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Committee members stress farmland access, local food and forestry stewardship at introductory meeting
Summary
Members of the Agriculture, Food Resiliency, & Forestry Committee used an organizational meeting to introduce themselves and highlight priorities including generational land transfers, local food systems, food security and forest stewardship.
Members of the Agriculture, Food Resiliency, & Forestry Committee introduced themselves and outlined priorities ranging from farmland access for new farmers to food-security programs and forest stewardship during an introductory committee meeting.
The session focused on long-term challenges for Vermont agriculture, particularly the transfer of land as older farmers retire; the role of local food systems in community health; support for universal school meals and other programs that connect food producers with vulnerable populations; and sustaining working forests and logging livelihoods.
Heather, a committee member and self-described farmer, said she has farmed in Vermont for more than a decade and urged the group…
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