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New Workshops Help Farmers Navigate Employment Law
New England farmers looking to hire a farm apprentice or a few employees for the farming season face a web of confusing legal requirements.
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Legal Food Hub Launches in New Hampshire
The Legal Food Hub is now available in all six New England states!
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Overcoming PFAS Contamination
Toxic “forever” chemicals have made headlines across New England.
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Revival Road Farm
Siedric White and Anna Pierce-Slive are pursuing a life-long passion. After over a decade of professional experience around food and farming, they founded Revival Road Farm in 2023. A jack of all trades when it comes to food, White is an entrepreneur, chef, caterer, server, bartender, and farmer. With a background in hospitality and trained…
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Kearsarge Food Hub
About a half hour west of Concord, New Hampshire, sits the town of Bradford. With around 2,000 residents and lacking a conspicuous commercial corridor, this rural community is not what one would envision as a hub of activity. That didn’t stop a passionate group of friends fresh out of college from imagining how they might…
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Dandy Ram Farm
A farmer since 2008, Bo Dennis has worked on a wide variety of operations, including dairy, livestock, vegetable, and educational farms. In 2019, he started his own business, Dandy Ram Farm, focusing on sustainably grown flowers, seeds, and evergreen wreaths. At the time, he was leasing farmland from multiple landowners. But traveling between and farming…
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Town Farm Tonics
Owned and operated by herbalist Carissa Davenport and regenerative designer Adam Davenport, Town Farm Tonics makes hand-crafted, locally inspired tonic teas, herbal syrups, and infused vinegars. With the belief that “healing herbs and wild plants that grow in our climate are best suited to support us,” the married couple tries to source as many ingredients as…
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Strengthening Vermont’s Local Food System
In February, Vermont Law School and Conservation Law Foundation celebrated two years of the Vermont Legal Food Hub. Launched in January 2020, VLS’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems operates the program. The Hub connects income-eligible farmers, food entrepreneurs, and related organizations with attorneys willing to provide free legal assistance. Since it launched two years…
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Breaking Down Barriers to Food Justice
Even as we applaud the rediscovery of fresh local food, we must remain vigilant that this movement doesn’t leave behind those who have been marginalized historically when it comes to land use and food access.
