Working Landscape Individual Partners

John   Herrington
This is a great initiative -- exactly what Vermont is all about!
Caroline  Abels , Local Banquet
Bob  Ackland , Managing Director , Steep Management
John  Adams , Vermont Planners Association
Jan  Albers , Executive Director , Henry Sheldon Museum
Shannon  Albritton
Keep up the great work!
Alice  Allen
David  Allen , Mansfield Forest Products
Joan  Allen , Assoc. Director of Land Protection , The Nature Conservancy
Bob  Allstadt
Caroline  Alves , GIS Specialist / Soil Scientist , USDA Natural Resources Council
Sam  Andersen , Executive Vice President , Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation (CVEDC)
Sigurd  Andersen , owner , Solbakken Technology Partners
Ginger  Anderson , Chief of Forect Resource , VT Dept of Forests, Parks, & Recreation
Samara  Anderson , Attorney
I am a farm girl from Minnesota who gradulated from Vermont Law School in 2003 with a focus on environmental law and after practicing law in NY for 9 years, I feel pulled back to Vermont to work on Agricultural issues. I feel this partnership is valuable to preserve the agricultural landscape!
Brandon  Angrisani , Vice President , Restoration Agriculture Institute
Elise  Annes , Vice President for Community Relations , The Vermont Land Trust
Pete  Antos-Ketcham
Peter  Antos-Ketcham , Director of Stewardship/Facilities Manager , Green Mountain Club
Jill  Arace , Executive Director , Vermont Association of Conservation Districts (VACD)
Charles  Baker , Executive Director , Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission
Tara  Bamford , Board Member , Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association and TRORC
Virginia  Barlow
Russ  Barrett , Washington County Forester , VT FP&R
Pennie  Beach , Fourth Generation host , Basin Harbor Club
Susan  Beal , Organizer , Bennington Farm to Plate Council
Nancy  Bell , The Conservation Fund
Will  Belongia , Executive Director , VT Community Loan Fund
Joshua  Benes
Lila  Bennett , Tangletown Farm
Jayson  Benoit , Director of Operations , NorthWoods Stewardship Center
Loli  Berard , School & Community Coordinator , Franklin Central Supervisory Union
Catherine  Bergmann , President , Ourtown Civic Organization, Inc.
Mary  Berlejung , Groton Growers Farmers' Market
Ted  Bermingham , owner-operator , Farm & Forest Productions
Paul: For over 50 years our family has been active in the Vermont working landscape --- at various times operating a horse, hay, & timber farm in Cabot, conducting land management courses for high school, college, & adult students, hosting field days & recreational activities, and running a film–video company, Farm & Forest Productions, dedicated to assisting land-based enterprises. We welcome the encouragement of the rural entrepreneur as public policy by state agencies and non-profits like VWLP, for only those entities which actually work the land will preserve the landscape we all treasure and benefit from. Such organizational support is vital to enterprises of any size and their supporting infrastructure. But many are small, family-run, isolated, and risky, often without access to conventional sales avenues, and will not qualify for many grant, loan, and co-op programs. These will survive only by increasing revenue from consumers through affordable marketing methods. We are now devoting our energies and resources to exploring new options in this area. We would like to exchange ideas and experiences with anyone who is also interested in widening the effective revenue opportunities available to these enterprises and those which support them. Our email is isf@fairpoint.net. Ted Bermingham, Farm & Forest Productions, 118 Bermingham Road, Cabot, VT 05647
Tom  Berry , US Senator Leahy's Office
Joss  Besse , Director , VT ACCD, Community Planning and Revitalization
Bill  Bevans , Vice President, Board, NorthWoods Stewardship Center
Ludy  Biddle , executive director , NeighborWorks of Western Vermont
Elizaeth  Bingham
Dodge  Bingham
Richard  Bissell , President , Richard Bissell Fine Woodworking Inc
Thomas  Bivins , Executive Chef , New England Culinary Institute
Brent  Bjorkman , Executive Director , Vermont Folklife Center
Dear Paul and Vermont Working Landscape Partners, As the executive Director of the Vermont Folklife Center I am happy to add our organization’s support to the Vermont Working Landscape Partnership. For over 25 years, the Vermont Folklife Center has researched, documented and interpreted Vermont’s historical, social and cultural landscape through the intimate experiences of Vermont people. Across a long roster of coordinated hands-on projects, the VFC has used, and continues to use, the tools of ethnographic inquiry and the oral interview to create a unique, substantial, and growing record of Vermont’s social and cultural journey over the past half century. Reflecting the diversity and complexity of Vermont’s communities, projects have focused on topics ranging from the culture of dairy farming to slate and marble quarrying and from the ubiquity of deer hunting to the centrality of the ski industry. Included among our many current projects is one in which we are interviewing many Vermont-based pioneers of the sustainable energy movement. We are also engaged in ongoing efforts to document the experiences and lives of maple syrup producers and members of the Vermont forest products industry. We have long been committed to documenting and presenting the stories of Vermonters and their relationships with the working landscape, and we commit to continuing to do so as we enter the second decade of the 21st century. As communities grapple with such challenges as an uncertain national economy, the loss of traditional industries and jobs, and new ideas and demands for how land and natural resources should be managed and preserved, listening to people who have spent a lifetime connected to the land becomes increasingly important to understanding ourselves. With our deep knowledge of Vermont communities gained through conducting ethnographic research, our extensive archival holdings, and our record of documentary exhibits on topics of importance to surrounding communities, the VFC is uniquely positioned to be an important resource for The Working Landscape Partnership as we confront the challenges we collectively face in better understanding the changes taking place in our communities. Sincerely Brent Björkman Executive Director Vermont Folklife Center
Jen  Black
Betsy  Black , Loan & Outreach Officer , Cooperative Fund of New England
Jan  Blaire
Maria  Blais Costello
All Vermonters -- young and old, new-comers and old-timers, year-round or part-time residents, blue collar, white collar, students, etc. -- need to think about why we love living in Vermont so much and what needs to happen in terms government policy, community involvement, public support, and economic development to keep Vermont and its working landscape strong and unique. VCRD's VWLP is offering all of us the opportunity to get involved in shaping the state's future to preserve the special beauty and productivity of Vermont's natural landscape.
Julia  Blake , Landowner , Lilac Mountain Farm
Putnam W.  Blodgett , President , Vermont Woodlands Association
Paul: I delayed leaving the green sheet as an individual because I wanted to run it by the Vermont Woodlands Association's board of directors to determine their support as an organization. The board met 12/17 and voted to support the Working Landscape Partnership as an organization. Sign me up as an individual, also.
