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Common Good Vermont: The Vermont Community Foundation’s Food & Farm Initiative: A Healthy Local Food Movement That Reaches All Vermonters 03/17/2014

Common Good Vermont talks with Janet McLaughlin, Special Projects Director/head of the Food & Farm Initiative, Vermont Community Foundation, and Sarah Waring, Executive Director, Center for an Agricultural Economy.

The Vermont Community Foundation recently announced nine grants totaling $494,584 for the second year of its Food and Farm Initiative, designed to connect Vermont’s local food movement with the fight against hunger. Last year, the Initiative focused on strengthening and expanding farm-to-school programming. This year, the focus continues with a keen eye to strengthening the connections between farmers, distributors, and consumers; educating and engaging kids and families; and building a coordinated, statewide structure to carry the work of farm to school forward.

Janet McLaughlin, special projects director at the Vermont Community Foundation and head of the Food & Farm Initiative, will offer an update and insight on what’s happening on the ground and where the Initiative is heading, and will be joined by Sarah Waring, executive director at the Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE). CAE received a Food & Farm Initiative grant in December 2013 for a project that will test the viability of lightly-processed Vermont vegetables for sale to schools, and develop recommendations and tools for producers throughout the state who are considering entering the market. Sarah will offer her perspective on local food, farm-to-school programming, and what it’s like being a part of the Food & Farm Initiative.

Common Good Vermont: Leadership Vermont - Educational Leadership Challenges 02/18/2014

Leadership is all around us. Host Mark Furnari meets with Winton Goodrich, Leadership Development Consultant, to find out how he motivates others to lead and ways to expand leadership opportunities throughout Vermont.

Open Data Hackathon Preview 02/13/2014

Lauren-Glenn Davitian, Brian Lowe, Projects Coordinator with Burlington Mayor's Office and Bradley Holt of Found Line share information on the upcoming Open Data Hackathon in Burlington, Saturday, February 22nd and Sunday the 23rd at Fletcher Free Libriary. More information and to register - http://codeforbtv.org/events/2014/02/codeacross-btv/

Common Good Vermont: Building a Culture of Philanthropy 02/12/2014

Common Good Vermont talks with Meagan Downey, Praximity Consulting Group.

Local Media Show: I Left My Sole in Vermont 01/30/2014

Nicole Grubman, author of 'I Left My Sole in Vermont: A walker's Journey and Guide Through Central Vermont Back Roads', shares the adventure and significance of moving, and being who we are, when we just walk. more info: http://www.ileftmysoleinvermont.com/

Common Good Vermont: Sue Zeller, Chief Performance Officer, Vt. Agency of Administration Clip 01/22/2014

Clip - Common Good Vermont talks with Sue Zeller, Chief Performance Officer for the State of Vermont, about current efforts to look at the effectiveness of state agencies and their programs, along with budget information. We'll talk about her responsibilities, the importance of data decision making, how it can inform state level policy making, and what impact it will have on Vermont's nonprofit organizations.

Common Good Vermont: Sue Zeller, Chief Performance Officer, Vt. Agency of Administration 01/22/2014

Common Good Vermont talks with Sue Zeller, Chief Performance Officer for the State of Vermont, about current efforts to look at the effectiveness of state agencies and their programs, along with budget information. We'll talk about her responsibilities, the importance of data decision making, how it can inform state level policy making, and what impact it will have on Vermont's nonprofit organizations.

Common Good Vermont: Front Porch Forum 01/14/2014

Michael Wood-Lewis, Front Porch Forum founder/ manager, shares the good news about their statewide expansion. Now in 70,000 households in every corner of Vermont, FPF is a neighbor-to-neighbor online resource that helps people to connect and share community based information. Wood-Lewis describes how nonprofit organizations expand their reach by harnessing local FPF volunteers. Sign up here.

Common Good Vermont: Promo: CCV Launches Career Training Initiative 01/08/2014

Erin Jane Meenan, Coordinator of Academic Services-Workforce Development and Craig Popkess, CCV Faculty speak to the launch of CCV's Career Training Initiative.

Registration is now underway for the CCV spring semester, which begins January 21. With funding from the US Department of Labor's Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Initiative, Community College of Vermont is offering free accredited courses at the CCV campus across the state to prepare students for success in today's business environment. These are open to any business or community member.

For more information on enrolling in these and other courses, visit www.ccv.edu.

Common Good Vermont: CCV Launches Career Training Initiative 01/08/2014

Erin Jane Meenan, Coordinator of Academic Services-Workforce Development and Craig Popkess, CCV Faculty speak to the launch of CCV's Career Training Initiative.

For more information on enrolling in these and other courses, visit ccv.edu -- in the lower left hand corner, look for "Coffee and Free Courses Open House" to connect to a complete listing of courses and the locations around the state where they are being offered.

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!