The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets is hosting a panel with experts from two of the major federal disaster assistance agencies. The question and answer (Q&A) session will be focused on flood recovery assistance for the Vermont agricultural community, specifically for those impacted by recent flood and storm events. Experts will be available to answer questions that Vermont farmers and producers may have about damages incurred from the recent flood and storm events.

VAAFM will host experts from:
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) – Livestock, Crop and Feed Losses, & Emergency Loans
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) – Emergency Watershed Protection Program
Small Business Administration (SBA) – Home, Business, and Disaster Loan Assistance
This Q&A Session will be available online on Friday, July 28th from 12 – 1 p.m. VAAFM will record this question-and-answer session and post online as a resource for folks to have available in the future.

Online Meeting Information and Link

Agricultural Flood Recovery Assistance Q&A with FSA and SBA
Friday, July 28th
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. EST

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Meeting ID: 238 275 599 137
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+1 802-552-8456,,681727337# United States, Montpelier
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Reminder: Flooding Disaster Response and Recovery Resources

With many Vermont farmers in the early stages of a long recovery from the recent flooding, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets has published the 2023 Flooding Disaster Response and Recovery Resources website.

It's a centralized location where they're gathering information important to farmers and the agricultural community at-large.

Among many things, it includes details about:

Reporting losses
Obtaining recovery funding
Managing flood damaged crops and forage
Handling milk
Reopening meat and poultry processing
Caring for your mental health
And more!
The Agency of Agriculture will continue to update this website with information, resources, and messages in the days and weeks to come.

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