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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.

Root Words, a podcast produced by Vermont Farmers Food Center and Shrewsbury Agricultural Education & Arts Foundation (SAGE) kicks off its second season on November 1st, exploring how a range of Vermonters interact and experience their foodways. Find it where you get your podcasts.

Chroma Technology Supports Growth of Farm to School in the WNESU

In honor of National Farm to School Month, Food Connects is celebrating Julianne Eagan as a Farm to School (FTS) Champion!

Free intra-family mediation and counseling available to Vermont dairy farms.

Each year, Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Margo Price host a Farm Aid festival to bring together a wide variety of artists, farmers and fans for one mission: keeping family farmers on the land. Farm Aid 2021 was held last weekend, on Saturday September 25th in Hartford, Connecticut and Vermont’s own Salvation Farms was invited to participate in the Festival’s HOMEGROWN Village...

Business and Producer Association Grants Request For Applications

Our team is excited to announce and release a Request for Proposals to build upon the work initiated by VAAFM’s internal Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability (IDEA group).