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Ellen Kahler
CommentatorEllen Kahler is executive director at the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, a non-profit organization created by the Vermont Legislature in 1995 to accelerate the development of Vermont’s green economy.
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We Vermonters value cooperation, fairness, authenticity, self-sufficiency, and generosity. For the most part, we haven’t lost our connection to the land…