
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
later
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 "traditionally" 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


