Service Provider Investment Recipients
Service Provider Grantees
(5) Agriculture, (2) Forestry and 1 Agriculture and Forestry Grant Recipient
Statewide Impact
Intervale Center, Northeast Organic Farmers Assocation Vermont (NOFA-VT), University of Vermont Extension, Vital Communities and Rutland Area Farm and Food Link (RAFFL)
$50,000 for The New Farmer Project: Nurturing the next wave of Vermont agricultural entrepreneurs
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
$20,000 for strengthening producer and processor association capacity
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund for DairyVision Vermont
$50,000 for DairyVision Vermont, a farmer led technical service effort empowering dairy farmers
University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture
$27,939 for Vermont swine industry development
University of Vermont Department of Plant and Soil Science and Community Development and Applied Economics
$40,000 for apple market optimization and expansion through value-added hard cider production
Vermont Wood Manufacturers Association
$50,000 for innovation assistance to wood manufacturers
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
$118,337 for business assistance for Vermont's food and forestry enterprises
Essex County Impact
Canaan Community Forest Committee and Town of Canaan and Canaan Schools
$50,000 for continued development of the Canaan Community Forest as a model working forest and educational resource