Local news briefs: Vermont food box program extended
Published: 12/22/2020 9:27:21 PM
Modified: 12/22/2020 9:27:19 PM
Vermont food box program extended; local company returns
A food distribution program aimed at helping farmers and people in need during the coronavirus pandemic has been extended through February.
The Vermont Foodbank told WCAX-TV it was able to extend the Farmers to Families Food Box program thanks to generous community support.
When the program started, the USDA awarded the contract to the Enosburg Falls-based Abbey Group, but the last two rounds went to out-of-state companies.
The Abbey Group will return to supply the food from area farmers.
New fish health laboratory in Randolph dedicated to biologist
New Vermont fish health laboratory dedicated to biologist
December 20, 2020 GMT
RANDOLPH, Vt. (AP) A new Vermont laboratory has been renamed in honor a former state fish health biologist.
The Dr. Cassidy Hahn Shaw Fish Health Laboratory is one of the labs in the new Vermont Agriculture Environmental Laboratory, located on the campus of Vermont Technical College in Randolph.
Construction of the $21 million lab was completed in early 2019.
Shaw had worked as a biologist for both the state and federal governments. Most recently she was the fish culture operations manager for the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife and she helped complete the new lab that bears her name.