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NOFA Vermont urges $15.6 million FY27 appropriation to activate S.60 farm and forestry disaster fund
Summary
NOFA Vermont told the Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry committee to include $15.6 million in the FY27 budget memo to implement S.60, citing about $94 million in documented farm and forestry losses from 2023–2025 and a bill formula that would allocate half the three‑year average of losses.
Maddie Kempner, policy and organizing director at NOFA Vermont, asked the committee to include a $15,600,000 appropriation in the FY27 budget memo to support implementation of S.60, the Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund. "Please include an appropriation of 15,600,000.0 in your FY27 budget memo to support the fund's implementation," Kempner said during testimony.
Kempner said Vermont agencies have documented more than $94,000,000 in farm and forestry losses over 2023–2025 from events including a late‑spring freeze in 2023, summer…
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