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Working Lands coalition asks Vermont House to raise Working Lands Enterprise Fund to $3 million
Summary
Representatives of the Working Lands Coalition urged the House Agriculture Committee to support a $3 million appropriation for the Working Lands Enterprise Fund, saying the increase would leverage private investment and help small farm, food and forest businesses pivot into new markets amid trade uncertainty.
Ellen Kaler, executive director of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, told the House Agriculture Committee on April 4 that the Working Lands Coalition is asking legislators to increase the Working Lands Enterprise Fund to $3 million for the coming year.
Kaler said the governor's recommended budget includes $1 million in base funding, while the House Agriculture Committee had placed a budget memo request for $3 million (an increase of $2 million one-time in addition to the base). She added that House Commerce had proposed raising the base by $500,000 plus $1 million one-time, and that the House Appropriations Committee had kept the fund at the governor's $1 million recommendation.
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