What is the Community-Supported Forestry™ Firewood Program?
Modeled after the highly successful Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement, this program will connect customers who care about forest health and want to act upon that concern by using firewood from landowners who are practicing exemplary forest management, certified by the Forest Stewardship Council through Vermont Family Forests. The backdrop: Peak oil and rising fossil fuel prices are here. Across the country and across Vermont, people are increasingly interested in alternative sources of energy, including wood for home heating. (See the Vermont Family Forests Spring 2006 newsletter lead story for more background). Vermont Family Forests’ role: Our mission is to conserve the health of the forest community and, when appropriate, to promote the careful cultivation of local family forests for community benefit. So, in this current climate of increased utilization of local forests for wood energy, our aim is to help that to occur in a thoughtful, careful way that thinks beyond “g
