Vermont Food System Atlas

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  Farm to Plate COVID-19 Resource Collection

  COVID-19 Resource Collection & Response Task Force Created Read More »

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  The Next Generation of Vermont Farmers

  Young farmers in Vermont are met with challenges and opportunities. Read More »

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  Silenced Voices in VT's Farm Communities

  A need for a new, more inclusive conversation. Read More »

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  Achieving Intended Outcomes

  A Letter from Farm to Plate Director Jake Claro to the Vermont General Assembly and Governor Phil Scott Read More »

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  Local Planning for Food Access

  New toolkit to help Vermont towns, cities, and regions increase food access. Read More »

Featured Resources

• 2019 Farm to Plate Annual Report

  Featured highlights include grass-fed beef industry development, local planning for food access, wholesale markets, small-scale on-farm composting, Rooted in Vermont inventive partnerships, supporting the future of Vermont’s dairy sector, and a Census of Agriculture snapshot.

• Local Planning for Food Access

  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.

• Vermont Agriculture and Food System Plan 2020

  Section 1 of Act 83 (S.160), an act relating to agricultural development, calls for the development of this report with recommendations to stabilize and revitalize Vermont’s agricultural industry.

• Counting Local Food Consumption: Longitudinal Data and Lessons from Vermont

  This article provides a look into counting local food consumption, including many lessons learned. Recently published in JAFSCD, it outlines the methods to count progress and learnings from a multi-year effort by Vermont Farm to Plate.

• Food System Financing Inventory

  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.

• Local Food Wholesale Market Assessment

  The report examines local food trends, provides tools and insights into how wholesale operates for producers and gives the broader food system community a greater understanding of how trends are impacting, supporting, and altering the viability, sustainability, and make-up of our local food system.

• COVID-19 Support

  A collection of resources aimed at providing support for businesses and organizations in the food system during COVID-19.

• Agritourism

  A set of "how to’s" and "best practices" for creating successful agritourism enterprises.

• Retail Training Collection

  The Retail Collection includes the Take 5 video series along with written resources designed to help retailers more effectively source and merchandise local food.