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Don t miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. This was a rich week for the House Agriculture and Forestry Committee as we took testimony regarding some of the programs we consider our legacy. Early in the week, we heard from folks who work on the Working Lands Enterprise Initiative. Working Lands was created in 2012 to increase investment in our agriculture and forestry sectors. It was based on the hard work of many people appointed by the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) to the Working Landscape Council. The Council consisted of representatives from the full spectrum of farmers, processors, government officials, and forestry-related sectors. Also on the Council was Windham Countyâs own, Roger Allbee, who is the former Secretary of Agriculture, and Paul Costello, the Executive Director of VCRD. ....
Don t miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO â Families in the Windham Northeast Supervisory Union (WNESU) received three free food boxes over the holiday break thanks to the tireless efforts of the Farm to School Cafe staff and farmers throughout the region. The food boxes contained a weekâs worth of bulk meal ingredients for breakfast and lunch to help stretch familiesâ grocery budgets and keep students nourished over the long break. The Farm to School Cafe reached out to Food Connects to fill those boxes as much as possible with high-quality foods from local producers, including fresh New Hampshire-made bread, Vermont cheese and produce, and fresh fruit. ....
BELLOWS FALLS â What a difference 24 hours makes . Officials from the Windham Northeast Supervisory Union released new overall budget figures that were dramatically different from from budget figures discussed Monday night at a meeting of the Bellows Falls Union High School. At that time, a BFUHS budget increase of 11 percent was projected. Now the various budgets of the different schools in the union look like they will be close to level funded. Superintendent Christopher Pratt and Business Manager Flora Pagan said they spent the entire day Tuesday working on the budget with other district officials, not so much cutting things, but re-aligning the budget without the state education finance system, eFinance. ....