Apologies for cross postings.
Beth
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Subject: PLEASE FORWARD: RFQ - Seeking qualified consultants to work
with farm, food and forestry sectors
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:06:05 -0500
From: Ela Chapin <[log in to unmask]>
To: Ela Chapin <[log in to unmask]>
*Please help us circulate this RFQ to individuals with interest and
capacity to provide consulting services to farm, food or forestry
businesses!*This includes _independent consultants_ already working in
this sector; _firms_ that provide services on business topics; and
_individuals with past business experience_ and great people skills
--*in Vermont and the larger region from which we may pull expertise.*
I would appreciate everyone's help getting this to eligible individuals
that may currently or in the future make great consultants for our
working lands businesses!
Thanks,
Ela
*Request for Qualifications*
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*Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program*
Seeks Individuals & Firms to provide business advising to farm, food and
forestry sector businesses
*Qualifications Due:* November 19, 2014(we will accept late submissions
into December)
*Networking Event:* December 2, 2014, 2-5pm, Vermont College of Fine
Arts, Montpelier, VT
The Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program is seeking individuals and
firms that are interested in providing business-related services to the
agricultural and forestry sectors. As part of a network of organizations
in Vermont that provide business planning and technical assistance, we
are continually seeking qualified consultants that can help deliver
business-related services to our farm, food and forest-sector client
businesses, from financial analysis and strategic planning to marketing
assistance, legal advice, management coaching, and a variety of other
services.
In an effort to facilitate networking between the individuals and firms
with these skills and the service provider organizations in our network,
we are sending out the attached Request for Qualifications; individuals
and firms are invited to provide submissions which we will collect and
circulate amongst our organizational peers. This will be followed by a
networking event where consultants and firms can here from each of our
organizations to become familiar with available consulting opportunities.
For more details, please see the full RFQ here
<http://www.vhcb.org/Farm-Forest-Viability/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Consultant-RFQ.pdf>.
We will accept late submissions.
Please also forward this announcement to individuals, consultants, firms
and other organizations that may be interested or can help spread this
information far and wide. We invite consultants with relevant expertise
but with little experience with these kinds of businesses to respond --
we are interested in finding people with transferrable skills to work
with farm, food and forestry businesses!
Thank you!
Ela Chapin, Liz Gleason, and Ian Hartman
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/Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program/
/VT Housing & Conservation Board/
/58 E. State Street/
/Montpelier, VT 05602/
/802-828-1098/
/www.vhcb.org/viability <http://www.vhcb.org/viability> /
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Beth Holtzman
Outreach Education Coordinator
Women's Agricultural Network
University of Vermont Extension
617 Comstock Rd.
Berlin, VT 05602
617 Comstock Rd.
Berlin, VT 05602
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802-223-2389x204
www.uvm.edu/wagn
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