This document is a compilation of questions and answers the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center has received about this grant opportunity. This document will be updated regularly. Please be sure to read the full request for applications for the complete details of this funding opportunity.

Criteria for determining Vermont’s Highest Quality Milk Awards emphasize and honor achievement of a benchmark of quality, with recognition for all producers who attain a stringent, all-inclusive level of quality.

One of the biggest threats to the safety of your farm workers is the arrival of a new worker from another state. With Vermont’s relatively low rate of infection, an in-state worker is not as high risk but those coming from areas of higher infection rates are. Here are some basic precautions recommended by the Vermont Department of Health to avoid infection spreading through the workers in your farm.

The Vermont State Legislature appropriated Coronavirus Relief Funds for the Vermont COVID-19 Agriculture Assistance Program (VCAAP) in Act 138 (S.351), Act 137 (H. 966), Act 120 (H.961), and Act 154 (H.969). The purpose of these grants was to stabilize agricultural businesses and organizations based on their lost revenues and expenses related to business interruption caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency. Learn more about VCAAP applications and awards in this report.

The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) was designated by the Vermont Legislature in 2009 to serve as the administrator of the Farm to Plate Investment Program, with the aim of strengthening Vermont’s food system over ten years

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture (Agency) is aware of the recent increase in the statewide incidence of the equine disease caused by Strep bacteria and commonly called “strangles”. Given this circumstance, the Agency would like to share some information with you about this highly contagious disease.