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The Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program, a program of the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board, awarded a total of $956,000 to 30 farms in Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Franklin, Orange, Orleans, Rutland, Washington, and Windham Counties to support capital investments that improve water quality. Some of these awards will also support…

The Land and Water Conservation Fund now has full and dedicated funding. That means that $900 million will be committed each year to protecting important land, water and recreation areas that benefit all Americans.

Senator Patrick Leahy on Thursday announced a significant funding increase for the Vermont-Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center from the national program’s funding level which has allowed the allocation for Vermont to increase from $450,000 in 2019, to more than $6.1 million in 2020.

Governor Phil Scott and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (VAAFM) today announced the Vermont COVID-19 Agriculture Assistance Program for dairy producers and processors who have experienced income loss, additional expenses and market disruption as a result of the pandemic.

34 Farms Received Funds Through Vermont Land Trust's COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Initiative

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has just released this newsletter as a part of a series focused on land trusts and bird conservation. In this edition, we introduce you to free bird resources to help instill joy during this time of uncertainty, outline steps land trusts can take to help curb bird declines, and provide an update on exciting eBird…

Vermont Land Trust's Farmland Access Program, helps entrepreneurial farmers find affordable farms of their own.

Read the latest version of the Land Trust Alliance magazine, Saving Land

ACORN, Addison County Relocalization Network has just launched an interactive map of farm and virtual farmers market in the Champlain Valley.

The Charlotte Land Trust will host a public talk by Sue Morse on March 29, at the Charlotte Senior Center. Morse is a highly regarded expert on natural history and wildlife tracking.

Dylan Preston, will purchase farmland at the intersection of Guinea and One Mile road thanks to a Vermont Land Trust conservation easement and the help of another local farmer. The purchase will include funding by the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, the Charlotte Conservation Board, and the Charlotte Land Trust (Burlington Free Press).

A morning of learning about birds with Mark LaBarr, Audubon Vermont, sponsored by the The Charlotte Land Trust.

Patricia Bidinger conserved 75 acres of fertile farmland earlier this year working with the Vermont Land Trust, and support from donors including the Charlotte Conservation Fund, allowing the Bean family to purchase the land for their dairy business (Vermont Land Trust).

This was a great project that not only conserved a parcel of very good farmland in Town; it made it affordable for a young farmer to be able to purchase his first farm.