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This account is no longer active. Learn more about VSJF's Forest Products Program at vsjf.org/programs/vermont-fo….
Mass timber comes to Vermont! We talked to Woodworks, @FairbanksMuseum Charlie Levesque, and architect Megan Nedzinski about the future and potential of mass timber in the region. vsjf.org/2023/05/15/fairbank… #ThinkVT #ThisisVT #Vermont #MassTimber
Vermont’s first mass timber demonstration project—the first in the world to use local hemlock—is being built @FairBanksMuseum. vsjf.org/2023/05/15/fairbank… #ThinkVT #ThisisVT #Vermont #MassTimber
Each one of Katie Babic’s prints feels “magical” in its connection back to family, says the artist. Read her story here: ow.ly/Khz750L8upj.
From school guidance counselor to artist, Katie Babic’s story begins with a pine tree. vsjf.org/2022/10/12/family-f…
Meet Katie Babic, artist, Vermonter, and mother of three, memorializing trees through her artwork. ow.ly/2wHe50L8ujf #forestproud #thinkvt #thisisvt
What does a made-in-Vermont sauna experience” look like? Check out our story on SAVU Saunas! bit.ly/SAVUSauna
Vermont wood products are known for superior craftsmanship in everything from furniture to wooden blocks… and now custom saunas. bit.ly/SAVUSauna
Maybe you’ve heard of forest bathing? How about sweat bathing? How about sweat bathing in a forest? bit.ly/SAVUSauna #ThinkVT #ForestProud #VermontWood #ThisisVT
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund is hiring a full-time Bookkeeper and Contracts Manager. Learn more at ow.ly/Gebz50KcG8j. #ThinkVT
From a woodshop in Ireland to the woods of Vermont, Charlie Shackleton shares his story! ow.ly/eUkg50J92F6
“Our work and what we do plays into the our fundamental beliefs about the sustainability of the planet,” says Charlie Shackleton, founder of ShackletonThomas in #Vermont. ow.ly/gk4L50J92yT
“We are makers fundamentally. Not everyone will thrive typing in a cubicle all day.” Link for #founderstory of ShackletonThomas. bit.ly/ShackletonThomas #VermontWoods #ForestProud #MadeinVermont #ThinkVT
Long View Forest takes an integrated approach to forest management offering logging, forestry consulting, and woodland services under one roof. It’s a model they believe will provide continuity and stability to Vermont forests. ow.ly/SzYe50IrwRK #ThinkVT #VermontWood
“The best models of forest management around the world span many generations,” says Jack Bell, co-founder of Long View Forest. “We want to build that kind of stability for Vermont forests.” ow.ly/V5w250IrwCU #forestproud #thinkvt #vermontwood
“There is a way to think about forest industry businesses as conservation tools that recognizes their role in maintaining the working forested landscape,”says Rep. Lucy Rogers. bit.ly/LaughingStockFarm
Building a forest economy workforce is essential to the long-term health of #Vermont’s forested landscape. Employee ownership, year-round work, and pathways for advancement are all part of Long View Forest’s model for stability and growth. Full story at bit.ly/LongViewForest.
“Part of it is tradition,” says Tucker Riggs, owner of a sawmill in Fletcher, “and part of it is preserving our rural economy and not being reliant on global supply chains.” bit.ly/LaughingStockFarm
Despite sales being up more than 60% at his sawmill, Tucker Riggs believes in community-scale forestry and plans to keep supporting the local supply chain. bit.ly/LaughingStockFarm #ForestProud
VT state rep Lucy Rogers is one of the few legislators working in the forest products industry. She’s bringing her experience to policy-making and the Rural Economic Development Working Group. bit.ly/LaughingStockFarm #ForestProud #VermontWood
