Past issues

Practical business notes for working-lands small businesses, prepared from original sources.

November 6, 2026

A payroll deadline, a live Working Lands checkpoint, NOFA-VT Farmer Resilience Grants, USDA financing-system timing and a practical winter-work plan.

Year-end tax housekeeping, contractor classification, a live Working Lands grant Q&A, and lender-led rural business financing.

A live Vermont working-lands grant, new REAP limits, an intermediary loan path, and specialty-crop market funding.

Federal dyed-diesel relief, current Working Lands grants, service-provider deadlines, and a virtual FIA learning opportunity.

Working Lands applications open, a repeat-sales case, disaster records, and choosing the right grant partnership.

Working Lands grant prep, timber disaster reimbursements, SARE partnership funding, and the 2027 Saver’s Match.

VOREC project development, recurring targeted-grazing contracts, a service-provider round, and outside business advising.

Working Lands planning, subcontractor risk, EQIP deadlines, targeted-grazing pricing, trail maintenance, stormwater and systems thinking.