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Resources

Hear common reservations that entrepreneurs have about forming an advisory board. Learn the kind of helpful focus that advisory boards bring. How do entrepreneurs feel after working with an advisory...
Get a clear sense of what an advisory board is, and how it differs from other resources for entrepreneurs. This video clarifies the role of the entrepreneur in relation to...
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2024 Data Report CSA & Healthcare Community of Practice. Report Cover. Photos of herbs and tomatoes
The 2024 CSA & Healthcare Community of Practice Data Report documents the scope, reach, and impacts of healthcare-linked Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and Food is Medicine programs operating across Vermont...
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participants of a Food as Medicine program receive food
Food is Medicine in Vermont: An Unmet Needs Analysis Using a Value-Based Medicine Lens Executive Summary This report summarizes key findings from a cross-sector review of Vermont’s Food is Medicine...

Resource Collections

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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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2021-2030 strategic plan
The Vermont Agriculture and Food System Strategic Plan and a collection of resources from its development.
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Sustaining agriculture cover
Five short easily digestible agricultural planning modules that cover land conservation, farmland and property taxes, local regulations, and state regulations.
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A collection of resources providing market research, best production practices, and budgeting tools for grass-fed beef production

Stories

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Holstein Beef
VSJF continues to provide important leadership for the New England Food System Planners Partnership, a collaboration between seven state-level organizations, six state agricultural, economic and environmental department representatives and Food...
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Trencher's Farmhouse Greenhouse. Photo by Erica Houskeeper.
Because agricultural activity exists in every county of the state, in both rural communities and our more urban centers, we all have a stake in our ability to produce more...
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ACORN STAFF AND volunteers dole out shares of produce at a July 11 distribution day for the Farmacy: Food is Medicine program. Through the program community members receive prescriptions from their health care provider or other referrals to receive free shares of locally grown fruits and vegetables. Independent photo/Marin Howell
Story and photo by Marin Howell, Addison County Independent ACORN's Farmacy: Food is Medicine program in Middlebury is making a real difference for 100 local families by providing weekly shares...
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Roots Market Karin Bellemare unloads a truck.
The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) and Larklea are offering to Regional Food Systems Infrastructure applicants and grantees various forms of support and technical services including application support, infrastructure capital...