Coming up Thursday on Central Vermont Community Radio - two bills in the state legislature to reform voting systems, and farmers in upstate New York work to build resilience through generosity.

9:00 - 10:00 am
As part of our ongoing series of shows on democracy, we explore ranked choice voting. Bills in the legislature would 1) require ranked choice voting in most primary elections and in general elections for U.S. senator and representative and 2) permit municipalities to use ranked choice voting in local elections. One of the bills' sponsors, Rep. Tanya Vyhovsky, will explain why the bills would improve democracy in Vermont.
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2022/H.236
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2022/H.352

The virtual NOFA-Vermont winter conference starts Thursday and runs through March 5. This year's theme is Dream Into Being, and organizers say it is "an invitation to pause, collectively dream the agricultural future we long for, and learn together about seeds to plant today to grow the fruits of tomorrow." One of the featured speakers of the conference, Mark Kimball, and his wife and a total of 20 farmers work together on 1500 acres in Essex, New York to produce over 200 products. Mark will challenge us to be as generous as we can be, because generosity builds resilience.
https://nofavt.org/conference
https://nofavt.org/conference/winter-conference-2022-featured-speakers

10:00 - 10:30 am
Resilience Thoughts, a locally told Extempo story, and more.

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