Local food means more local jobs. Vermont serves as a national poster-child.
“These numbers demonstrate how the working landscape is also an essential component of Vermont’s economy. Farm to Plate and Vermont’s agricultural and food entrepreneurs are helping to advance Vermont’s community-based agriculture, and creating jobs, cultivating opportunity, and preserving our landscape in the process,” said Vermont Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross.
Vermont entrepreneurs have added 199 businesses since 2009
Hell yeah, Chuck! Making great things happen.