Nearly 200 farmers, processors, butchers, chefs, retailers and other meat enthusiasts gathered at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord, NH on March 22 for the inaugural “Meat Ball” at the New England Meat Conference. During a special presentation, three awards recognized a producer, a processor, and a food professional for excellence in their respective fields. The awardees were as follows:

The Vermont Peanut Butter Company is proud to announce that Jeremy Jones will be the Premier Endorsed Athlete, Brand Ambassador and Head of the Endorsed Athlete Program for the Company. The VTPB Endorsed Athlete Program will serve as the foundation for all sponsored and endorsed athletes representing the Vermont Peanut Butter Company worldwide.

The University of Vermont has appointed four new James Marsh Professors-at-Large: Timothy Breen, the William Smith Mason Professor of American History at Northwestern University; Sture Hansson, professor in the Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences at Stockholm University; Stephen Polasky, the Fesler-Lampert Professor of Applied Economics and Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota; and David Richardson, deputy director of the Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University.

Logic Supply, a leading provider of specialized systems for industrial and embedded application, welcomed the robotics team from Essex High School and the Center for Technology Essex (picture below) to its South Burlington headquarters on Wednesday, March 3. Roughly 30 Logic Supply employees crowded around as the team demonstrated their custom-engineered robot.

Vermont Heating & Ventilating Co. is pleased to announce that Bill Fyfe, formerly with Hallam-ICS, has joined the VHV team in the Engineering and Estimating departments. Bill is a Registered Professional Engineer in many states, a Leed AP and a Healthcare Facility Design Professional. Bill brings years of design experience in the Mechanical trades including Commissioning and Facility Energy Management.