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July 2008 Events

Growing the Future in Hardwick
July 8, 2008 Vermont Soy Company, Hardwick

Vermont entrepreneur, Andrew Meyer, founder of Vermont Soy and Vermont Natural Coatings, will discuss how he and other Hardwick-area businesses are striving to shape the local economy into a niche for healthy food systems.

L3Cs: Low income, limited liability corporations --Implications for Vermont enterprises of this First-in-the-Nation legislation
Thursday, July 24, 2008, 12:00 – 2:00 PM
Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington
Contact: (802) 865-0410 or beth@vtroundtable.org

Pre-registration is necessary.

Featured Presenters will include Tom Moody, Chair, Business Law Group and Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

August 2008 Events

Breaking Bread
August 15 - 17, 2008
Cow Island, 40 Commercial St., Portland, ME 04101
Cost: $525
Contact: emilia@rippleffect.net http://rippleffect.net/fort_lyon_adult_programs/theme_weekends/breaking_bread_815/

Investigate the cultivation, creation, and culture of local food as you focus on hands-on workshops with nationally known chefs and local vendors and enjoy a keynote address by Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon, authors of "Plenty" and creators of the 100-Mile-Diet.