Carl  Bohlen , Community Development Specialist , VT Community Development Program
Jennifer  Bone , Bone Farm
David  Borthwick-Leslie , Friends of Northern Lake Champlain
Sid  Bosworth , Extension Associate Professor , Dept. of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont
Diane  Bothfeld , Deputy Secretary , VT Agency of Agriculture, Food, & Markets
Brett  Bourne
Joseph  Boutin , Select Board Town of Sunderland , Sticks and Stones Farm/Farmer's Market Vendor/ Master Carpentry construction
Bob  Bouvier , VT Woodnet
Janet  Boyd , Owner , The Boyd Family Farm
Koi Hope  Boynton , Development Coordinator , VT Agency of Agriculture, Food, & Markets
John  Brabant , Owner , Adamant Hills Farm, Calais, Vermont
Terence  Bradshaw , Research Specialist , University of Vermont
John  Bramley , President , Windham Foundation
Michael  Brands , Town / Village of Woodstock
Jim  Brangan , Assistant Director , Champlain Valley Natural Heritage Partnership
Pam  Brangan , Senior Planner (GIS) , Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission
Christopher  Bray
Daniel  Breslaw , Chair of Steering Committee , First Branch Sustainability Network (Chelsea, Tunbridge, Vershire) (I expect the org. to join separately.)
From what I've just read, this group would seem to have the potential (especially if it grows, as I suspect it will) to have some real clout. It brings together a lot of like-minded but previously unaffiliated individuals and organizations who share many important values. I will follow this with interest. I will also encourage other individuals and organizations to join, especially ones I'm affiliated with.
Deb  Brighton
Robyn  Brill
Peter  Brink
Cynsie  Broda , Marketing manager , Red Dot Communications
Emily  Brodsky , Graduate Student , UVM
Catherine  Brooks , Cultural Heritage Tourism Coordinator , Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing
Greg  Brown , Select Board member , Town of Dummerston
Farley  Brown , Faculty , Sterling College
Rebecca  Brown , Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust
Keri  Brown
Aaron  Brown , Vital Communities
Faith  Brown , Interim Executive Director , Smart Growth Vermont
This is a critical next step to address the issues brought out by Council on the Future of Vermont. Yes!
Charlie  Browne , Executive Director , The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
Gloria  Bruce , Executive Director , Northeast Kingdom Travel & Tourism Assocation
Paul  Bruhn , Executive Director , Preservation Trust of Vermont
Scott  Buckingham , Principal , High Rock Consulting
Jim  Buckley , Architect
David  Budbill
Leonard  Bull , Emeritus Professor and Consultant , Agricultural consulting specializing on animal production, environmental and energy issues
This is extremely important to the future of Vermont.
Juanita  Burch-Clay
James  Burde
Matthew  Burke , Bloomfield Farm
Sam  Burr , Vice Chair , Monkton Agricultural and Natural Areas
Heather  Burt
Louis  Bushey , Forester
Adam  Buursma , Vise President , Arboreal Habitats, Ltd.
I was very excited to hear the report about this partnership through the radio / wamc. I am looking forward to seeing this grass roots effort take hold and develop to help sustain rural Vermonters.
Alan  Calfee , Calfee Woodland Management LLC
Marialisa  Calta
Megan  Camp , Shelburne Farms
Erica  Campbell , Regional Food Systems , Waterbury-Duxbury Food Council
Dennis  Candelora , President , Green Mountain Hardwoods, Inc.
Kathleen  Carriere , Principal , TOUR WINDSOR VERMONT
I grew up planting a Victory Garden with my Grandmother during WW2. We always ate seasonally. I have always planted a garden even when I only had a small plot. When the CSA's started I joined and downsized my garden. When I "realized" that animals were being raised in an unnatural way I searched for a farm where the animals were ethetically raised...Actually I saw a farm truck on I 91. On the side of the truck was a sign that read Black Watch Farm Ethetically Raised Beef, Weathersfield VT and I followed the truck home. I am going to forward your message to Black Watch Farm.
Curt  Carter , Vice President , Greater Burlington Industrail Corporation
Gertrude  Carter , Hospice of Martha's Vineyard
Rachel  Carter , Journalist
Here's to keeping Vermont's landscape a working one!
lisa  cashdan
Jackie  Cassino , Regional Planner , CVRPC
Christopher  Chaisson , co-owner , Wild Branch Botanicals
Carol  Chamberlin , Resilience Connection
Doreen  Chambers
Harry  Chandler , Tree Warden , Town of Groton
Working Landscape Platform is crucial for the environmental livestyle of Vermonters
Lisa  Chase , Natural Resources Specialist , University of Vermont Extension
Sam  Chauncey
caitriona  chelsey
Susan  Clark , Chair , Tunbridge Planning Commission
Alison  Clarkson , State Representative , Vermont Legislature
Jake  Claro
Jane  Clifford , Executive Director , Green Mountain Dairy Farmers Coop
Cris  Coffin , New England Director , American Farmland Trust
Hal  Cohen , Executive Director , Central Vermont Community Action Council
Jennifer  Colby , Pasture Outreach Coordinator , UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Tamara  Colten Stevens , District Manager , Essex County Natural Resources Conservation District
Todd  Comen , Professor and Chair , Johnson State College / Business and Hospitality
Coordinator  CommonGood VT , CommonGood Vermont
Peter  Condaxis
Chip  Conquest , State Representative , Legislature
Faye  Conte
Becky  Cook , Owner , Cook Boze Software Solutions
Jonathan  Corcoran , President , Addison County Relocalization Network (The ACORN Network)
<p>The Working Land Partnership is critically important groundwork in Vermont's search for its way to create an intergenerationally sustainable economy that grows the health of our land and our communities.</p>
Barry  Costa-Pierce , Founder , Ecological Aquaculture
Sean  Costello
Paul  Costello , Executive Director , Vermont Council on Rural Development
Steve  Cottrell , Town Manager , Town of Windsor
Elizabeth  Courtney , Executive Director , vermont natural resources council
Jacques  Couture
Greg  Cox , President , Vermont Farmers Food Center
John  Craig
Sidney  Craven , Riverledge Foundation
Hope  Crifo
Joanna  Cummings , e-Vermont Community Coordinator , Snelling Center for Government
Joel  Currier , Owner/Operator , Currier Farms/Currier Forest Products
<p>Currier Farms wishes to support Vermont's Working Landscape by continuing to produce quality maple syrup, organic beef and hay as well as sustainable forest products.</p>
Jason  Czarnezki , Professor of Law , Vermont Law School
Alan  Dater , Marlboro Productions
Dave  Daut
Molly  Davies , owner ChandlerPondFarm, , partner ChandlerPondFarm LLC
Jed  Davis , Director of Sustainability , Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Tobias  Dayman , Tobias Dayman Landscape Architect LLC
Robert  De Geus , Wood Utilization Forester , VT Dept of Forests, Parks, & Recreation
Casey  Deane , individual/public school teacher/ potential small farm farmer
I support this plan and think it is imperative for soil and water protection, the future of Vermont as a clean and beautiful state.
