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August 11, 2025

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

Smokey House Center encompasses 4,000-acres of forestland and 1,000-acres of working farmland that are part…

Forestry Staff Articles

July 21, 2025

Scratch Builders Goes Out on a Limb

An early adopter among Vermont builders, the company is advocating for mass timber. By Christine…

Dave Ducharme and Mateo Kehler. Photo by Hannah Natalya.

Ag & Food Forestry Staff Articles

February 17, 2025

The Forest for the Cheese

Jasper Hill brings Vermont’s forested and pastoral landscapes together in its award-winning cheeses Dave DuCharme…

Ag & Food Staff Articles

February 15, 2025

New England Feeding New England Project (NEFNE)

VSJF continues to provide important leadership for the New England Food System Planners Partnership, a…

Forestry Impact Staff Articles

February 10, 2025

Reimagining a forest products industry that solves problems for people and planet

Vermont’s forest products industry generates $2.1B in annual economic output in forestry, logging, processing, construction,…

Energy Press Releases Staff Articles

February 5, 2025

DeltaClimeVT Business Accelerator: Vermont—a great place to test new technology

Vermont is a leader in the nation with its aggressive goals, including requiring utility companies…

Business Coaching Impact Press Releases Staff Articles

February 3, 2025

Business Coaching: Supporting Vermont’s small businesses for a wellbeing economy

The vast majority of businesses (93%) in Vermont have fewer than 20 employees, many of…

Ag & Food Press Releases Staff Articles

January 30, 2025

Working toward the goals of the Vermont Agriculture and Food System Strategic Plan 2021–2030

Because agricultural activity exists in every county of the state, in both rural communities and…

“We always start from a place of respect for our clients, especially with women, femmes, trans, or queer-identified people because there is such a history of toxic masculinity in the trades. It’s a big part of what drew people to us in the early days.” says co-founder Ace McArleton. Photo by Erica Houskeeper.

Business Coaching Forestry Impact Staff Articles

October 14, 2024

New Frameworks Brings Hope to Construction

Building houses, community, and solutions to extreme weather events one straw bale at a time.…

Scott Duffy, right, and his son Ian. Having experienced rapid growth, both Scott and Ian agree that moderate growth rooted in sustainable forestry is the goal for the future of Rockledge. Photo by Erica Houskeeper.

Business Coaching Forestry Impact Staff Articles

October 7, 2024

A Father-Son Furniture Making Business Navigates Growth, Transition

Rockledge Farm plans for sustainable growth that is integrated with nature. When Scott Duffy…

George Sawyer was working as a freelance industrial designer before taking over his father’s business in 2015 with his wife, Erin Smith. Photo by Erica Houskeeper.

Business Coaching Forestry Impact Staff Articles

September 30, 2024

Sawyer Made Balances Growth with Tradition

Pushing the creative boundaries of the Windsor chair, George Sawyer is bringing traditional techniques to…

Giacomo and Jenny met at Dario Ceccini, a famous butchery in Italy known for “nose to tail” processing that utilizes the entire animal. Photo by Erica Houskeeper.

Ag & Food Business Coaching Staff Articles

September 25, 2024

At Trenchers Farmhouse, Fresh Pasta Begins with Happy Chickens

Jenny and Giacomo Vascotto bring Italian “cucina povera” to Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. “The problem…

Staff Articles

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

Scratch Builders Goes Out on a Limb

The Forest for the Cheese

New England Feeding New England Project (NEFNE)

Reimagining a forest products industry that solves problems for people and planet

DeltaClimeVT Business Accelerator: Vermont—a great place to test new technology

Business Coaching: Supporting Vermont’s small businesses for a wellbeing economy

Working toward the goals of the Vermont Agriculture and Food System Strategic Plan 2021–2030

New Frameworks Brings Hope to Construction

A Father-Son Furniture Making Business Navigates Growth, Transition

Sawyer Made Balances Growth with Tradition

At Trenchers Farmhouse, Fresh Pasta Begins with Happy Chickens

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