Allstad Farm is an 87-acre farm in Hardwick raising Angus beef and high quality mixed grass hay. Since moving onto the farm, they have experienced severe water flooding every spring affecting water quality, eroding soil, and damaging the barn. An Emergency Loan from the VFF will help to cover water damage expenses and repairs to the barn.
Read MoreAnanda Gardens is a diverse, small scale, certified organic farm, located 10 minutes from downtown Montpelier. They offer fresh, delicious, and nutritious organic veggies through a Convenient Home Delivery CSA, Farmstand CSA, and wholesale. With a Business Builder loan from the VFF, they plan to make improvements to their wash and pack station, which will allow them to expand to offer a winter CSA option.
Read MoreVermont Bean Crafters suffered smoke damage to their processing facility in Warren after a vehicle parked outside overnight caught on fire. As a result, much of their food processing equipment needed to be replaced or extensively cleaned. A $7,500 Emergency Loan from the VFF helped them cover these costs until their insurance claim could be processed.
Read MoreHoney Field Farm is a 25-acre organic vegetable farm located in Norwich, VT operated by husband and wife team Eli Hersh and Valerie Woodhouse. A $30,000 Business Builder Loan from the Vermont Farm Fund will help Eli and Valerie as they get established on this new property and help them to invest in equipment to be able to work efficiently, including a cultivating tractor, ice machine, golf cart, display cooler, and credit card machines.
Read MoreClearfield Farm is a Certified Organic mixed vegetable and cut flower farm located in Granville, VT serving the Mad River Valley. They grow 12 acres of produce, most of which goes to the Waitsfield Farmers Market and local grocery stores. A $10,000 Business Builder loan will allow Clearfield Farm to build soil fertility and improve their cold storage and processing facilities in the former dairy barn.
Read MoreDick Chase has farming in his blood. An 11th-generation family farmer, he spent most of his life in Newburyport, MA where he started farming in 1964 at Arrowhead Farm. In 2018 he purchased a farm in Alburgh, VT and established West Shore Farm. He plans to use a VFF Business Builder loan to build a 3500 square foot greenhouse. They raise vegetables, pork and beef to be sold through the family’s farmstand, CSA and farmer’s markets in MA.
Read MoreGolden Well Sanctuary is an organic vegetable producer and apiary in New Haven, VT that also offers farm events, agritourism opportunities, and educational workshops. An Emergency Loan from the Vermont Farm Fund will help Golden Well recover from 2 major floods within 2 weeks in the fall of 2019. Water levels on Halloween reached Irene levels and inundated their barn, flooded supplies, equipment, breached the well and flooded the basement, leaving their family without heat or hot water in the farmhouse.
Read MoreFamily Cow Farmstand (FCF) in Hinesburg, VT is currently Vermont’s largest direct to consumer raw milk producer by volume, selling roughly 9,000 gallons of 100% grass-fed raw cow’s milk to customers in the greater Burlington area. A Business Builder loan from the Vermont Farm Fund will allow Family Cow to establish a farrow-to-finish pork operation and a pastured chicken operation. They will also add frozen storage to their farmstand and renovate an existing pole barn on the property to serve as a space to repair farm equipment.
Read MoreA record storm on Halloween night created chasms 30 feet wide and 11 feet deep in the driveway at Wild Heart Farm & Refuge, exposing the electric and water lines, and leaving their home and farm inaccessible and without potable water. An Emergency Loan will help them to repair nearly 1,000 feet of damage along their driveway.
Read MoreMaple Wind Farm used their Business Builder loan to purchase a used refrigerated delivery truck, portable livestock scales and chute, a Tobb wagon with 3.5 tons of grain storage on wheels, and automated poultry feed lines.
Read MoreA $30,000 Business Builder Loan from the VFF helped the market to weather a dramatic transition to a new location on Pine Street and continue its work supporting and growing the business of local farmers.
Read MoreOn Halloween night 2019 water rose over the banks of the New Haven River, inundating the fields at Green & Gold CSA in New Haven. This came on the heels of a flood two weeks earlier which had destroyed 75% of the vegetable crops still in the ground. The Halloween flood destroyed all remaining crops and entered the barn, outbuildings, house, tractor, and the owners’ personal cars.
Read MoreFrancis and Stephanie Newland started out just three years ago with a few dozen goats. Now they milk 130 goats and came to the Vermont Farm Fund with a request for a $30,000 Business Builder Loan to expand their herd with another 150 milkers, more than doubling their current production.
Read MoreFlywheel Farm in Woodbury, VT paid off their first VFF loan in two years, and came back for a second Business Builder loan to pay for a used 4 wheel drive tractor in 2019. They are a small diversified vegetable farm in Woodbury, VT owned and managed by Justin Cote and Ansel Ploog.
Read MoreSmall Axe Farm in Barnet, VT lost their barn in a devastating fire that also killed a close friend and co-worker who was visiting. An Emergency Loan from the VFF will help them rebuild, covering some of the shortfall between the insurance coverage and the cost of construction.
Read MoreNothin’ But Curd is operated by J&R Family Farm in Troy, Vermont at the base of Jay Peak. Their artisan cheese curds are made in small batches on the farm. Roberta and Jacques Royer came to the VFF for a loan after realizing they needed a larger cheese vat to keep up with the demand for their products.
Read MoreVermont Alpine Farm in Reading, VT raises grass-fed beef and heritage breed pork, and sells meat online and through a "meat of the month" subscription to local and regional customers. They built two high tunnels with their VFF Business Builder Loan and a grant from the NRCS.
Read MoreNathan and Jessie Rogers grow grains and produce a wide variety of fresh dairy products on their farmstead in Berlin, VT. Their $30,000 Business Builder Loan allowed them to purchase a refrigerated delivery van to get their products to consumers throughout central Vermont.
Read MorePeabody Mountain Apiaries in Weston, VT started in 2007 with just one hive. Over the years they have grown to 12 hives and are planning to double their production with a $15,000 Vermont Farm Fund Business Builder loan.
Read More1000 Stone Farm in Brookfield has been owned and operated by Kyle Doda since 2014. They are a year-round vegetable and mushroom farm that sells at the Burlington Farmers Market, has 50 CSA members, and supplies 12-15 restaurants and co-op stores.
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