Tom  Debevoise , Upwey Farm
Eric  Deluca , VT Agriculture Innovation Center
Suzanne  dePeyster
Sona  Desai , Food Hub Manager , Intervale Center
Jeanne  Desrochers , Northeastern VT Development Assoc.
Thomas  Dewey , Owner , Stowe Hollow Tractor
Emily  Donaldson
To all those concerned, As a Vermonter and a college student aspiring to work on sustainability, VWLP is an inspiring movement towards fundamental goals. Our working relationship with the land is an integral part of our great state’s heritage and this landscape has helped shape the communities to which we belong. Losing this connection would be more than just another casualty to so called ‘progress,’ for we would stand to lose something of ourselves as well. Thank you for doing good work, and I hope to be apart of it. Emily Donaldson
David  Donath , President , The Woodstock Foundation, Inc. (d/b/a Billings Farm & Museum)
Sarah  Dopp , So. Burlington Land Trust
Cheryl  Dorschner
Michael  Doten
Kate  Dowling , Vermont Green at CVCAC
Vicky  Drew , State Conservationist , USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Carina  Driscoll , Vermont Woodworking School
Jennifer  Drummond , Galusha Hill Farm
Rik  Dryfoos
Michael  Duane , Council President , Hunger Mountain Cooperative
The Hunger Mountain Coop is pleased to join the Vermont Working Landscape partnership. The Coop is over 6,000 members strong, and we sell $5 million dollars a year of local Vermont food products from our store, which represents 1/3rd of our total annual retail sales. The Coop's mission includes supporting local agriculture. We understand that a strong rural economy involves having a working landscape, and that Vermont farms have positive economic and environmental impacts when compared to other land uses. We look forward to helping the partnership acheive its goals.
Rachel  Duffy
Scott  Duffy , Owner , ROCKLEDGE FARM WOODWORKS, LLC.
Biddle  Duke , Stowe Community Action Network
Emmett  Dunbar , Owner , Anjali Farm
This is the most appropriate and "in touch" work that needs to be done in order to secure Vermont's leadership in both maintaining and developing the working landscape in the United States. Our rural economic entrepreneurs have an important voice and this Partnership makes it even stronger.
Richard  Dunlap
Bill  Dunnington , Managing Director , VEP
Vermont's Working Landscape is central to its brand, its way of life and its future. This five point plan is a clear intentional course of action.
Michael  Dupee
Sarah  Edwards , Legislator
steven  edword
Mark  Ellingwood , Treasurer , Vermont Association of Snow Travelers
Peg  Elmer , Vermont Law School - Land Use Clinic
William  Emmons , owner , Cloudland Farm
Nancy  Engels , Board President , NorthWoods Stewardship Center
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Nancy  Ertle , Town Clerk
Your video was very moving. I love my State and want it to stay rural and agricultural. It is what we are now and need to stay in the future. I would like to help.
Nancy  Everhart , Conservation Director , VHCB
Katherine  Fanelli , Burelli Farm
Ken  Farabaugh , Co-Owner , Vermont Woods Studios Furniture
Keep Vermont's working landscape vital and maintain the rural character of our state.
Peggy  Farabaugh , Owner - Manager , Vermont Woods Studios Furniture
Thanks for leading the way to Vermont's clean and green future!
Jeff  Farber , Community Family Media
Dana  Farley , individual
John  Farr , Working partner , Green Mountain Harvest LLC Start up hydroponic green house business growing year round produce
I am a strong supporter of this bill and what it can do for Vermont agriculture. We are starting up a new business in Waitsfeild growing hydrponic lettuce and herbs in a year round greenhouse using renewable energy. My partners and myself found it very difficult to find and secure funding for this business venture. Therefore, having funds available as proposed in this bill will assist start up and growth in the field of agriculture.
Chad  Farrell , Principal , Encore Redevelopment
Laura  Farrell , Monkton Agricultural and Natural Areas Committee, Monkton Conservation Commission
Leisa  Fearing
carla  fenner , soil conservationist , USDA NRCS
John  Ferraro
Jamey  Fidel , Vermont Natural Resources Council
Beth Ann  Finlay , Project Coordinator , Northern VT RC&D (Resource Conservation & Development) Council
Kate  Finley Woodruff
Monty  Fischer , Center for an Agricultural Economy
Jacqueline  Fischer , Executive Director , Ottauquechee Community Partnership
Ottauquechee Community Partnership supports the Vermont Working Landscape Partnership. Our interest is in increasing access to healthy local food in the public venues of schools, stores and restaurants. Our Food Council finds that one reason access is limited is because there are too few food producers in our area. We believe that the cost of land is prohibitive to young people wishing to farm. One initiative we are supporting is working with second home owners to make land available for young farmers who cannot afford to purchase their own. Keep up the good work.
Noah  Fishman , Program Manager , Highfields Center for Composting
There is nothing more important than our connection to our land. This is a critical initiative to preserve Vermont tradition, culture and our relationship with the land.
Mark  Fogarty , Pine Grove Farm LLC
Jackie  Folsom , Washington County Farm Bureau
Peter  Forbes , Center for Whole Communities
Amy  Ford
Jeff  Forward , Principal , Forward Thinking Consultants, LLC
Donald  Foss
Robert  Foster , Foster Brothers Farm / Vermont Natural Ag Products
Taylar  Foster , Regional Planner , Lamoille County Planning Commission
Gary  Fox , Managing Director , Destination Bellows Falls and Beyond, Inc.
John  Franklin
Michael  Fraysier , State Lands Director , VT Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Vermont's working landscape, its farms and forests, are what define this state and make it the special place that it is. A healthy and vibrant working landscape is essential for both environmental and economic reasons and is a key component of Vermont's unique cultural heritage.
Jonathan  Frishtick , Owner , GIS?GPS Mapping, Norwich, Vermont
Noel  Fritzinger , Fennway Farm
Heather  Furman , Executive Director , Stowe Land Trust
Joseph  Fusco , Vice President , Casella Waste Systems
Jamie  Gage , General Manager , Vermont Information Consortium/Vermont.gov
Joseph  Gainza , Vermont Action for Peace
Vicki  Gass
To Whom it May Concern: This is a terrific initiative. Thank you!
