Vermont Food System Atlas
Features
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How two white-led organizations are tackling food justice. Read More »
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The Abenaki Land Link Project, a partnership to grow food for Abenaki citizens between the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation, Rooted in Vermont, a project of the Vermont Farm to Plate Network and Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) wrapped up its pilot year this fall. Read More »
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Addressing student food insecurity on college campuses. Read More »
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When schools closed their doors, they had less than a week to completely reimagine their distribution models and keep students fed and nourished. Vermont FEED is honored to share some voices from the frontline school nutrition programs that so many families depend on. Read More »
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The Farm to Plate team at the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund stands in solidarity with the Black and African American community in condemning the murders of and demanding justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others. Floyd’s murder, and the protests unfolding across the country, are a stark reminder that while we have been in the throes of a health crisis these past three months, the crises of racism, racial inequality, and white supremacy have embroiled our nation’s entire history and continue to live with us today. Read More »
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COVID-19 Resource Collection & Response Task Force Created Read More »
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Young farmers in Vermont are met with challenges and opportunities. Read More »
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A need for a new, more inclusive conversation. Read More »
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A Letter from Farm to Plate Director Jake Claro to the Vermont General Assembly and Governor Phil Scott Read More »
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New toolkit to help Vermont towns, cities, and regions increase food access. Read More »
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This report features highlights of Farm to Plate Network projects from 2010-2020.The Vermont Legislature and Governor Douglas created the Farm…
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The Plan contains a vision for Vermont's food system in 2030, 15 strategic goals, and 34 priority strategies. It is based on a series of 54 food system product, market, and issue briefs highlighting current conditions, bottlenecks and gaps, opportunities, and recommendations.
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In 2021, Governor Phil Scott named 12 members to the Governor’s Commission on the Future of Vermont Agriculture to study and strategize how best to grow agriculture in the Green Mountain State.
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This toolkit focuses on improving food access through municipal and regional plans. It includes information on the planning process, explores the way that food access relates to other topics that are already being addressed through local planning, provides suggested strategies to include, and presents successful examples from around the state.
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A listing of capital providers who help to finance farm and food businesses, including debt, equity, and royalty financing, as well as various grant programs.
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The Vermont Agriculture and Food System Strategic Plan and a collection of resources from its development.
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The Abenaki Land Link Project is a partnership to provide indigenous seeds to gardeners, homesteaders, and farmers around Vermont who are dedicating land to grow and harvest food for Abenaki citizens.
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Many individuals and organizations have worked tirelessly on addressing racism broadly and specifically within the food system for decades. Let's elevate their work, galvanize support and learn.
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A set of "how to’s" and "best practices" for creating successful agritourism enterprises.
Farm to Plate is Vermont’s food system plan being implemented statewide
to increase economic development and jobs in the farm and food sector
and improve access to healthy local food for all Vermonters.
05/12/2022
Two local Farm to School champions were honored this year by the School Nutrition Association of Vermont and Hunger Free Vermont—Ali West and Harley Sterling
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05/07/2022
This March, Townshend Elementary School launched its Farm to School Program in March, opening with a maple syrup tasting event to celebrate the Harvest of the Month.
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05/02/2022
Food Connects is excited to welcome Kristen Thompson to the team as its Marketing Coordinator. Kristen will work closely with the organization’s Food Hub to improve the program’s communications and increase its promotion of local farmers and food producers.
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Meetings & Events
5/4/22 5:30pm - 10/12/22 7:30pm
Learn to grow your own food, medicine, fruit, flowers, and community
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5/16/22 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Join Vermont Fresh Network and ACORN for an afternoon of networking, learning, and collaborating at the Chef/Farmer/Food Producer Meetup on May 16th at American Flatbread in Middlebury.
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5/17/22 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Build skills in framing questions, which can be useful in meeting design, stakeholder engagement, and strategic and design thinking.
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Job Listings
The Vermont USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has two exciting job opportunities, and applications are due by Monday, May 16. You can access the job announcement for each of the jobs using the unique hyperlinks below.
Apply for the NRCS Executive Assistant Job Opening HERE, By May 16
Apply for the NRCS…
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Salvation Farms in Morrisville is looking for a detail oriented and organized team leader to fill the Vermont Commodity Manager position. This staffer is responsible for developing and managing the non-profit’s line of minimally processed products and expanding its surplus food handling and brokering operations. For more information visit, salvationfarms.org…
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CSWD Drop-Off Center Operator – On-call
CSWD is seeking highly motivated individuals to work at our busy Drop-Off Centers on an on-call basis. Our six Drop-Off Centers throughout the county span a variety of weekly schedules, all of which occur within a Monday through Saturday timeframe. The position can be flexible…
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