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Orleans County Businesses Orleans County Businesses
Thistledown Farm Wild North Farm

Penny Jensen Shylo Bourdeau
North Troy Lowell

https://www.facebook.com/Thistle- https://wildnorthfarmvt.com/
down-Farm-1513733292175223 3 Years in Business
3 Years in Business

“I was on the brink of giving up on my
dreams of retiring from nursing and making “Regenerative farming is true

products to aid others in obtaining good farming for the future providing
health and healing. I’d like to sincerely thank food security and a healthy planet

all the wonderful, caring people that thought for many generations to come!”
about us small timers and hard worker bees
out here. It has allowed more positivity in

my life!”

Hawthorn Meadow Farmstead Laramee Drywall

Studios

Elizabeth Echeverria Victor Laramee
North Troy
Craftsbury Common 20 Years in Business

http://hmfarmstead.com/
2 Years in Business
“With the updated equipment the
“Especially with a micro-business like mine, a
grant like this can make a huge impact, and can E.M.B.R.A.C.E. grant has allowed
be the difference between a closed business and me to obtain, I can now be more
a thriving one that will continue to serve and competitive and therefore have
enrich the community. I am very grateful to have greater opportunities for successful
been a recipient of this grant. Beyond the tangible,
financial benefits, the E.M.B.R.A.C.E. grant has project bidding.”
also helped me feel like small businesses like mine
are seen, valued, and supported here in Vermont.

This is a huge gift in and of itself!”

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