Diane  Gayer , Community Architect , Vermont Design Institute
Grace  Gershuny , Consultant, Organic & Sustainable Agriculture , GAIA Services
I have been advocating and educating for these ideas since 1975.
Mike  Ghia , Vermont Field Staff , Land For Good
Margaret  Gibson
Margaret  Gibson McCoy , Operations and Communications Manager
Andrew  Gilbert
Jock  Gill , Principal , PhotoPyroWorks
I look forward to contributing to the development of a healthy, dynamic and vibrant synergy of agriculture, environment, food, art, business and community.
Elsie  Gilmore , Manager , Southview Arts
We live and work in rural Vermont and value opportunities for great connectivity and support.
Meghan  Giroux , Owner , Vermont Edible Landscapes
Jack  Glade , Executive Director , The Tutorial Center, Inc.
Dustin  Glasscoe , Owner/Founder , Vermont Farm Table
Jonathan  Goddard
Steve  Gold
Elizabeth  Golden-Pidgeon , Environmental Consultant , Independent Environmental Consultant
Laurie  Goldman
Christina  Goodwin
Matthew  Gordon , Executive Director , Vermont Maple Sugar Makers' Association
Samuel  Gorton
Schuyler  Gould
Instead of electricity generation as a focus of biomass development in this state, I would like to steer that focus toward the development of a biochar industry(with electricity as a by-product). Biochar is the crest of the wave of a new model of agriculture, which promises the reduction of phosphorus based fertilizer by as much as 40%. Not only is this critical with regard to the failed effort to substantively reduce phosphorus runoff into Lake Champlain, it is also the basis of a larger strategy, because of biochar's long term stability in soil, of carbon sequestration while also decreasing soil emissions of nitrous oxide and methane, both major greenhouse gases and air pollutants. Vermont is way behind the curve in this area, I'm not sure why(the International Biochar Initiative is based in Vermont, there are ongoing trials at UVM). We should be turning our forest waste into BIOCHAR. Wake up here! This should be happening right now!
Mary Ann  Goulette , Town Manager , Town of West Rutland
Chris  Graff , Vice President , National Life Group
Ben  Graham , Natural Design/Build
I think that there are new and emerging farm/forest products for the green building industry that have not been identified in what I have read that should be explored.
Rosanne  Greco , South Burlington City Councilor
Peter  Gregory , Executive Director , Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission
Peter  Gregory , Chair of Executive Directors , Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies
David  Groenewold , Chef Instructor , River Valley Technical Center
I wish to set up regional processing kitchens to take advantage of bumper harvests.
Vern  Grubinger
Jeff  Guevin , law student , Vermont Law School, Two-Rivers Ottauquechee RPC, VPA, NNECAPA
Danny  Hale , Executive Director , VT ATV Sportsman's Association
George  Hall
Paul  Hannan , Butterfield Beef & Berry
Mary  Harbaugh
Chris  Hardee
Thomas  Hark , Founding President , Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, Inc.
I believe this platform, the goals of of the partnership are absolutely critical for Vermont. Charge!
John  Harkins , Galusha Hill Farm
Edmund  Harris , Sustainability Coordinator , FairEarth Farm & Forest
Chip  Hart
Helen  Head , Rep. , Vermont House of Representatives
David J  Healy
Pat  Heffernan
Debra  Heleba , University of Vermont Extension
Jacob  Hemmerick
Jim  Henderson , GIS/Natural Resource Senior Planner , Bennington County Regional Commission
Annette  Higby
Darren  Higgins , Chairman , Waterbury Planning Commission
Susan  Hindinger , Executive Director , Riverledge Foundation
Minner  Hobbs , South Hero Land Trust
Hilary  Hoffman , Social Enterprise , Bien Fait Specialty Cakes of Vermont GSF L3C
Matthew  Hoffman
Hilary  Hoffman , President , The Vermont Hay Company
Beth  Holtzman
Peter  Hopkins
Irene  Horbar
Susan  Houston , chair , Northern Rivers Land Trust
Bradford  Howe , Principal, Howe Technical Marketing Services
In my opinion, the long term economic stability of Vermont is heavily dependent on a healthy and continuing working landscape.
Judith  Howland
Peter  Hudkins , Owner , Smokeshire Hill Top Farm
Smokeshire Hill Top Farm is a diversified hard scramble hill farm in Chester. The farm raises blueberries, Raspberries and sheep. It is off grid and powered by the sun, wind and horses. I am a simple wood cutter and the Smokeshire Valley is my home. But I could use all the help I can get.
Mark  Hudson , Vermont Historical Society
Chuck  Huizenga , Safety & Training Manager , Autumn Harp
It is good to see a community based effort come out to support our declining agricultural lands. I made a decision to leave the family farm at the age of 30 and now 27 years later our family is in danger of sacrificing our lands to development because of dairy's decline. Our family would very much like to keep the land open for future generations but you need to make a profit to do so. I am not sure it can be done but at least this might give us a chance!
Sally  Hull , President , Vermont Community Development Association
Beth  Humstone
Harry  Hunt , Harry Hunt Architects
Elizabeth  Hunt
robert  Hyams , Chair , Charlotte Conservation Commission
The working landscape is Vermont's greatest economic asset. It addition to creating jobs, it is the main draw for tourists and for entrepreneurs who place a premium on quality of life issues.
