Contact
Vermont Food Venture Center
PO Box 422
140 Junction Rd
Hardwick, VT 05843
(802) 472-5362
vfvc@hardwickagriculture.org
Staff:
Annie Rowell, VFVC Farm to Institution Program Associate
email: arowell@hardwickagriculture.org
phone: 802.472.5362, ext 204
Connor Gorham, Professional Production Assistant
email: connor@hardwickagriculture.org
phone: 802.472.5362, ext 207
Heidi Krantz, Small Agricultural Business Adviser
e-mail: hkrantz@vtsbdc.org
phone: 802.472-5362, ext 206
George Keener, Operations Manager
email: george@hardwickagriculture.org
phone: 802.472-5362, ext 203
Heather Davis, Food System Monitoring and Evaluation Research Associate
e-mail: heather@hardwickagriculture.org
phone: 802.472-5840
Elena Gustavson, Program Director
e-mail: elena@hardwickagriculture.org
phone: 802.472-5362 or 472-5840
Traci Lamarche, Financial Manager
e-mail: traci@hardwickagriculture.org
phone: 802.472-5362 or 472-5840
Monty Fischer, Executive Director
e-mail: monty@hardwickagriculture.org
phone: 802.472-5840
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Hello
My name is Julia Whitaker and I am interested in starting my own raw organic medicinal chocolate company. I was wondering what the hourly rate would be; because my product is raw organic, all cooking appliances would not be necessary. All that is needed is a certified kitchen to make my product in!
thanks,
Julia
Julia,
Did Louise Calderwood get back to you? If not, her direct email is rcalderwod@aol.com. She should be able to help answer your questions.
Hi Julia,
We have recently updated our hourly rates, but if you haven’t already, I encourage you to talk to our Small Business Advisor Heidi Krantz. She can give you the details. hkrantz@vtsbdc.org or call her here at the CAE office at 472-5840, ext 3
I am interested in jarring. Does your commercial kitchen have any resources of equipment in this process?
Hi Drew,
Best to contact Louise Calderwood, Interim Project Manager, directly. She should be able to respond to your question.
Hi Drew,
We hope to have canning and processing equipment available for community use at some point, but we haven’t figured out the details yet. Keep checking back for updates!
Hi, we’ve used the VF center in Fairfax under Brian, and we wanted to find out if we can schedule another date to use the “robocoop” in the new center. We’d like to do so as soon as possible.
Thanks,
Jordan
cell: 802-349-2920
Hi Jordan,
The Hardwick facility will be open in late spring. Will you need it sooner?
Hello,
So great that you are open. I would like to meet with someone to start discuss launching a meat chili product. I was told that the new facility would have the ability to manufacture meat products.
Best,
Lisa Ackel-Judge
Hi Lisa,
I believe Heidi Krantz has been in contact with you? If the two of you have missed each other though, let us know. Heidi would be happy to talk with you more.
Hello there,
We’re from Boston and run a similar program called CropCircleKitchen. Since we’re a small (in employees, not spirit!) non-profit kitchen incubator ourselves, we’re always looking to reach out to other organizations to “talk shop”. We know how busy you are but would love to extend our hand and say hello, and perhaps have a conversation about sharing resources (we have yet to put up our own resource page online), if you’re game. There are not many kitchen incubators around but we see a huge need and feel there’s some great value in working together.
All the best!
Jonathan Kemp, Executive Director
Darnell Adams, Managing Director