Flooding

From the Office of Senator Bernie Sanders:

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Peter Welch, Rep. Becca Balint, and Gov. Phil Scott hold a statewide telephone town meeting on Vermont’s flooding disaster on Wednesday, July 26 to answer questions and provide information on the federal and state response to the disaster, as well as how to access aid available to individuals, homeowners, farms, displaced employees, and small businesses.

Town Meeting TV's Jordan Mitchell chats with Alisha Laramee, Program Coordinator for New Farms for New Americans, and other farm workers, about their recent experiences at the farm and how they have been impacted by flooding in the Intervale.

New Farms for New Americans is a program of AALV that connects refugee and immigrant families with land and resources to grow food. The program helps families to continue agrarian traditions, address food insecurity, and grow culturally significant crops.

For more information visit: www.aalv-vt.org/farms | www.intervale.org/nfna

From the Vermont Council on Rural Development:

As we come together in response to the devastating floods Vermont has experienced, it's important to connect with each other to understand and address the emerging needs in our communities and on our farms and landscape. It's also important to understand resources as they become available and connect to state, regional, and federal partners to move forward together. This session brings together community members and response and recovery leaders to share the needs and challenges that are emerging, early resources that may be helpful, and examples of what is working in their communities as they respond and recover. Panelists share their experiences and best practice suggestions and then we turn to participants to engage in a statewide discussion to identify current needs and pathways forward.  

Guests include: Sarah Waring, USDA Rural Development Director for Vermont & New Hampshire Martha Dale, Londonderry Select Board Liz Gleason, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board Farm Viability Program Director Jason Van Driesche, Front Porch Forum Chief of Staff

From the organizers:

Many of us are looking to help. Let’s build solidarity -- and energy for climate action! There's a lot to do -- taking care of one another, cleaning up, building back stronger, disrupting the climate crisis. We need one another, and we need to be in touch.

Organizers include Senator Tanya Vyhovsky, Vermont State Senate; Councilor Jane Stromberg, Climate Activist, Formerly Burlington City Council; and Isaac Evans-Frantz, Humanitarian & Coalition Builder, Brattleboro Town Meeting Representative.