Jessica  Hyman , Executive Director , Friends of Burlington Gardens
Anthony  Iarrapino
Marty  Illick , Executive Director , Lewis Creek Association
Faith  Ingulsrud , Planning Coordinator , Vermont Department of Economic Housing and Community Development
Nancy Wayne  Jaffe
Yumiko  Jakobcic , Executive Director , Winooski Valley Park District
Liezel Jane  Jandayan
Josh  Jerome , Loan Administrator , Community Capital of Vermont
Josh  Jerome
I support the mission of this partnership as it targets, what I believe, as the most important economic and ecological systems in our society that MUST adopt 21st century guiding principles. It all comes down to changing these systems that have evoloved around the availability of cheap oil. No longer is this the case. Vermont, as the action plan stated, must develop policies to be in the position to be New England's milk bowl and breadbasket. As a graduate student who has chosen to focus on investing in Vermont's agricultural economy and someone who works at a CDFI, it is important to develop tools for Vermont citizens to invest in agricultural enterprises. I do not support raising the sales tax to help raise the $15mml for enterprise development. That is the easiest way to raise capital to fund such an initiative. However, as noted in several reports, wealthy out of state citizens who build their estates here have been a significant factor in the escalating values of farm lands. It is my contention, and I believe that of many "true Vermonter's", that non-resident tax rates need to be adjusted dramatically. Thank you. Josh Jerome Montpelier, VT
Bill  Jewell , President, Zoning Administrator , WM JEWELL and COMPANY, Environmental Consultants and Town of Westminster
John  Johnson
Scott  Johnstone , Executive Director , Vermont Energy Investment Corporation
Nancy  Jones , Bradford Conservation Commission
Jeff  Jones , Managing Partner, Vermont Hydroponic Produce, LLC , Vermont Hydroponic Produce, LLC
Dawn  Jones-Low , Ms , Faerie Court Farm Arabian Sport Horses
Dawn  Jones-Low , Ms
Joe  Juhasz , Deputy State Auditor
Steve  Justis , Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association
Ellen  Kahler , Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
Lee  Kahrs , News Editor , The Reporter, Brandon, VT
Emily  Kaminsky
David  Kanal , President , Deer Brook Inn
<p>Deer Brook Inn (Woodstock, VT) supports the outstanding efforts of The Vermont Working Landscape Partnership as a key element in the state's future.</p>
Margaret (Peggy)  Kannenstine
Allen  Karnatz , Champlain Valley Regional Director , Vermont Land Trust
Michael  Katzenberg
Dorigen  Keeney , Program Director , Hunger Free Vermont
Bill  Keeton , Associate Professor of Forestry; Chair of Forestry Program , UVM Forestry Program, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Andrew  Kehler , Managing Member , Cellars at Jasper Hill
Dick  Kelley , Waits River Valley School
Tara  Kelly , Rutland Area Farm and Food Link
Lee  Kemsley , freelance writer/editor
We have lived in Milton on 10 acres for the past 18 years and we love Vermont. I am a former Conservation Commissioner and a freelance writer. We (my husband, Michael and I, are strong supporters of trying keep Vermont and the way of life here vital. If the VWLP can do that we'll help in any way we can.
Thomas  Kennedy , Executive Director , Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission
Justin  Kenney , Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District
Hector  Kent
Liz  Kenton , Youth Agriculture Project coordinator , UVM Extension 4-H
Jill  Kiedaisch , Senior Communications Associate , Orton Family Foundation
Joseph  Kiefer , Director of Education , Food Works at Two Rivers Center
Nova  Kim , President , Wild Food Gatherers' Guild
The wild food gatherers’ community of Vermont sustains food traditions as old as human habitation of the Green Mountain State. Fiddleheads and wild leeks have livened up spring diets since well before the first Europeans settlers arrived. Today, Vermont wild food gatherers supply their families, friends, village markets, and chef-owned restaurants with a approximately 150 different wild edible plants ranging from greens, roots, nuts, berries and, last but not least, wild mushrooms. Often these are foods and tastes that have disappeared from the mainstream diet. Vermont wild food gatherers keep them alive in their communities and introduce new folks to them through their work with local chefs and CSAs. This is food biodiversity at its most fundamental, making sure that our original foods are recognized and honored. These are foods that cannot be hurried and cannot be produced on demand. They come when Mother Nature offers them and we must enjoy them in their season.
Michael  Kirk , Graduate Student , University of Vermont
Amy  Kirschner , Vermont Sustainable Exchange
Warren  Kitzmiller , State Representative , Vermont Legislature
Curtis  Koren
Kathleen  Krevetski , Rutland, Vermont
Lee  Krohn , Chair , Manchester Community Land Trust
Jay  Lackey , Owner/Operator; Eagle Ledge Forestry LLC
Jolinda  LaClair
Leo  Laferriere , Society of American Foresters
Stephanie  Lahar , Owner , Stephanie Lahar and Associates LLC
Kathleen  LaLiberte , Principal , Johnnie Brook Creative
David  Lane , Loan Officer , Vemont Economic Develeopment Authority / Vermont Agricultural Credit Corporation
Douglas  Lantagne , Dean and Direcetor , University of Vermont Extension
The working landscape is critical to the future of Vermont and UVM Extension has been working for nearly 100 years in this realm. We believe this latest effort is an excellent opportunity to collaborate with others to support the people of this state in maintaining a working landscape for our future.
Mark  Lapping , Director and University Distguished Professor of Planning & Public Policy , University of Southern Maine
In a 1982 essay for the volume "New Engand Futures" I coined the phrase "working landscapes." I was writing about what made Vermont distinctive. It was a working landscape that still survives and nurtures the land, the people and the community that is Vermont. Long may it remain so!
Sydney  Lea
I admire and honor everything you are doing, Paul.. Keep up the goodwork! Sydney Lea
Jackie  LeBlanc , Project Assistant , Yellow Wood Associates
Wendy  Leffel , Board member, RAFFL , RAFFL
Pierre  Lemieux
Jane  Lendway
Colleen  Leonard , VT Agency of Agriculture, Food, & Markets
Santina  Leporati
Sandra  Levine
Michael  Levine
Chelsea  Lewis , VT Agency of Agriculture, Food, & Markets
Trevor  Lewis
Tom  Leytham , Architect , Thomas B. Leytham - Architect
Steven  Libby , Executive Director , Vermont River Conservancy
Hugo  Liepmann , na , na
David  Lindahl , Principal , Morton Trails
Karen  Lipinczyk , Bradford Interchurch Council
Gil  Livingston , President , Vermont Land Trust
Lisa  Locke
James  Lockridge , Executive Director , Big Heavy World
Janet K.  Lockyer , Education Consultant
Melanie  Loschiavo
Adam  Lougee , Executive Director , Addison County Regional Planning Commission
Alison  Low , Senior Planner
Gregg  Lowell McCurdy
Catherine  Lowther , Goddard College Sustainability Team
Ginny  Lyons , Vermont Legislature
Roberta  MacDonald , Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Ben  Machin , Redstart
Jay  Maciejowski , Forestry District Manager , Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
I am excited about the prospect of forestry and agriculture joining forces to insure the future of Vermont's working landscape and am pleased to help out.
