The requests for applications for three more funding opportunities through the Working Lands Enterprise Initiative Program have been released. These programs are designed to support Vermont-based working lands businesses, slaughter and processing operations and producer associations. Projects eligible under these programs include infrastructure, marketing, meat processing, and professional development. Depending on the grant, awards range from $10,000 - $100,000. 

Deadline to Apply: November 1

This free virtual workshop, led by Didi Pershouse, will deepen each participant’s understanding of whole-systems landscape function and effective land management, with a focus on water and the soil sponge. Biology creates a natural sponge in healthy soils and grasslands that slows and sinks water on a total landscape scale–providing resilience in times of flooding and drought. Many of our current economic, social, and climate concerns are due to a degradation of our country’s soils, in particular it’s sponge-like structure or “tilth.”

Event Date: September 20, 6 - 8 pm 

Protein is a critically important part of a basic diet. How can the global animal protein sector continue to sustainably feed a growing and increasingly hungry world? That question is at the core of the Sustainable Solutions for Zero Hunger by 2030: A Vision for Animal Agriculture. This event, hosted by USDA, will bring together key leaders across the animal protein food chain from around the world to discuss the next steps of food production’s sustainable transformation, its ability to fight hunger and its durability against shocks.

Event Date: September 14, 12 - 5 pm