Enterprise Investment Recipients
Enterprise Investments are one of three areas of the Working Lands Initiative, with grants ranging from $3,000 - $20,000 for small and emerging agriculture, forestry, and forest products enterprises.
Enterprise Investment Grantees
(16) Agriculture and (3) Forestry Grant Recipients
Addison County
Doolittle Farm, Shoreham
$14,203 for egg washing equipment
Green Mountain Hardwood, Ripton
$9,825 for a portable sawmill and materials for solar-assisted lumber kiln
Windfall Orchard, Cornwall
$9,750 for cider presses and equipment to expand business
Bennington County
Wilcox Ice Cream, Manchester
$20,000 for a manufacturing facility
Caledonia County
Snug Valley Farm, East Hardwick
$20,000 for improving delivery of pigs and pork products
Chittenden County
Jericho Settlers Farm, Jericho
$18,200 for heated tunnels with biomass furnace to expand winter vegetable production
North Williston Cattle Company, Essex Jct.
$10,000 for equipment to reclaim prime agricultural land.
Franklin County
Bouchard Farm, St. Albans
$9,750 for equipment and materials for organic dairy cow housing
Lamoille County
Elmore Roots Fruit Tree and Berry Nursery, Elmore
$12,000 for kiosks to expand accessibility to product
Orange County
Fat Toad Farm, Brookfield
$15,000 for more efficient caramel equipment to expand production
Orleans County
Bonnieview Farm, Albany
$20,000 for cheese aging cave to double production
Cate Hill Orchard, Greensboro
$20,000 for an on-farm processing facility for value added products and to begin producing farm farmstead sheep cheese
Kingdom Brewing, Newport
$20,000 for a retail bottle/cannery and growler fill station
Lazy Lady Farm, Westfield
$6,000 for a solar array to secure energy requirements for an off-grid dairy.
NorthWoods Stewardship Center, East Charleston
$18,200 for forwarding trailer and implementation of low-impact timber harvests in the Northeast Kingdom
Washington County
Rogers Farmstead, Berlin
$20,000 for equipment to expand grainery capability
Windham County
Big Picture Farm, Townshend
$20,000 for materials for caramel production and cheese production facility
Boyd Family Farm, Wilmington
$20,000 to renovate existing barn
Windsor County
Rockledge Farm, Weathersfield
$10,000 for website development and marketing