{"id":1443,"date":"2020-11-16T11:45:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T15:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/2020\/11\/16\/buy-local-holiday-shopping-campaign-apply-by-wednesday-at-5-pm\/"},"modified":"2020-11-16T11:45:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T15:45:41","slug":"buy-local-holiday-shopping-campaign-apply-by-wednesday-at-5-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/2020\/11\/16\/buy-local-holiday-shopping-campaign-apply-by-wednesday-at-5-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy Local Holiday Shopping Campaign&#8211;Apply by Wednesday at 5 PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets in collaboration with the Department of Tourism is running a buy local campaign this holiday season to highlight Vermont producers and merchants. Statewide, the campaign will encourage online and brick-and-mortar shopping at Vermont-based merchants. Regionally, the campaign will support online sales of Vermont-made products.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses interested in being considered for inclusion in this promotional campaign must submit an application by Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 5:00pm EST. You can find the short, 1-page <a href=\"https:\/\/accd.vermont.gov\/covid-19\/buy-local-holiday-marketing\">application for retailers and makers here<\/a>. The application closes on Wednesday at 5 pm and the eligibility criteria is below. <a href=\"https:\/\/accd.vermont.gov\/covid-19\/buy-local-holiday-marketing\" title=\"https:\/\/accd.vermont.gov\/covid-19\/buy-local-holiday-marketing\"> Don&#8217;t wait, apply now! <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vdtm.wufoo.com\/forms\/made-in-vermont-holiday-shopping-guide\/\" title=\"https:\/\/vdtm.wufoo.com\/forms\/made-in-vermont-holiday-shopping-guide\/\">Producers\/Maker Eligibility:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be eligible to participate in this program, applicants must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>be headquartered in Vermont<\/li>\n<li>produce product that:\n<ul>\n<li>is primarily made\/transformed in Vermont<\/li>\n<li>aligns with a product category that is part of this program (Specialty Food Products, Craft Beverage, Wearables, Home Goods, Personal Care &amp; Beauty Products, Toys &amp; Children&#8217;s Gifts)<\/li>\n<li>is suitable for gifts<\/li>\n<li>sell products online<\/li>\n<li>be willing and able to offer a 10% discount via a code (to be provided) and be willing to share information about the code&#8217;s usage at your online store<\/li>\n<li>be able to ship products within the U.S. (There is an exception for products with limited distribution due to federal and\/or state regulations.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vdtm.wufoo.com\/forms\/shop-vermont-holiday-campaign\/\" title=\"https:\/\/vdtm.wufoo.com\/forms\/shop-vermont-holiday-campaign\/\">Merchants\/Retailers Eligibility: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be eligible to participate in this program, applicants must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>be headquartered in Vermont<\/li>\n<li>have a physical store location in Vermont<\/li>\n<li>offer products that:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&middot; are suitable for gifts<\/p>\n<p>&middot; align with one or more product categories that are part of this program (Specialty Food Products, Craft Beverage, Wearables, Home Goods, Personal Care &amp; Beauty Products, Toys &amp; Children&#8217;s Gifts)<\/p>\n<p>Best,<\/p>\n<p>Gina<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gina Clithero <\/strong><em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mypronouns.org\/\">she\/her<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Agriculture Development Specialist<\/p>\n<p>Vermont Produce Program | Vermont Specialty Crop Block Grant Program<\/p>\n<p>Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets<\/p>\n<p>116 State St. Montpelier, Vermont 05620-2901<\/p>\n<p>gina.clithero | (802) 585-6225<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"vermontagriculture.com\">vermontagriculture.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.vermont.gov\/covid-19-information\" title=\"https:\/\/agriculture.vermont.gov\/covid-19-information\"><strong>COVID-19 Updates and Resources Here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/blc-2X\">Sign up to receive email updates on marketing opportunities, events, and grants! <\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets in collaboration with the Department of Tourism is running a buy local campaign this holiday season to highlight Vermont producers and merchants. Statewide, the campaign will encourage online and brick-and-mortar shopping at Vermont-based merchants. Regionally, the campaign will support online sales of Vermont-made products. Businesses interested in being &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/2020\/11\/16\/buy-local-holiday-shopping-campaign-apply-by-wednesday-at-5-pm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Buy Local Holiday Shopping Campaign&#8211;Apply by Wednesday at 5 PM<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2208,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[1],"class_list":["post-1443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Terence Bradshaw","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/author\/tbradsha\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4nZlV-nh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2208"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}