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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) is now accepting applications for the new Maple Agriculture Development Grants (Maple ADG) program. This one-time funding is intended to help develop, grow, and sustain maple businesses throughout the state.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Community Foundation is seeking proposals for programs or projects that help local communities adapt to the impacts of Vermont's changing climate and the increase in severe weather events.
Vermont Business Magazine The Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation, the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, and the Fish and Wildlife Department have officially confirmed the first documented presence of mile-a-minute weed (Persicaria perfoliata) in Chittenden County, Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine The Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT) has constructed a new access to the Missisquoi River, providing paddlers, anglers and other users with new opportunities for outdoor recreation. The river access was built this summer by the NFCT’s professional stewardship crew with support from local volunteers.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Education announced today that Aziza Malik, an upper elementary teacher at Champlain Elementary School in Burlington, is the 2024 Vermont Teacher of the Year. Malik will begin her tenure as Teacher of the Year on January 1, 2024.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Main Street Flood Recovery Fund is issuing a crucial final notice to business owners adversely affected by the July flooding, urging them to apply for financial assistance. The deadline to submit grant applications is November 15, 2023.
Vermont Business Magazine The Ludlow Disaster Recovery Center will close permanently at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 21. The center will be open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Ludlow Community Center, 37 Main St., Ludlow, VT 05149. Vermonters can visit a center to get in-person help applying for disaster assistance.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (FPR) and the Vermont Outdoor Recreation Economic Collaborative (VOREC) launch groundbreaking “Move Forward Together Vermont: Designing our Outdoor Recreation Future.” This ambitious statewide planning endeavor has been set in motion to address a critical need – creating and sustaining opportunit
by Charlotte Oliver, Community News Service Outside Dog River Farm in Berlin recently, five pallets of bright orange pumpkins rested roadside in a loose grid along the grass, far fewer than owner George Gross would have normally had for sale.
Vermont Business Magazine On October 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that all Vermont county FSA offices are ready to accept applications for the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP).
Vermont Business Magazine Beech leaf disease (BLD), caused by the invasive nematode or roundworm Litylenchus crenatae mccannii, has been confirmed for the first time in Vermont.