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Ensure consistent, dignified access to nourishing, adequate, culturally responsive food, today and in the future Food insecurity disproportionately impacts priority populations in Vermont because systemic challenges create insecurities and barriers...

Food Security Objective G4

Create a food security emergency response system in Vermont Two recent, very different emergencies—the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2023 floods—highlighted that existing Emergency Operations plans, though robust, need updating to...

Food Security Objective G3

Create an Office of Food & Nutrition Security and clarify legislative jurisdiction over food security The only entity in Vermont with the authority and capacity to implement changes at the...

Food Security Objective G2

Access 100% of federal funding available for Vermonters by completing the streamlined, accessible enrollment system The current system available to apply for and enroll in food and economic assistance programs...

Resource Collections

Energy

A collection of resources providing information about energy use, renewable energy, and alternative energy forms on farms.

Farm Viability

A collection of resources aimed to aid farmers and technical assistance providers in strengthening the financial performance and viability of farm and food businesses.

Farm to Institution

A collection of resources exploring the world of local food in schools, hospitals, colleges, and other institutions.

Financing Case Studies

In response to the need to help businesses better understand and navigate the variety of financing options available to them, the Financing Cross-Cutting Team of the Farm to Plate Network created a series of case studies on convertible debt, farmland financing, and royalty financing.

Stories

Farm to Plate Presents to the Food Security Roadmap to the VT Legislature

Vermont Farm to Plate Releases Food Security in Vermont: Roadmap to 2035

For two years, over 600 Vermonters contributed their personal expertise on food security to develop a Food Security in Vermont: Roadmap to 2035. The Farm to Plate Network’s Food Security...

Your Input: On farm composting in Vermont

Attention agricultural service providers, farmers and community partners! Are you interested in learning more or providing input on on-farm composting? Farm to Plate's Food Cycle Community of Practice wants your...

The Future of Agricultural Programs at Vermont State University at Stake

Support Still Needed for Recently Established Center for Agriculture and Food Entrepreneurship (CAFE) at VTSU-Randolph. Applied agricultural and food system education is critical to the future of agriculture and food...

Intervale Agroforestry1 - Michael Z. Weiss

Agroforestry Species in Vermont

Agroforestry is a rapidly growing climate mitigation strategy that brings together indigenous knowledge with modern day farmers looking for ways to enhance production and sustainability. Although there are an increasing...