Judy  MacIsaac , President , Harvest Limited, llc
Caleb  Magoon , Owner , Power Play Sports
VCRD, My name is Caleb Magoon and I run a sporting goods store in northern Vermont. As a native Vermonter, avid outdoorsman and businessperson, it is my pleasure to support this initiative. It's our duty as Vermonters to support responsible stewardship of the land we occupy. This land is our backbone, our home, our lifeblood and our responsibility. It’s essential that we bind together and do what is necessary to fulfill this responsibility. We face a particular challenge in Vermont as the price of land and the cost of living both rise rapidly. This poses particular challenges for businesspeople in the agriculture and forestry industries. Entry into those industries is an uphill challenge. Anything we can do as a community to mitigate that challenge and foster these businesses is essential to sustaining our way of life. For these reasons, I support your efforts. I have just this month bought this small business. Although I would love to contribute to your efforts financially, at this time it would not be a responsible thing for me to do. However, I am happy to support you in any other way I can whether it be through my voice or pen. Don’t hesitate to contact me and sequester my help in this matter. Good luck with your endeavor, Caleb J Magoon Power Play Sports- Owner Morrisville, VT
Erhard  Mahnke , Coordinator , Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
John  Mandeville , Lamoille Economic Development Corp.
Bill  Manning
Sco Michael  Mapes , P.E., Esq.
francie  marbury , principal , marlboro school
Travis  Marcotte , Executive Director , Intervale Center
Anne  Margolis
I support the goals of the Working Landscape Partnership, especially in terms of helping Vermonters to become more energy independent.
Jan  Marinelli , Owner , JN Marinelli, LLC
Paul  Markowitz , Energy Consultant
James H.  Maroney, Jr.
Mark  Marsh , Planning Commissioner, Conservation Planner , Essex Planning Commission, VT Assoc. Conservation Districts
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Roger  Marshall , President , Ethan Allen Homestead Museum
Chuck  Martel , Fayston Representative , Mad River Valley Planning District Steering Committee
Jim  Masland
sandy  matathia , esq.
Bradley  Materick
Allen  Matthews , Farm Enterprise Coordinator , UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture/ UVM Extension
Hull  Maynard , VT Senate retired , High Pastures B & B
Douglas  McBride , Owner , Bates Mansion at Brook Farm & Brook Farm Vineyards
Kate  McCarthy , VNRC
Margaret  McCoy
Noreen  McDonough
David  McFeeters
In this age of peak oil and natural gas, working landscapes will become not just a good idea but essential to our survival. The sooner we begin, the better.
Carol  McGregor , Montgomery Selectboard member, Montgomery Tree Warden
William  McGuire , President , Nantucket Architecture Group Ltd.
Steve  McHenry
Diane  McInerney , Historic Preservation Executive Grant Programs Coordinator
Our land as an agricultural resource will become extremely important as we move through climate and geographical changes that will render the south eastern part of the United State unable to produce the food needed to feed our growing population.
Bill  McKibben
Judith  McLaughlin
Susan  McMahon , Associate Director , Windham Regional Commission
Polly  McMurtry , Fayston Planning Commission
John  McNerney , Vermont Coverts
Glenn  McRae , The Intervale Center
Walter  Medwid , Northern Woodlands
Todd  Menees , Ottauquechee Natural Resources Conservation Dist.
Ellen  Mercer Fallon , Langrock Sperry & Wool
H. Kenneth  Merritt, Jr. , Managing Director , Merritt & Merritt & Moulton
Lisa  Merton , Marlboro Productions
Peter  Meyer
H. Bud  Meyers , Director , James M. Jeffords Center for Policy Research at UVM
Dear Paul, This initiative is entirely consistent with the Senator's commitment to the environment and stewardship of Vermont's heritage and its resources. You have our best wishes and support. H. Bud Meyers, Director
Jill  Michaels
Christy  Mihaly
Ron  Miller
Sam  Miller , VT Woodlands Assoc.
Sally  Miller , Sustainable Woodstock
John  Miller , Johnson State College / Fine Arts Department
Nora  Mitchell
Jen  Mojo , Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission
Matthew  Mole , Sustainable Fiber Solutions
Melissa  Moon , VT Agency of Agriculture, Food, & Markets
Leslie  Morey , Certified Financial Planner
owner of 200 acres in Windham, I have a degree in Forestry from UVM, husband Wildlife Management, UVM, we want to be involved to maintain Vermont forests and landscapes.
Andrea  Morgante , Town of Hinesburg; Lewis Creek Association
Doug  Morin
Craig  Morrill
Susan  Morris
Peter  Morris , Architect , Peter Morris Architect
Christopher  Morrow , Northshire Bookstore
Gregory  Moschetti , Forest Land Owner
Melinda  Moulton , CEO/Rredeveloper , Main Street Landing
Main Street Landing - Melinda Moulton and Lisa Steele strongly support the Working Landscape Partnership
Barry  Mulcahy , Owner , Tree Farm
Orly  Munzing , Founder & Executive Director , Strolling of the Heifers, inc.
Strolling of the Heifers, Inc. supports Vermont Council on Rural Development in their campaign to support farm and forest enterprises as the foundation for the next generation of Vermont’s working landscape. From the Strolling of the Heifers work in bringing awareness to local farmers and connecting people with the food they eat we are seeing firsthand how the state of Vermont is in desperate need of a strong group like VCRD to unite the state around economic strategies for success, and around strategies to preserve working land, advance the energy economy, and seize our opportunities to lead in the green economy. Having their leadership will ensure Vermont’s success!
Sharon  Murray , Vermont Planners Association
Kelly  Myles , Consultant , Kelly Myles Consulting
Katherine  Naylor , Craftsbury Energy Committee
Matthew  Needham
I am writing , in 100 percent support , and plan, to bring back,a 90 acre farm located in Northfield vt ,as this program is much needed for VT and its farms and families
Deborah  Neher , UVM Plant & Soil Science
Jenny  Nelson , Agriculture Policy Advisor , US Senator Bernie Sanders
Alexis  Nelson , Vermont Association of Snow Travelers (VAST)
Phyl  Newbeck
Taylor  Newton , Project Coordinator - AmeriCorps*VISTA , AmeriCorps*VISTA - City of Montpelier
Lyle  Nichols , St michaels college
Virginia  Nickerson , GAPs Outreach Coordinator , Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Lora  Nielsen
Eric  Noel , President , VT Grass Farmers Association
Sarah  Norton , Goddard College; Former NOFA Director
Nancy  Nottermann , Snug Valley Farm / Central Vermont Regional Planning
Londa  Nwadike , Extension Food Safety Specialist , UVM Extension
Ruth  O'Meara-Costello
Brendan  O'Neill
Beverly  O'Neill , Member , Doe Haven, inc
Ryan  Ochs , Owner , Upper Meadow Tree Farm
Rich  OConnell , OConnell Farm
William  Oetzel
Lyman  Orton
Jane  Osgoood , Principal , O & H Holding Company
Steve  Paddock , Agribusiness Program Director , Vermont Small Business Development Center
Sherry  Paige , USDA Rural Development
Gisela  Paline , Vermont Coverts
Eric  Palola
Bernard  Paquette
Robert  Paquin , USDA Farm Services Agency
Bruce L.  Parker , Program Leader and Professor , University of Vermont Entomology Research Laboratory
Jeff  Parsons , Beeken Parsons Inc.
