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Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermon are $4.10/g, up 1.7 cents per gallon from last week's $4.08/g. The national average price of gasoline is unchanged in the last week, averaging $4.07/g today. The lowest price in the state yesterday was $3.79/g while the highest was $4.29/g, a difference of 50.0 cents per gallon. The national average price of gasoline is unchanged in the last week, averaging $4.07/g today. The national average is up 39.1 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 93.4 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.

Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets The Best Management Practices (BMP) Program provides technical and financial assistance to identify and assess farmstead water‑quality concerns and to help farmers implement structural improvements designed to reduce agricultural waste discharges to Vermont waters. The BMP Program primarily focuses on structural practices located in farmstead and production areas. Examples of conservation practices eligible for cost‑share through the BMP Program include: Barnyard runoff collection; Bedded pack facilities; Composting stack pads; Silage leachate collection; Clean‑water diversion (e.g., gutters, ditches, French drains); Manure storage systems; Milk‑house waste collection and treatment.

by Mona Abou, Community News Service Lincoln town clerk Sally Ober opened up her email days before the 2016 election. She found what she described as a disturbing email that included a seven-page manifesto informing her that there was a CIA terrorist cult in Vermont and that people were going to die if she didn’t pay attention. Ober wasn’t sure whether to ignore it or report it. Ober, who has served as an election official for almost 20 years, said she has come to expect these kinds of messages ahead of federal elections ever since 6. She said the problem is not just the threats themselves, but the way they interfere with running an election.

by Lauren Milideo, UVM Steam billowing from sugarhouse stacks is a familiar site across Vermont’s soggy mud season landscape. Soon, the songs of returning migratory birds will echo above sugarbush floors spotted with yellow trout lilies and unfurling ferns, red efts maneuvering among them. That rich tableau doesn’t happen by accident, according to a new UVM study. In a state where most land is forested, and most forest land is in private hands, landowners’ choices have an outsized effect on overall biodiversity. Maple sugarmakers in particular face seemingly competing interests—between running a financially sustainable operation or keeping environmental concerns at the forefront. But, says Pratson, their study, which appeared last month in the journal Trees, Forests and People, revealed otherwise.

Vermont Business Magazine The annual River Valley Employment Fair will be held on Thursday, April 23rd from 3 – 6 pm at Riverside Middle School in Springfield VT.  The Employment Fair provides an opportunity for job seekers to learn more about available positions from several regional employers. There also will be a raffle for attendees and there will be a food truck as well. The Job Seeker raffle will feature ten potential raffle prizes each worth $50. For every employer table that job seekers visit they will receive a raffle ticket which they can then enter for any of the ten featured prizes.

by Janice St. Onge Fourteen years ago, the Flexible Capital Fund (Flex Fund) set out with a simple but bold belief: that patient, place-based, values-aligned capital could grow strong businesses, resilient communities, and deliver real returns, financial, social, and environmental. Together, we have shown that this approach works through collaboration, partnership, flexible investment instruments like revenue-based financing, and a mindset that we are all in this together. On Jan. 1, 2026, the Flex Fund reached its first close of about $7 million on a $15 million offering. This milestone recapitalizes the fund and launches our next chapter of lending and investing across Vermont and Northern New England. We will continue raising capital through the end of 2026.

Vermont Business Magazine netElastic, a leading innovator in software solutions for broadband, today announced that Mac Mountain, a Vermont-based infrastructure investment firm founded by Alex Rozek, the former co-CEO of Boston Omaha, turned to netElastic’s virtualized router platform to service its LightCraft operational arm. LightCraft, which delivers a Broadband-as-a-Service platform, handles the design, building and daily operations of fiber networks for municipalities and developers.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Police Academy will host the Voices of St. Joseph's Orphanage Exhibition Display from May 7 through May 21, 2026, offering the public an opportunity to engage with the stories of former residents of St. Joseph's Orphanage and the decades-long effort to bring their experiences to light. The exhibition will be installed in the main building of the Vermont Police Academy and will be free and open to the public on weekdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m., beginning May 8. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, May 7, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Vermont Business Magazine Join the SBA New England District Offices to learn more about COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) servicing requirements, and what you need to know as a borrower.  Thursday, April 30, 2026 | 11:00 a.m. - NOON.

Vermont Business Magazine Switchback Brewing Co. and Sustainable Beverage Technologies (SBT) will showcase the next phase of their partnership at the upcoming Craft Brewers Conference with the debut of Krush N.A. IPA, a non-alcoholic collaboration brewed using BrewVo technology. The announcement builds on news first shared in January, when Switchback revealed plans to bring non-alcoholic production fully in-house through the installation of a BrewVo system, establishing the brewery as the only BrewVo production facility in the East.

Vermont Business Magazine GNAT-TV welcomed community members to its studio on April 2 for a combined Community Open House and Annual Meeting, offering an evening of connection and a closer look at how local media is created and shared across the region. The evening included a brief annual meeting where GNAT-TV shared how the organization is actively expanding what community media can be. Updates highlighted the return of Dinner Party as a live, in-studio experience, growing regional collaborations such as the One-Minute Film Festival with CAT-TV, and continued investment in media education and digital distribution. The organization also shared recent technical advancements, including broadcasting all Comcast cable channels in HD and expanding access with an additional education channel serving local mountain communities.

Vermont Business Magazine From the inside of an iconic former furniture factory in Wolcott comes a new addition to the craft food and beverage landscape: non-alcoholic beverages infused with microdose amounts of Vermont hemp-derived THC and CBD. The novel debuts come courtesy of Clean International Inc., a family-owned beverage startup launched by a group of Lamoille County locals seeking to diversify and improve the cannabis landscape by creating premium and ultra-premium category beverages. The first offering is a collaboration between the newcomers at Cleann and Cold Hollow Cider, one of Vermont’s most recognizable and highly-regarded craft brands.