Sylvacurl

06/30/2025

When most people talk about “waste,” it’s usually a bad thing... but not here 🌿

At Sylvacurl, the only byproducts from our process are wood chips and fine sawdust, and even those get put to good use! 🪵✨

Nothing goes to waste, and that’s part of what makes our packaging truly sustainable from start to finish.

06/24/2025

Small changes make a big impact 🌍
Choosing earth-friendly packaging is one of them!

♻️ A true closed-loop system:
We partner with a local sawmill to source responsibly harvested Aspen wood from the Northern Forests of Vermont 🌳

🪵 We process the wood into soft, curly shavings
📦 Ship them nationwide
🎁 Our customers use them as natural filler for gift boxes & eco-conscious packaging

And when you’re done? The curls keep on giving 💫

✨ Reuse them as:
• Packaging
• Pet bedding 🐾
• Fire starter 🔥
• Garden mulch 🌱
• A growing medium for mushrooms 🍄
… and more!

🌿 Sylvacurl is backyard compostable, adding clean, natural biomass right back to the earth.

06/23/2025

Sylvacurl, your new eco‑hero in packaging 💚

Made from Vermont poplar wood curls, our compostable solution replaces messy foam and delivers a clean, beautiful unboxing experience.

✅ 100% natural, no plastics, no chemicals
✅ Protects fragile items with gentle suspension
✅ Compostable or reusable, just like autumn leaves

Support sustainable forests and give your customers packaging they’ll love to tear into 🌲♻️

06/22/2025

“Sylvacurl is the ideal material for Jasper Hill Farm’s eCommerce gift packaging; wood shavings are an excellent insulator while also helping to absorb ice pack condensation and cushion fragile contents during transit. Plus, our customers love how Sylvacurl is sustainably made and back yard compostable. This material is a beautiful way to present Vermont’s ‘Taste of Place’ while supporting our community’s rural economy.”

06/19/2025

06/17/2025

Sounds like a great time Hardwick.

🌭 Monday meals at Atkins Field are back for the summer! 🍔
The Center for an Agricultural Economy is once again hosting free community meals on Mondays at Atkins Field every Monday from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. through August 11. We would love to see you! Anyone who feels inspired to bring a side dish or dessert is welcome to do so, but if you don't have time, no worries. CAE staff will be cooking up beef hamburgers, veggie burgers and hot dogs on the grills. We almost always have a green salad to share as well.

Monday Meals
Atkins Field
100 Granite St, Hardwick
Mondays, through August 11, 5pm - 6:30pm

Community Connections are collaborations and services designed and led with partners and neighbors. These programs help build collective, local resilience through community organizing, shared learning, and food justice.
Shared learning, food justice, & love.

We recognize food as a human right. Through collaboration and community organizing, we aim to make food accessible, build local resiliency, and eliminate the stigma around food access.