Sustaining small farms to drive climate solutions
Small farms are on the front lines of climate change
Our mission is to empower these farms to sequester carbon, improve soil health, and improve water quality in a rapidly changing economy.
We see a challenge and an opportunity.
By increasing access to innovative agritech, we can help small farms stay financially viable and mitigate climate change.
“The Institute’s proposed pilot program is a most welcome, and well-timed, addition to our policy tool kit and provision of support services for Vermont dairy farms. As policy makers, we recognize the pressing need to update our dairy farming operations to take advantage of dairy agritech, and all our service providers work to incorporate information about the use of agritech tools.
The Institute’s concentration and specialization in the field will fill a pressing need for our policy and service work. Further, the pilot project will both strengthen this specialized body of knowledge and provide tangible, working examples for how the tools can be effectively used across the broader Vermont dairy farm population.”
— Anson Tebbetts, Vermont Secretary of Agriculture, Food, and Markets
