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Stuffing scarecrows, painting pumpkins, cooking lunch over hot coals, and playing musical chairs… These are not your everyday school activities. But this is how the students at Westminster Center School spent the morning of October 29, when they celebrated their first Farm and Field Day.

Garden Coordinators from five Windham County Farm to School programs gathered at Guilford Central School for a “Cross-Pollination” event in late October.

The Viability Program provides grants of up to $40,000 to help Vermont farmers invest in water quality-related on-farm infrastructure. Applications are due January 21, 2022.

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Food Connects is excited to welcome Jenny Kessler to their team as their newest Farm to School Coach. Jenny will work with schools in the Windham Central Supervisory Union (WCUS) and Windham Northeast Supervisory Union (WNESU).

This grant helps Salvation Farms expand and strengthen the 2021 created Northeast Kingdom Gleaners program, an effort launched in collaboration with the Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District and the Northeast Kingdom Food Cycle Coalition members. Salvation Farms has served as Vermont’s lead organization to help establish gleaning programs across Vermont and the Northeast Kingdom had been one of Vermont’s remaining region not served by gleaning.

Plan to spend time at the VT Farm Show at the Champlain Valley Expo in February! The Farm Show organizers continue to seek ways to broaden participation in and attendance at the Farm Show. The theme this year is: From Farm to Consumer: Showcasing Vermont's Agricultural Diversity and Providing an Inspiration for the Future.

ACORN’s Annual Meeting will feature a panel with four women who work in diverse parts of the Champlain Valley food and farming community to discuss some of local food’s challenges and opportunities, including access, education, farming, labor and procurement.

While USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) accepts applications for these programs year-round, producers and landowners should apply by state-specific, ranking dates to be considered for this year’s funding.