The FBS Podcast

James Clear, the author of Atomic Habits, has said that "in the long run, prioritization beats efficiency." Tune in an listen as our hosts discuss why this is true, with example from a recent Forest B...

20 Feb 20259min

In this FBS podcast episode, we spotlight the free, mobile-friendly VT Woods App (www.vtwoods.xyz), an AI-driven resource for Vermont’s forest products sector. This app was created by Steve Bick as a ...

10 Feb 202511min

If your business is setup as and LLC you might have the option of having it considered to be an S Corporation by the IRS for tax purposes. This can lead to significant savings in self-employment taxe...

7 Feb 202510min

This is the final episode in the FBS Climate Adaptation series. The discussion covers all of the topics in the previous 13 episodes, including adaptation strategies for landowners, forester, loggers a...

7 Feb 202514min

This episode explore how climate change is just one of a range of threats to logging capacity in the region. Risk mitigation and climate impacts on equipment investments by loggers are discussed.

29 Jan 202514min

This episode was originally a presentation at the 2024 New England Society of American Foresters annual meeting. Steve Bick of the Forest Business school will talk about the results of a recent climat...

24 Jan 202545min

This episde explains the Value Added Producer Grants offered by USDA Rural Development. These grants are often overlooked by people in the forest products world because they wrongly assume they are on...

21 Jan 202521min

This episode discussed SoilWeb, a user-friendly, mobile-compatible online tool that provides access to the USDA-NRCS soil survey database. Developed by the California Soil Resource Lab at UC Davis, So...

16 Jan 202512min