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Working Lands Summer 2022 Update
The recently concluded Legislative Session was a busy one, resulting in major investments in housing, broadband, and many other areas ...
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Coalition celebrates governor’s proposal to invest in working lands
Governor Phil Scott unveiled his proposal to add $3 million to the base funding for the Vermont’s Working Lands Enterprise ...
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Partridge: Notes from Montpelier | The value of the working landscape as key to our future
This was a rich week for the House Agriculture and Forestry Committee as we took testimony regarding some of the ...
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Nick Richardson: Rural communities are vital to our economic future
In his State of the State, Governor Scott spoke about the demographic crisis that is creating a divide between the ...
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Working Lands Update – October 2019
VCRD and our partners in the Working Lands Coalition had a major victory in the past legislative session. Legislators recognized ...
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Gov. Scott recognizes funding for working lands
Eighteen Vermont working lands businesses and service providers were recognized today at an event celebrating the Working Lands Enterprise Initiative ...
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Working the land … Vermont values its working lands – but who will work them?
By Elodie Reed , Landscapes correspondent, as seen in the Manchester Journal: https://www.manchesterjournal.com/stories/working-the-land,578183 DUMMERSTON — Somewhere along Bunker Road, not ...
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Working Lands Enterprise Board names FY19 grantees, over $800,000 awarded
As seen in Vermont Business Magazine: https://www.vermontbiz.com/news/2019/june/13/working-lands-enterprise-board-names-fy19-grantees-over-800000-awarded Eighteen Vermont working lands businesses and service providers were recognized Wednesday at an ...
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18 forestry businesses, groups get state grants
By the Associated Press, as seen in the Burlington Free Press: http://burlingtonfreepress.vt.newsmemory.com/?publink=17cc51b49 BURLINGTON – Vermont has awarded another round of ...
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Kate McCarthy Commentary: Continuing the state’s working lands legacy
By Kate McCarthy, as seen in vtdigger.org: https://vtdigger.org/2019/03/12/kate-mccarthy-continuing-states-working-lands-legacy/ We hear it all the time, but it’s true: We have something ...
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Moats: Though dairy wanes, Vermont agriculture can thrive
By David Moats as seen in the VtDigger.org: https://vtdigger.org/2019/03/04/moats-though-dairy-wanes-vermont-agriculture-can-thrive/ A crisis atmosphere pervades the topic of farming this year among ...
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Video ~ Summit on the Future of Vermont’s Working Landscape
Thanks to Orca Media for filming the Summit sessions that took place in Judd Hall and making the video available ...
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Working Lands in Governor’s Budget
Last week, Governor Shumlin delivered his budget address to the Vermont legislature, and in that address, he showed a renewed ...
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Conference Focuses on Financing Working Lands
Vermont Public Radio: http://digital.vpr.net/post/conference-focuses-financing-working-lands According to those working to improve farming and forestry opportunities in Vermont, the state is experiencing ...
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Costello Commentary: Advancing the Vermont Forest Economy
In August, VCRD was honored to serve as a partner with the Windham Foundation to facilitate their thirty-fifth Grafton Conference ...
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Working Lands “Service Provider” and “Capital and Infrastructure” grants will be announced at June 18 Press Conference
16 Grantees will Receive Over $750,000 in Total Funding Governor Peter Shumlin, Agency of Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross, Agency of ...
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Free Individual Digital Advising to Help Farm & Forest Ventures Improve Operations
The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) has its roots in the 1992 Farm Bill. The organization has also taken ...
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Two Important Developments: Working Lands and Farm Bill
As a neutral policy and community development convener, VCRD is rarely directly connected to legislative matters but we are excited ...
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Working Lands Enterprises are Growing Throughout the State
The Working Lands Enterprise Board received a total of 387 applications for the three investment areas, for a total requested ...
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Working Lands Coalition Calls for “5-by-3” Investment: Five million per year for three years will build a strong working lands economy
Members of the Working Lands Coalition launched their “5-by-3” campaign on Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at the Vermont State House ...
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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 ...