Jen  Parsons
Nancy  Patch , Co-chair , Cold Hollow to Canada Forest Partnership
hari  patil
Doug  Patterson , President , Renewable Strategies
Mary  Peabody , Community Development Specialist , UVM Extension
Kenneth  Peck , Filmmaker/Writer , Community Family Media
Giovanna  Peebles , VT Division of Historic Preservation
Kathy  Pellett
Marcia and Al  Perry
Philip  Petty , e-Vermont Community Director
Benneth  Phelps
Larry  Phillips
Sarah  Phillips
Robin  Pierce , Development Director , Village of Essex Junction
Robin  Pierce
DL  Pierce
Stephen  Pitkin , board member , Albany, VT Planning Commision,
George  Plumb , Executive Director , Vermotners for Sustainable Population
To truly protect Vermont's working landscape we can not grow forever in either land development or population. There is no sustainability without a stabilized population. Vermonters for Sustainable Population wholeheartedly supports the Partnership Platform. It is our relatively low density population that makes the working landscape possible. We are also running our of cheap fossil fuels which means that we are going to have to grow more of our food.
Walter  Poleman , PLACE Program
Peter  Pomerantz , Owner/operator , Pomerantz Woodworking
Ira  Powsner
Sandy  Price , Bradford Conservation Commission
Eben W.  Proft , MR , Woodbury Game Birds
John  Puleio , Director of Operations , Certified Green Dealer
Dan  Pullman , President , Sprout Lenders and Spence Foundation
Sophie  Quest
Denise  Quick
Lenae  Quillen-Blume , State Director , Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC)
will  raap , Farm Energy Venture Fund
Sonia  Rae , Vermont Arts Council
Wendy  Rae Woods
Michael  Rainville , Pres. , Maple Landmark, Inc.
Michael  Raker
Jeff  Ramsey
David  Raphael , Principal , LandWorks
Lani  Ravin , Associate Planner , Campus Planning Services, University of Vermont
Maria  Reade
Elizabeth  Reaves , Program Director , The Naked Table Project powered by ShackletonThomas Furniture and Pottery
Frank C.  Reed
Cynthia  Reid
Robin  Reid , Rural Route Today
Anne Marie  Resnik
Janet  Ressler
Shhirley  Richardson , Owner , Tannery Farm Cashmeres
Daniel  Richardson , Attorney , Tarrant, Gillies, Merriman & Richardson
Tyler  Riggs , Member , LSF Forest Products, LLC
Chris  Robbins , Member , Middlebury Planning Commission
Jeffrey  Roberts , President , Cow Creek Creative Ventures
Alan  Robertson , Vice- Chair; Vermont Tree Farm Program , Vermont Woodlands Association
The Vermont Tree Farm Community supports and endorses the Working Landscape Platform as a critical element needed to continue Vermonts Working Forest economy
david  rochat , director , Vermont Quality Meats
Mac  Roche , Program coordinator / organizer , Willowell Foundation
Steve  Rohde , President , Sustaianble Forest Futures
William  Roper , President and CEO , Orton Family Foundation
Bob  Rosane , Superintendent , Franklin Central Supervisory Union
<p>We will provide a letter of support.</p>
Ben  Rose , Executive Director , Green Mountain Club
Chuck  Ross , VT Agency of Agriculture, Food, & Markets
Bill  Rossmassler , Principal , Grindstone Associates
Laural  Ruggles , Fit and Healthy Coalition of Caledonia and South Essex
Beth  Ruman
Dana  Ruppert , Project Director , Windham County Natural Resources Conservation District
Jim  Ryan , VT Dept of Environmental Conservation
Laury  Saligman , Conservation Collaboratives
Fred  Salo , President , Vermont Christmas Tree Association
Art  Sanborn , retired
Robert  Sandberg , Cookeville Compost
Chris  Sargent , Senior Planner , Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission
Ginny  Sassaman , Communications Specialist , Home Share Now
Home Share Now endorses smart growth principals, including a commitment to using space, energy, and resources more efficiently; and preserving open space, farmland, forests, and other critical environmental areas. Home sharing actively supports these principals through use of shared, existing housing stock and encouraging agricultural home shares.
Kenn  Sassorossi , Vice President, Partner Relations , Housing Vermont
Will  Sawyer , UVM Center for Rural Studies
Rachel  Schattman , Local Food Program Coordinator , Center for Sustainable Agriculture, UVM Extension
David  Scheuer , President , The Retrovest Companies
Jessie  Schmidt , Ag and Community Programs Coordinator , UVm Extension
Bill  Schmidt , Steward/Owner , Elysian Hills Tree Farm
I fully support the Partnership as the steward, with my wife Mary Lou, of the Elysian Hills Tree Farm in Dummerston. Elysian Hills is permanently conserved as a working farm through the Vermont Land Trust.
Sam  Schneski , Chair: Green Mountain Division of the Society of American Foresters , Green Mountain Division of the Society of American Foresters
Bill  Schubart , Magic Hill Press LLC
<p>Like most Vermonters, I believe that the health and economic productivity of our working landscape and the vibrancy of our community downtowns are the defining characteristics of Vermont. Both are the essential indicators of our wellbeing as Vermonters. Bill Schubart</p>
June M.  Schulte
My hope is that our legislators will come together to wisely preserve, protect and support our rural landscape and working farms for all the generations to come.
Joshua  Schwartz , Executive Director , Mad River Valley Planning District
Bill  Scott , Addison County Farm Bureau - VT FFA
Piquette  Scribner , Master Gardener , Good to Grow Total Garden Care
Gus  Seelig , VT Housing & Conservation Board
David  Sellers , Sellers and Company
Seth  Shaw , Goodro Lumber - Killington
Sean  Sheehan
Nils  Shenholm , Solhem Sauna
Meghan  Sheradin , Executive Director , Vermont Fresh Network
Erin  Sheridan , Vermont Wood Manufacturers Association
Joe  Short , Program and Policy Director , Northern Forest Center
Brian  Shuman , Owner , Associates in Periodontics
<p>Thank you to Michael Levine for informing us of this worthy organization.</p>
Brian  Shupe , Vermont Natural Resources Council
Jeremy  Silansky
Katherine  Sims , Executive Director , Green Mountain Farm-to-School
Steven  Sinclair , VT Dept of Forests, Parks, & Recreation
Tom  Slayton
Joy  Slusarek
Rob  Smart , Co-Owner , Sugarsnap LLC
Patti  Smith , naturalist , Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center
<p>I value the working landscape for many reasons, but the most important to me is to maintain unfragmented forest lands to provide wildlife habitat and protect biodiversity.</p>
Allyson  Smith
I believe in the working lands of Vermont. I know they are what makes this State beautiful and uniquely itself. It is vital we support all those who work this land and remind us where we have come from!
