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The Windham County Vermont Branch of the NAACP is dedicated to serving the needs and promoting the social, economic, political and inter-personal power of people of color and their allies living in our county. We hope you can be part of that mission too.

Rutland Area NAACP

The Rutland Area branch of the NAACP is dedicated to the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminating race-based discrimination in Vermont.

Justice For All

Our mission is to pursue racial justice within Vermont’s criminal justice system and beyond through advocacy, education, and relationship-building.

It is our hope that people will choose at least one group to get involved with a long term commitment. Most of these groups need member, volunteers, and donors. Please give deeply of your time and resources. More people need to do more

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Complex Dough

Bread & Butter Farm worked with a patchwork quilt of funding sources to keep land conserved for agriculture.

Royally Local

From basil for pesto to cucumbers for homemade pickles to a full slate of vegetables for salads and side dishes, the Chelsea Royal Diner's own garden supplies seasonal ingredients that influence the menu.

Market Trends

How are Vermont's farmers' markets doing?

Digester on a Dairy Farm

Lois and Maurice Maxwell started Maxwell’s Neighborhood Farm in 1957. Four sons (Stewart, Bradley, Anthony, and Jeffrey) and a grandson, Matthew, now operate the approximately 800 cow dairy. The Maxwells pursued a methane, or anaerobic, digester as a way to diversify their operation at a time of low milk prices.