• Curious About a Career in the Forest Economy?

    Do you love to work outdoors? Enjoy making things with your hands? Love to drive big machines, or want to use technology to solve environmental problems? A career in Vermont’s forest economy could be a great fit for you!...

  • ProsumerGrid wins the Vermont-based DeltaClimeVT Energy 2023 business accelerator

    After three months of intense focus, camaraderie and both virtual and in-person learning, The DeltaClimeVT Energy 2023 business accelerator announces ProsumerGrid as the winner....

  • Can New England Feed Itself in the Years to Come?

    A new report puts forth a regional goal of producing and consuming 30% of New England’s food needs in the region by 2030. It is commissioned by the New England State Food System Planners Partnership, a collaboration between six state-level food system organizations and Food...

  • Babette’s Table: Using Projections to Grow with Intention

    Starting a business with the intention to support local agriculture is the easy part. Growing that business in a way that is both profitable and true to those values can be a challenge. Erika Lynch and Julie Morton, owners of Babette’s Table in Waitsfield, dug...

  • Fairbanks Museum Home to Vermont’s First Demonstration Mass Timber Building

    Aligned with the Fairbank’s commitment to decarbonization, the new addition is the first in the world to use regional hemlock in cross-laminated timber construction....

  • Bobolink Yarns: Scaling Back to Find Success

    In 2018, Sullivan had an idea. A working shepherd and fiber enthusiast, she saw an opportunity to solve two problems. On the one hand, she received more calls from yarn shops looking to buy her product that she could fulfill. ...

  • Hemp and Cannabis Pioneer, Scott Sparks, Navigates Legalization in Vermont

    Scott Sparks always knew he wanted to open a cannabis business, but it was not until he was in his 60s, ready to retire from his decades long career in food service, that his dream began to take shape....

  • Just Released: Business Sense Training Series for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners

    The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) released the first set of modules of its new Business Sense series, next level tools for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Business Sense is a no-fluff source of information that gets right to the heart of what small business...

  • DeltaClimeVT business accelerator selects Energy 2023 cohort

    The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) announces the selection of the Energy 2023 cohort of the Vermont-based DeltaClimeVT energy business accelerator. Eight early-stage energy companies from across the U.S. and Canada will work directly with Vermont utilities to contribute to Vermont’s 90% renewable by 2050 and...

  • Pioneers of African Cuisine, Global Village Foods Finds Community in Vermont

    “If you look online, you can find Chinese food, Italian food, and so many ethnic cuisines, but not African,” said Damaris Hall, cofounder of Global Village Foods. “So we thought, ‘why not?’ We will be the pioneers of African cuisine and we’ll do it from...

  • Bringing Real and Needed Change to Vermont and Its Food System

    The ability to not only withstand large shocks, but to bounce back from them, is the hallmark of resiliency. But bouncing back does not necessarily mean that everything looks the same as it was before. Among the many things the pandemic forcefully taught us is...

  • VSJF Impact Report 2022

    As we look back on 2022, it was a year of new beginnings for Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) as an organization. We were pleased to hire four new staff members, increasing our capacity to deliver high-quality services to the agricultural, technology, and forestry sectors...