In recent years, Vermont has sent high level trade missions to the Far East, and delegates and cows to Cuba; all in an effort to carve out a share of the global market for state businesses. We’ll talk to Ali Sarafzade, the new Director of the Vermont Global Trade Partnership about how much trade there is between Vermont businesses and overseas markets and what the potential is for the future. We’ll also hear from two Vermont businesses hoping to expand overseas: Clean Earth Technology and Draker Laboratories. Listen
We’ll also talk with Patrick Giantonio and Karen Fondacaro about a collaboration called NESTT (New England Survivors Of Torture And Trauma) which is working with asylum seekers who’ve been traumatized by their experiences. Listen
And we’ll bring you a town postcard from Wells, where the Episcopal Church has been selected as one of the world’s ‘most peaceful and powerful’ destinations. Listen