MONTPELIER — The Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program, a program of the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB), awarded a total of $410,944 to 12 Vermont farms through its FY2019 Dairy Improvement Grants. Two of those grants went to Addison County farms. Peter Smith of Chimney Point Farm LP in Addison was awarded a $40,000 to purchase a multi-crop, no-till seeder equipped with GPS. Also awarded a grant was Patti and Brian Wilson of Morningside Farm in Shoreham. They will use the $10,000 grant to b … (read more)
