffee shop” — and only one, he admits.... read more... |
02/01/2012 Seven Days |
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Vermont wood products industry releases '2020 Vision' report VermontBiz.com, 1/30/2012 ~ The Vermont Wood Products Marketing Council has released a new ten year strategic plan entitled, “A 2020 Vision for the Vermont Wood Products Sector,”... read more... |
01/30/2012 Vermontbiz.com |
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Audio: Mark Johnson Show - Reps Stevens, Taylor, working landscape Representatives Will Stevens and Tess Taylor are 2 of the sponsors of the Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Investment Bill.... read more... |
01/27/2012 WDEV |
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Audio: Equal Time Radio ~ Working Landscape Legislation Host Carl Etnier talks with Dan Barlow, State House lobbyist for Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, who reported on testimony before the House Agriculture Committee on the bill to value... read more... |
01/25/2012 WDEV |
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Vermont's Digital Development Starts on the Front Porch ...e-Vermont, a consortium of seven different organizations, has come together to improve the economic outlook of rural Vermont through technology, while at the same time preserving what’s... read more... |
01/23/2012 e-Digital Communities |
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Video -- WCAX You Can Quote me: Vermont's Working Landscape, 1/22/2012 January 22, 2012 -- Paul Costello and Rep. Will Stevens, I-Shoreham, join Darren Perron and Keith McGilvery to discuss Vermont's working landscape. ...read more... |
01/22/2012 WCAX |
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Press Release: Legislative Panel Hears Strong Support for Working Lands Bill MONTPELIER, VT – Vermont Rural Jobs Bill Draws a Crowd: A legislative panel holding a public hearing on the Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Investment bill found a statehouse room packed to... read more... |
01/19/2012 Press Release |
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‘This is a bold initiative’ Roger Allbee, former ag. sec’y ST. ALBANS — Two Franklin County legislators from opposite sides of the political aisle have joined forces in a bid to improve the development of agricultural and forestry products and... read more... |
01/15/2012 St. Albans Messenger |
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Bixby Library looks to its second century VERGENNES - ...The e-Vermont grant will help with the technological challenges as the Bixby looks past its birthday — the Bixby served as the lead applicant for the grant. The city and the... read more... |
01/16/2012 Addison Independent |
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Working landscape Representative Carolyn Partridge, Chair of the House Agriculture Committee, overviews H.496, the Working Lands Enterprise Bill which was introduced this year. In 2009, the... read more... |
01/16/2012 Brattleboro Reformer |
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Rural Businesses Grow Faster Together Rural businesses grow bigger and faster when they are closer together. In Vermont, a cluster of food-related businesses is thriving. The state needs to make sure this group of businesses has... read more... |
06/07/2010 Daily Yonder |
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Editorial: Getting to the character of Vermont BENNINGTON BANNER - It was heartening to see that a bill to create the Working Lands Enterprise investment, promotion, coordination and assistance initiative already has significant support in the... read more... |
01/13/2012 Bennington Banner |
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WAMC Radio: Bill to Invest in Vermont's Agriculture and Forest Sectors Introduced MONTPELIER, VT (WAMC) - Pat Bradley of WAMC Northeast Public Radio interviewed Paul Costello (Executive Director at VCRD), Will Stevens (member of the House and a lead sponsor on the bill), and... read more... |
01/13/2012 WAMC |
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Vermont Working Lands bill would fund value-added agriculture Seeking to turn Vermont's raw agricultural output into value-added products, several Vermont lawmakers and advocates announced the introduction of the Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Investment... read more... |
01/12/2012 Vermontbiz.com |
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Through Grants, Bill Would Invest In Working Landscape (Host) Turning milk into cheese, apples into cider and trees into furniture are some of the key ways to keeping Vermont's working landscape vital in the future. That's the idea behind a bill... read more... |
01/12/2012 Vermont Public Radio |
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Vt. bill would promote value-added ag, forestry New Vermont legislation that appears to have broad support seeks to promote turning milk into cheese, apples into cider and trees into furniture as keys to keeping the state's working landscape of... read more... |
01/12/2012 Washington Examiner |
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Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Investment Bill Draws Support: Lawmakers and Advocates Stand Together for Vermont’s Future MONTPELIER VT, 1/12/2012 – Several Vermont lawmakers and advocates announced the introduction of the Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Investment bill on Wednesday morning in the Vermont... read more... |
01/12/2012 Press Release |
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Vermont bill looks to move more businesses beyond raw materials MONTPELIER, Vt. — Turning milk into cheese, apples into cider and trees into furniture are the keys to keeping Vermont's working landscape vital in the future. That's the idea behind... read more... |
01/11/2012 The Republic |
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Vermont Rural Jobs Bill Considered in Statehouse: Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Investment Bill Sets a Course for a Strong Future MONTPELIER, VT – The Vermont Working Landscape Partnership will announce the introduction of a comprehensive rural economic development bill that calls for significant state investment in... read more... |
01/10/2012 Press Release |
