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Fred Thys covers business and the economy for VTDigger. He is originally from Bethesda, Maryland, and graduated from Williams College with a degree in political science. He is the recipient of the Radio, Television, and Digital News Association's Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting and for Enterprise Reporting. Fred has worked at The Journal of Commerce, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, NBC News, and WBUR, and has written for Le Matin, The Dallas Morning News, and The American Homefront Project.
 

Contaminated product prompts Cannabis Control Board chair to call for state testing lab

By Fred Thys

Feb 7 2023February 7, 2023

After the state cannabis board ordered testing of the contaminated lot, it came back with a reading 100 times higher than the certificate of analysis reading showed.


An Eritrean immigrant in Vermont is up for the top award in the restaurant industry

By Fred Thys

Feb 5 2023February 5, 2023

Alganesh Michael’s Vermont catering business is up against some of the top restaurant chefs in the Northeast.


Vermont Cannabis Control Board halts sale of contaminated cannabis

By Fred Thys

Feb 2 2023February 4, 2023

The Cannabis Control Board chair said the tainted product from Holland Cannabis had not been tested before it was sold and should never have been on store shelves because it was not registered with the board.


5 Vermont chefs, restaurants and drinking establishments among James Beard Awards semifinalists

By Fred Thys

Jan 25 2023January 25, 2023

Haymaker Bun Company of Middlebury is among the first-ever nominees for outstanding bakery, a new category.


Vermont is not meeting its goal of recycling and composting half its waste

By Fred Thys

Jan 25 2023January 29, 2023

Casella Waste Systems recycling

“We’re getting buried in our own trash,” said state Rep. Amy Sheldon, D-Middlebury.


Burlington business incubator teaches student entrepreneurs at Middlebury College

By Fred Thys

Jan 22 2023January 22, 2023

“It is an unexpected place of entrepreneurial energy,” said David Bradbury, founder of the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies.


Housing shortage prompts Smugglers’ Notch Resort to ask for help from a nearby college

By Fred Thys

Jan 15 2023January 17, 2023

Northern Vermont University-Johnson had plenty of dormitory rooms available.


Resonant Link plans to launch its first remote smartphone charger to the public this year

By Fred Thys

Jan 15 2023January 18, 2023

The South Burlington company also has chargers in the works for everything from medical devices to electric vehicles and lift trucks.


Advocates and regulators push to reform medical cannabis in order to save it

By Fred Thys

Jan 3 2023January 3, 2023

The number of registered medical cannabis users has dwindled since 2018. Advocates are trying to reform the system to ensure its survival.


Vermont cannabis growers hope for direct-to-consumer sales

By Fred Thys

Dec 29 2022December 29, 2022

Current law prohibits such sales, but growers hope to change that in the coming legislative session.


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