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Vermont
Core Customers: Retail & Food Service
VAAFM facilitates, supports and encourages the growth and viability of agriculture in Vermont while protecting the working landscape, human health, animal health, plant health, consumers and the environment. The Division of Agricultural Development assists individual agricultural businesses with marketing and production issues including business planning, financing, market research, access to farmland, labor, and many related issues.
www.agriculture.vermont.gov
The Made in Vermont Marketplace is the only trade show in Vermont that showcases the wide variety of quality products made right here in the Green Mountains. The trade show offers attendees an opportunity to browse and purchase the many fine food, furniture, craft, etc, products made here in Vermont, as well as meet the talented producers who create them.
www.madeinvermontmarketplace.com
www.productsofvermont.com
The Vermont Country Store – Vrest and Ellen Orton opened The Vermont Country Store in Weston, Vermont, in 1946. They were inspired by childhood memories of Vrest’s father’s general store in North Calais, Vermont, which opened in 1897. They have two stores as well.
www.vermontcountrystore.com
Vermont is home to a number of important retail and food service customers who are ideal to look at for distribution. These include Bond Auto Parts, Maynard Auto Parts, Jiffy Mart, The Vermont Country Store, Orvis Sporting Goods, Northern Ski Works, Ski Rack Stores, Sam’s Outdoor, Bruegger’s Bagels, Ben and Jerry’s, New England Culinary Institute, Stowe Ski Resort, Cinema North, etc
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Connecticut
State Department of Agriculture Program: Connecticut The mission of the Department of Agriculture is to foster a healthy economic, environmental and social climate for agriculture by developing, promoting and regulating agricultural businesses; protecting agricultural and aquacultural resources; enforcing laws pertaining to domestic animals; and promoting an understanding among the state’s citizens of the diversity of Connecticut agriculture, its cultural heritage and its contribution to the state’s economy. http://www.ct.gov/doag/cwp/view.asp?a=3243&q=576458 The department of agriculture promotes brands made in the state via its own Pinterest page https://www.pinterest.com/GrowCTAg/ct-grown-jam-jelly-salsa-sauce-relish/
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Maine
State Department of Agriculture Program: Maine The DACF helps guide Maine’s 21st-century natural resource economy by supporting the creation of new jobs and businesses, improving and supporting existing land-based industries and streamlining regulations. We strive to provide excellent customer service and we facilitate a team approach to land-use planning, conservation efforts and economic activity. Our professionals work each day to strengthen the base of scientific research and information for effective decision-making. www.maine.gov/dacf/
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Massachusetts
State Department of Agriculture Program: Massachusetts To foster the economic growth of the Commonwealth’s domestic and international agricultural markets, the Division of Agricultural Markets offers field expertise in the development and support of innovative market venues, business expansion, grant opportunities, consumer and industry outreach. There are 7,755 farms in Massachusetts working on over 523,000 acres to produce $492 million in agricultural products. http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/agr /
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