We will be voting on updates to our bylaws, electing new Board members, and releasing our new Strategic Plan and Anti-Racism Policy. VT's Recreational Cannabis Market: Will There be a Place for Equity, Small Farmers, and Small Local Businesses?
Rural VT and its allies in the VT Cannabis Equity Coalition have submitted our public comments to the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) for its rulemaking process, and in support of a cannabis economy in Vermont which is racially just, economically equitable, agriculturally accessible, and environmentally sound.
Rural VT and its allies in the VT Cannabis Equity Coalition have submitted our public comments to the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) for its rulemaking process, and in support of a cannabis economy in Vermont which is racially just, economically equitable, agriculturally accessible, and environmentally sound.
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We are Vermont's farmers, farmworkers, neighbors and community members committed to supporting and cultivating an equitable and vibrant economy and community. We believe community scale farms and the local food and relationships that they provide are at the heart of thriving communities and environmental sustainability.
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Rural Vermont is founded by a group of dairy farmers in order to amplify their voices in the face of falling prices, rising costs, and increasingly burdensome regulation. Rural Vermont organizes a series of milk dumping actions to protest a federally mandated price cut attributed to a surplus of dairy.
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Our Vision is for a Vermont local food system which is self-reliant and based on reverence for the earth. It builds living soils which nurture animals and people with wholesome, natural products supporting healthy, thriving farms and communities. These communities in turn work to encourage and support current and future farmers, continuing our Vermont heritage.
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Rural Vermont depends on the support of people who, just like you, have a strong desire to live in a landscape populated by thriving community-scale farms, and an economy that prioritizes reverence for the land and for tight-knit relationship. Rural Vermont is a member-based organization. Membership dues start at $35 per year, and a donation of this size or more will confer membership status.
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Whenever the Vermont legislature is in session, Rural Vermont is there, advocating for justice and opportunity in Vermont's food and agriculture sectors. We believe in a scale-appropriate regulatory system that allows community-scale operations to thrive, while ensuring that all Vermonters have access to the locally-grown, nutrient dense foods of their choosing.
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