The Vermont Farm Fund (VFF), a non-profit revolving loan fund for local farmers and food producers, has launched a new loan program for start-up farmers and food businesses. The VFF's New Producer Loan will provide access to no-hassle, friendly-term loans up to $20,000 at a low 3% interest rate. A true revolving loan fund, as the community of recipients pays back their loans, funds are replenished for the next cycle of borrowers.
The Vermont Farm Fund is a program of CAE. Sterling College launches EcoGather to address effects of climate change, biodiversity loss, and harmful agricultural practices. Sterling College recently announced their international collaboration with 5 communities to examine the ecological and social challenges resulting from extractive growth.
The Vermont Farm Fund is a program of CAE. Sterling College launches EcoGather to address effects of climate change, biodiversity loss, and harmful agricultural practices. Sterling College recently announced their international collaboration with 5 communities to examine the ecological and social challenges resulting from extractive growth.
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Her background is in education, including six years of classroom teaching in VT public schools, a master's degree in teaching, and a variety of leadership roles in programs focused on experiential food systems and outdoor education for youth. She relishes the creative, collaborative work of building school-community partnerships and falls more in love with her NEK homeland every day.
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An equitable food and agricultural economy has created empowered, interdependent communities with shared mutual goals, within our greater Hardwick region, that are socially and economically thriving, and contribute to a vital ecological future. In 2017 we have begun a Theory of Change and planning process with our staff and board.
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One of our goals early in the pandemic was to adapt the Hardwick Community Supper, previously a weekly in-person dinner at the Hardwick United Church, to a safe curbside model. We recruited restaurants to prepare meals for $10 each, and volunteers to help manage reservations. In the second half of the year this grew into the statewide Vermont Everyone Eats program, with 14 community hubs organizing meal sites across Vermont.
Farmers & Food Businesses
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Producing food is a complex business. As a farm or food business owner, you draw on a range of skills to keep your operation running smoothly - and your business environment is changing all the time. Whether it's through financing, access to new markets, business advising services, or our shared-use commercial kitchen, CAE works with you to make the journey smoother.
Farm & Food Businesses Advising
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At CAE we work with farms in all stages of development, from beginning to transitioning. We provide specialized support and business planning assistance to help farmers find new wholesale markets, improve cash flow, refine production systems, and achieve personal and professional goals necessary to sustain their farm business.
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