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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...