Irene - Phillip Vernon Wilson

I believe the next few posts came from a new Phillip living in Vermont.  The email chain was from a government conservation group.  Pretty dull.

Greetings Conservation Districts and VACD Staff,

This message is in follow-up to my earlier messages of Mar 30 & Apr 19 about Tropical Storm Irene follow up with agricultural producers.  Please see the press release below (our name in print!) about the survey to determine continuing needs and the status of feed, with a view to developing future assistance for post-Irene follow up.  The survey was launched at the end of last week among producers who either signed an Irene agricultural damage assessment form or applied to the Vermont Community Foundation for assistance.  (There are about 375 of these.  Other lists of farmer contact information could not be used due to confidentiality legislation.)   Please encourage folks you know to complete the survey.  If they have not been contacted directly and would like to be included in the survey, they should contact VAAFM first either by phone (--- --- ----) or through the link below, and they will be given an access code for the survey or called to complete the survey over the phone.  (It's a quick and simple survey.) 

The survey results will be compiled in a couple of weeks and shared with all of the organizations that provide assistance to agricultural producers - probably made public as well.  Then the various agencies and organizations will indicate what kind of continuing support they are able to provide.  This info will be updated and disseminated again, and we'll probably ask for your help with dissemination.

In addition, individual farmers completing the survey will be asked if they would like someone to call them with specific follow up.  We will be triaging this list for follow up and I expect we'll be asking you to help with this as well.  VAAFM will be hiring a temporary Irene case manager who will be helping with follow up as well.

If you you are aware of any farmers who need post-Irene assistance and haven't yet asked for it, please encourage them to contact VAAFM at the number above or their local FSA office.

DMs, please share this info with your supervisors, thanks.

Questions welcome.

Best,

Jill