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Eighteen Vermont working lands businesses and service providers were recognized today at an event celebrating the Working Lands Enterprise Initiative (WLEI), created by the Legislature in 2012 to stimulate economic development in the agricultural and forestry sectors.

The 2019 Vermont maple syrup production totaled 2.07 million gallons, up 7 percent from the previous year, according to King Whetstone, Regional Director of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Northeastern Regional Field Office. Vermont remains the top producing state in the Nation.

Attorney General T.J. Donovan announced today that his office has reached a $1.75 million settlement with DG Retail, LLC, also known as Dollar General, for violations of Vermont’s Consumer Protection Act.

$15,000 grant will help KJ Pratt supply more firewood to Vermonters for heating

Seven companies leverage state and federal assistance to broaden markets

By Secretary Anson Tebbetts

Attendees of Summit assist with new initiatives

Public asked to report contacts, damage or sightings

Vermont Cheese, Maple and Hot Sauce Impress

The week of May 18-25 has been designated as National Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week, a nationwide effort to raise public awareness of an invasive forest pest that has destroyed millions of acres of ash forests in the U.S.