Ben  Smith
Denise  Smith , Community Resource Director & Program Coordinator , Franklin-Grand Isle United Way, Town of Fairfield & Champlain College
Theresa  Snow
Joe  Speidel , Director of Local Government and Community Relations , UVM
Kevin  Stapleton
Tom  Stearns , President , High Mowing Organic Seeds
Emily  Stebbins-Wheelock
Connor  Stedman
Greg  Stefanski , Executive Director , Laraway Youth & Family Services
Susanne Terry and  Steve Parker , High Reach Farm
Will  Stevens , Co-owner , Golden Russet Farm
Tom  Stevens , State Representative , State of Vermont, Washington-Chittenden 1
tim  stevenson , executive director , post oil solutions
Michaela  Stickney , Lake Champlain Basin Program
Shelly  Stiles , District Manager , Bennington County Conservation District
Fran  Stoddard
valerie  stori
Tim  Storrow
Tom  Stuessy , Executive Director , Vermont Mountain Bike Association
Bill  Suhr , Owner , Champlain Orchards
Ethan  Swain , Business Resource Manager - Commercial Loan Officer , NCIC
Shane  Sweet , CEO , National Energy & Associaton Services
Gaye  Symington , The High Meadows Fund
Jane  Tanner
John  Tansey
Charles  Taplin , owner/operator , Floating Bridge Organics
I have been involved in VT agriculture for 50+ yrs. from milking cows to owning a organic agricultural business, now trying to bring a 230 yr. old farm back to life. I am a 9th generation (Taplin)to live in VT and keeping a working landscape is part of my life'
Susan  Taylor , Co-Owner , Derby Pond Farm
Mary V  Tegel , owner , Tegel Planning + Design
Matthew  Tetreault , Trails Assistant , Vermont Association of Snow Travelers
Todd  Thomas , Zoning Admin. / Planner , Morristown, VT
kenneth  thompson
Jeff  Thomson , Campaign organizer & Attorney , Action Circles
Justin  Turco , Cross Road Sugar Company / Vermont Maple Sugar Producers
<p>I do not support industrializing our mountains with industrial wind. I do support the conservation of our working landscape and the way of life that it has &quot;traditionally&quot; provided to Vermonters.</p>
Rich  Turner , Vermont Woodlands Association; Vermont Coverts
George  Turner
Jeannine  Valcour
Ingrid  Van Steamburg , Tunbridge Select Board; Tunbridge Planning Commission
Jennifer  Varga , Touch Of Peace Farm
I am Jennifer Varga, partner in Touch Of Peace Farm in North Bennington, VT. I support this law because it will help so many people like myself and my husband to create jobs for people in a sustainable food industry where we have local support and control over how our food is grown.
Caitlin  Waddick , Dr.
Ruth  Wallman , Ms
Deane  Wang , Associate Professor , University of Vermont
Bonnie  Waninger , Executive Director , Lamoille County Planning Commission
Kate  Wanner , Project Manager , Trust for Public Land
Kathleen  Wanner , Executive Director , VT Wood Manufacturers Association
Mary  Ward , Director of Communications
Nancy  Wasserman , Sleeping Lion Associates
Ben  Waterman , UVM Extension Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Bryant  Watson , Vermont Association of Snow Travelers (VAST)
Marshall  Webb , Shelburne Farms
Alex  Weinhagen , Director of Planning & Zoning , Town of Hinesburg
Michael  Welch , Northern Community Investment Corporation
Tom  Wells , President , Wells Mountain LLC
Allyson  Wendt
Lee  Wheeler
David  White , Director of Planning and Zoning , Burlington Dept. of Planning and Zoning
Vermont's working landscape is the foundation of our culture, economy and ethos as Vermonters. Without this unique character and resource, centuries of history are erased and our future is greatly dimished. All Vermonters - rural and urban - have a tremendous stake in our ability to ensure that our working farm and forestlands remain working and open for future generations to come.
Netaka  White , Bioenergy Program Director , Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
Gabriel  White , Managing Member , New Dawn Enterprises
Julianna  White , Special Projects Coordinator , Champlain Orchards
John  Whitman , Owner , Green Forest Farm
I particularly applaud your decision to merge agriculture and forest topics under the "working landscape" heading. Your program is an important one that deserves attention and support.
John  Whitman
Bob  Whittaker , Dean of Institutional Advancement
Abbey  Willard , White River Natural Resources Conservation District
Sharon  Williams
Mollie  Wills
Linda  Wilson , Hartford Conservation Commission
Donald  Wilson , Chairman , Bennington County Conservation District
To whom it may concern; Bennington County Conservation District is proud to support the VCRD in their efforts to implement the Working Landscape Enterprise Investment Bill by becoming a member of the Partnership. Our mission statement dictates "We protect natural resources and promote rural livelihoods in Bennington County through education, advocacy and active conservation. We work to nurture a land ethic among residents and decision makers." Thank you for your efforts on behalf of the working landscape and those who populate it. Donald K. Wilson
Sherry  Winnie , Recreation Trails Program Administrator , VT Dept. of Forests, Parks & Recreation
Benjamin  Wolfe , Tunbridge Planning Commission
Enid  Wonnacott , Executive Director , Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT)
Patrick  Wood , Agrefresh
Chris  Wood
Nancy  Wood , VSJF Board; Charlotte News Editor
Chuck  Wooster , Farmer , Sunrise Farm CSA
Alex  Wylie , Vermont Land Trust
Allen  Yale , Dr.
Brad  York , Manager , Honora Winery & Vineyard
Mike  Young , Mike Young CPA
Donna  Young
Cheryl  Young
Tom  Young
Paul  Zabriskie , Weatherization Director , Central Vermont Community Action Council
Emma  Zavez
Erica  Zimmerman , Farmer, Educator, Organizer , Center Farm
Ali  Zipparo
Dan  Zucker
David  Zuckerman