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DeltaClimeVT energy business accelerator launches call for 2026 energy innovators

The DeltaClimeVT energy business accelerator is seeking innovative start-up and seed stage ventures offering products and services that enhance grid resilience and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Companies ready to deploy solutions for decarbonizing buildings, transportation, heating, and industrial processes, especially through electrification, thermal energy networks, renewables,...

Bullfinch Earth Wins Peer-Selected Award in Forest Business Accelerator

The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) is proud to announce that Bullfinch Earth has been selected by its peers to receive the $15,000 final award in the 2025 Forest Business Accelerator. The Forest Business Accelerator program supports early-stage companies innovating in the forest sector – from...

New England Food Businesses Invited to Join 2025 Local Food Count

Regional campaign invites retailers, grocers, institutions, distributors, food hubs, and restaurants to help strengthen local food systems by tracking local food purchasing and sales. Food and beverage establishments and organizations across New England are invited to participate in the upcoming 2025 Local Food Count, a regional...

Vermont Energy Professionals Graduate from Tools of the Trade Business Coaching Program

Lead Photo Caption: Graduates of the inaugural Tools of the Trade program, from left: Bill Chidsey, Eric Solsaa, Hannah Bush, Sarah Gilbert, Thomas Halpin, David Bailey, and Joe Maheux. Photo by Kelly Nottermann. The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF), in collaboration with Efficiency Vermont and Vermont...

Vermont’s Smokey House Center Offers a “Living Laboratory” for Fields, Forests and Climate Change

[caption id="attachment_7312" align="alignleft" width="287"] Smokey House Center encompasses 4,000-acres of forestland and 1,000-acres of working farmland that are part of a "living laboratory" exploring farming and forestry in the context of climate change. Photo by Emily Bradbury.[/caption] Can local wood help solve affordable housing? How will...

Applications Open for ‘Tools of the Trade’ Business Coaching Program for Vermont Weatherization Contractors

The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF), in collaboration with Efficiency Vermont and its Efficiency Excellence Network, is excited to announce that applications are now open for the next cohort of Tools of the Trade – Business Coaching for Energy Pros. This nine-month, in-person business training...

Forest Business Accelerator announces 2025 cohort of innovative wood and forest product startups

The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) is proud to announce the selection of eight innovative companies to participate in the 2025 Forest Business Accelerator. Hosted by VSJF in partnership with Vermont State University and supported by funding from the Northern Border Regional Commission, the program...

Scratch Builders Goes Out on a Limb

An early adopter among Vermont builders, the company is advocating for mass timber. By Christine McGowan, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Evan Taubes, owner of Scratch Builders in Williston, Vt., is among a few builders working to advance the mass timber industry in Vermont. “If no one is...

RioNadi wins Vermont-based DeltaClimeVT Energy 2025 business accelerator and secures pilot project with Burlington Electric Department

[caption id="attachment_7250" align="alignleft" width="300"] Syeed Siddique and Hong Durandal of RioNadi were announced as the peer-selected winners of DeltaClimeVT Energy 2025, and they were awarded a pilot project with Burlington Electric Department. Photo by Kelly Nottermann.[/caption] Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) proudly announces RioNadi as the...

The Forest Business Accelerator Seeks Entrepreneurs for 2025 Cohort

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2025 Contact: forestaccelerator@vsjf.org MONTPELIER, VT – The Forest Business Accelerator is seeking innovative start-up and seed stage ventures that are focused on commercializing new and improved products, services, and technology in the forest and wood products industry. During the 2025 program, entrepreneurs will connect...

Vermont-based DeltaClimeVT business accelerator selects Energy 2025 cohort

The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) announces the selection of the Energy 2025 cohort of the Vermont-based DeltaClimeVT business accelerator.  Seven early-stage energy companies from across the U.S. will work directly with Vermont utilities to contribute to Vermont’s and Burlington’s energy goals over four months of...

The Forest for the Cheese

Jasper Hill brings Vermont’s forested and pastoral landscapes together in its award-winning cheeses [caption id="attachment_7205" align="alignleft" width="253"] Dave DuCharme always wanted to work in the woods, following his parents, grandparents, and brothers into careers in the forest economy. Photo by Hannah Natalya.[/caption] For a few months out...