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In December, I presented to the Forest Resource Association’s Northeast Region on challenges the forest industry (and let’s be honest – everyone else) faces in finding, recruiting, and retaining their workforce. In researching this topic there was no shortage of challenges identified – the Great Resignation,…
Trade Show Assistance Grants Now AvailableVermont agriculture and forestry businesses can apply for financial support to exhibit at trade shows. Applications will be accepted through March 2, 2022.
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Making a Case for Community-Scale ForestryWith a mindset of staying small, a sawmill in Fletcher sees wood products as the next “go local” movement.By Christine McGowan, Vermont Forest Industry Network
Tucker Riggs, owner of Laughing Stock Farm (LSF) Forest Products in Fletcher, is busier than he’s…
BNI founder Ivan Misner: Now is the time to develop a ‘hybrid’ approach to networkingVermont Business Magazine Networking is all about building relationships. And in the eyes of networking expert Ivan Misner, it is during tough stretches such as the one brought about by the COVID pandemic that business…
ELKTON, Md. (November 18, 2021) - Last week, new, clean, energy-efficient log treatment technology produced a test log shipment in Maryland, potentially making the state a global link in the veneer log market. The technology, developed for pre-shipment and quarantine log treatment, prepared a test shipment…
By Christine McGowan, Vermont Forest Industry Network
When three friends at Middlebury College couldn’t find the perfect gift for their boss, they decided to make something special. Nathaniel Klein, Jacob Freedman, and Alex Gemme wanted to thank their supervisor at the Middlebury Snow Bowl for helping…
Nearly two years ago, as COVID-19 made its way into our State, we asked you, the business community, to suspend all non-essential operations. You stepped up in a big way to adopt new operational protocols, as the State worked to learn more about and respond to this new virus. No one knew how long this…
By Christine McGowan, Forest Products Program Director at Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
Brad Johnson would like to see wood products valued for the stand that’s left behind in the forest, not just the dollar value of the wood removed.
“The lumber industry is sort of where the food industry was in the…
The Wood Works Council hosted its fall meet-up on September 16th with two great programs in one afternoon. Third Branch Horse Logging in Northfield welcomed us for the first stop. Brad Johnson, joined by business partner John Plowden (partner Derek O’Toole was not present) conducted the tour.
Brad…
In December, I presented to the Forest Resource Association’s Northeast Region on challenges the forest industry (and let’s be honest – everyone else) faces in finding, recruiting, and retaining their workforce. In researching this topic there was no shortage of challenges identified – the Great Resignation,…
Trade Show Assistance Grants Now AvailableVermont agriculture and forestry businesses can apply for financial support to exhibit at trade shows. Applications will be accepted through March 2, 2022.
January 2022 Marketing ReportDecember's Marketing ReportNovember's Marketing ReportOctober's Marketing ReportSeptember's Marketing ReportAugust's Marketing ReportJULY'S Marketing ReportJUNE's Marketing ReportMAY's Marketing ReportAPRIL's Marketing ReportMARCH Marketing ReportFEBRUARY Marketing ReportJANUARY…
Making a Case for Community-Scale ForestryWith a mindset of staying small, a sawmill in Fletcher sees wood products as the next “go local” movement.By Christine McGowan, Vermont Forest Industry Network
Tucker Riggs, owner of Laughing Stock Farm (LSF) Forest Products in Fletcher, is busier than he’s…
BNI founder Ivan Misner: Now is the time to develop a ‘hybrid’ approach to networkingVermont Business Magazine Networking is all about building relationships. And in the eyes of networking expert Ivan Misner, it is during tough stretches such as the one brought about by the COVID pandemic that business…
ELKTON, Md. (November 18, 2021) - Last week, new, clean, energy-efficient log treatment technology produced a test log shipment in Maryland, potentially making the state a global link in the veneer log market. The technology, developed for pre-shipment and quarantine log treatment, prepared a test shipment…
By Christine McGowan, Vermont Forest Industry Network
When three friends at Middlebury College couldn’t find the perfect gift for their boss, they decided to make something special. Nathaniel Klein, Jacob Freedman, and Alex Gemme wanted to thank their supervisor at the Middlebury Snow Bowl for helping…
Nearly two years ago, as COVID-19 made its way into our State, we asked you, the business community, to suspend all non-essential operations. You stepped up in a big way to adopt new operational protocols, as the State worked to learn more about and respond to this new virus. No one knew how long this…
By Christine McGowan, Forest Products Program Director at Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
Brad Johnson would like to see wood products valued for the stand that’s left behind in the forest, not just the dollar value of the wood removed.
“The lumber industry is sort of where the food industry was in the…
The Wood Works Council hosted its fall meet-up on September 16th with two great programs in one afternoon. Third Branch Horse Logging in Northfield welcomed us for the first stop. Brad Johnson, joined by business partner John Plowden (partner Derek O’Toole was not present) conducted the tour.
Brad…
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