ForestryStaff Articles May 13, 2022 Humanity, Connection at Heart of ShackletonThomas By Christine McGowan, Vermont Forest Industry Network Charlie Shackleton has a pretty interesting story to…
ForestryStaff Articles December 10, 2021 Connecting People to Place, Middlebury Grads Return to VT to Start Woodworking Business By Christine McGowan, Vermont Forest Industry Network When three friends at Middlebury College couldn’t find…
ForestryStaff Articles November 30, 2020 Maple Landmark, America’s “Local Toy Company,” Rooted in Family, Forest By Christine McGowan, Forest Products Program Director at Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Mike Rainville, founder…
ForestryStaff Articles May 15, 2020 The Vermont Forest Industry Network Launches “The Rough Cut” The Rough Cut Issue No. 1, May 2020 By Christine McGowan, Forest Products Program Director…
ForestryStaff Articles April 29, 2020 From Cutting Boards to Cutting Face Shields, J.K. Adams Responds to COVID-19 One of Vermont’s oldest manufacturers shifts from wood products to personal protective equipment. By…
ForestryStaff Articles April 15, 2019 2018 Emerging Woodworker of the Year, Towards Nightfall, Finds Home in Vermont Neither Jared Williams nor Catherine Emil planned to stay in Vermont after graduation, but “felt…
Ag & FoodStaff Articles November 15, 2018 One Rocking Chair at a Time: Vermont Woods Studios Makes a Case for Buying Local By Christine McGowan, Forest Program Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund “Buy local” is a common…