Working Landscape In the News
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Letter to the editor: Benefits us all Letter to the editor of the Times Argus by Dan Breslaw of West Corinth: I hear a lot of arguments over whether the government or the private sector should be planning our future. What I like best about the Working Landscape bill now before the Legislature is it that it’s a partnership between the two. It asks government to facilitate the kind of economic development that benefits us all, but that only private citizens can carry out. read more... |
02/23/2012 Times Argus |
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Press Release: House Agriculture Committee Votes Unanimously to Support the Bill Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Investment Bill Moves Forward read more... |
02/23/2012 Press Release |
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Letter to the editor: Support Working Lands bill Audrey Famette of Montpelier, submitted her letter to the editor of the Bridge. Click here to read it. read more... |
02/21/2012 Self Published |
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Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Investment Bill Committee Vote Expected House Agriculture Committee Expected to Vote Bill Out Tuesday read more... |
02/21/2012 Press Release |
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Letter to the editor: League of Women Voters 02/20/12 ~ Support working lands bill. The League of Women Voters of Vermont supports the Working Lands Enterprise Investment Bill (H.496/S.246). The League recognizes that some land-use decisions are of statewide concern and believes that the state has an overriding interest and responsibility for the protection of renewable resource lands, such as farmland, where development could result in the loss of productivity. Land development of more than local benefit not provided by the... |
02/20/2012 Rutland Herald |
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Letter to the editor: Shelburne News Shelburne resident, Nancy Wayne Jaffe, writes in support of the Working Lands Enterprise Investment bill. Click here (or below) to read her letter to the editor of the Shelburne News. read more... |
02/16/2012 Shelburne News |
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Letter to the editor: Protecting our resources Ruth Wallman, Executive Director of the Champlain Islands Chamber of Commerce, wrote a letter to the St. Albans Messenger in support of the Working Land Enterprise bill. Click here to read her letter to the editor. read more... |
02/09/2012 St. Albans Messenger |
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Vermont Ag Agency says jobs bill investments create big dividends When the 2011 Jobs Bill was passed by the Legislature last year, over $500,000 was earmarked for Agricultural investments. The Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets estimates 100 jobs will be created as a result of the investments, and an additional $1.3 million dollars of matching funds and personal investments will be leveraged. read more... |
02/16/2012 Vermontbiz.com |
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Bob Foster Commentary: Working landscapes bill holds hope for Vt Our heritage is our working landscape. Agriculture and forestry are the backbone of our working landscape. Vermont is a small state and has limited resources. Therefore we need to use them wisely and sustainable. Over the years a number of institutional silos have evolved which have led to a fractured approach to moving agriculture and forestry forward. The Working Lands Enterprise Investment bill encourages a change in that direction and a strategy for doing so. read more... |
02/07/2012 VtDigger.org |
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Bill bolsters ag, forest and food processing MONTPELIER — Vermont lawmakers are working on legislation that aims to bolster Vermont’s economy while retaining the hallmarks of its rural landscape. The main focus in both the House and Senate agriculture committees so far this session has been the Working Lands Enterprise Bill, which seeks to bolster the agriculture, forestry and value-added food processing business sectors in the state. read more... |
02/06/2012 Addison Independent |
