Vermont Invests in Agricultural Infrastructure Development

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets awarded more than $1.6 million in grants to agricultural producers and processors through the Meat and Produce Agriculture Development Grants program. Thirteen operations across ten Vermont counties received funds for projects investing in infrastructural upgrades, increasing operational efficiency, enhancing food and worker safety, and improving climate resilience. Selected projects support operations across a diversity of the two eligible industries: Produce production (mushroom, fruit and vegetable), produce processing, poultry production, livestock production (beef and sheep), poultry processing, and livestock processing (sheep, pork, beef, goat). A list of the funded projects is available online. “Our farmers and producers continue to innovate, and these projects are impressive,” said Vermont Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts.