A 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.
Read MoreA $30,000 Business Builder Loan allowed Fisher Brothers Farm to expand their ice cream production through the purchase of a 44-quart blast freezer, as well as investment into a freezer trailer for delivery of their products to events and value added producers.
Read MoreStony Pond Farm's $30,000 Business Builder Loan allowed them to renovate an existing tie stall barn into a commercial kitchen/processing space/multiuse event space aimed at strengthening the farm's overall position through further diversification, taking advantage of existing farm resources and seasonal labor capacity.
Read MoreDavid and Joyce Ofsuryk own and operate a dairy farm in Coventry, Vermont with 43 mature cows and over 20 young stock. They've been farming together for over 20 years. They applied for an Emergency Loan to help cover costs for winter feed when their cows went dry and they were unable to ship milk.
Read MoreVermont Bean Crafters produces organic bean burgers, falafel, bean spreads, and gluten-free, vegan, non-gmo cookies and muffin batter. Their $30,000 Business Builder loan will help cover additional ingredient costs, packaging, and processing fees while they ramp up production.
Read MoreBasin Farm in Westminster, VT is a certified organic diversified farm growing 18 acres of vegetables, about 20 acres of grains, milking cows, milking goats and hay. Their $30,000 Business Builder Loan from the VFF will allow them to build out the milking parlor in their animal barn where they currently milk registered Alpine and Nubian dairy goats and registered Brown Swiss and Shorthorn dairy cattle.
Read MoreThe Shurtleff family has been farming in Bridgewater, VT for over 100 years. Their family dairy farm, Maple Valley Farm, is the last dairy farm still operating in the town of Bridgewater. Their corn fields were invaded by black bears this fall. A friend put up a game camera, and at one point, counted 11 bears in one field alone! A $10,000 Emergency Loan from the VFF will allow Richard to purchase additional feed for his cows through the winter.
Read MoreNewleaf Organics, LLC is a certified organic farm, growing approximately 5 acres of vegetables, cut flowers and plant starts in Bristol, VT. They received a $30,000 Business Builder Loan to convert the downstairs of their dairy barn to a new wash/pack and storage facility.
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