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Farm to School Cafe and Food Connects Feed Families Throughout the Holiday Season

To honor the spirit of Jr Iron Chef VT and student cooking, Vermont FEED (a partnership between Shelburne Farms and NOFA-VT) brings you the Jr Iron Chef VT Cooking Club! Our monthly cooking challenge is a fun way to bring the Vermont middle and high school community together while honoring the core values of Jr Iron Chef VT.

Green Mountain Farm-to-School (GMFTS), has been awarded over $20,000 in grants from the Vermont Community Foundation (VCF), the VCF’s Northeast Kingdom Fund, and the VCF’s Green Mountain Fund to expand its food security work in the Northeast Kingdom.

Any interested person or organization may nominate qualified individuals for membership. Self-nominations are also welcome.
Nominations should include a cover letter, resume and a background form and must be submitted by mail or email by March 5, 2021.

Community Leaders of Color Take Lead on Addressing Systemic Racism and BIPOC Land Access in Vermont

Academy School teachers and students see success in taking education outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) continued its conservation work across the country, and in Vermont, despite a tough 2020 marked with a pandemic. The agency helped farmers, ranchers and forest landowners implement conservation practices on their working lands, which help conserve natural resource such as soil, water and wildlife as well as boost producers’ bottom lines. Additionally, NRCS launched new online tools that increased the efficiency, effectiveness and delivery of crucial programs.

Food Connects successfully wrapped up their 2020 Taste of Food Connects initiative in late November—raising over $6,000 for the organization and promoting 75 different local businesses in the Brattleboro and Keene regions.

The Farm to Plate Network, managed by the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF), just released a new video series to help raise awareness and use of advisory boards among Vermont entrepreneurs.

Unilever, Starbucks, and Dairy Farmers of America have joined Vanguard Renewables, committing to food waste reduction and repurposing, and decarbonization goals to benefit our environment, our community, our farms, and our future.