Sodexo's Vermont First Announces Creation of Advisory Board
Sodexo is pleased to announce the creation of the Vermont First Advisory Board. This Board is tasked with supporting Sodexo’s Vermont First Initiative in realizing Sodexo’s goal of strategically increasing the purchase of Vermont products at Sodexo’s Vermont accounts. The Advisory Board is a tremendous ally in providing guidance to move Vermont First objectives forward.
Read More Conservation Helps Bean Family Purchase Farmland
Patricia Bidinger conserved 75 acres of fertile farmland with the Vermont Land Trust, enabling the Bean family to purchase the land for their dairy business
Read More Hunger Mountain Coop Celebrates International Co-op Day
On Saturday, July 4th, co-ops in Vermont and around the world celebrated International Co-op Day. This year’s theme, “Choose Co-operative, Choose Equality,” highlights the contribution of co-operative businesses to more fair, equitable, and participatory communities.
Read More The Lunchbox offers free children's meals, educational programming throughout summer
“It’s a different kind of good,” Saulius Bachand, age six, remarked after finishing his free meal provided by the Lunchbox, a summer meal program and mobile learning kitchen.
Read More VHCB Awards $5.2 Million to Create and Rehabilitate Affordable Housing and Conserve Farmland, Recreational Access and Forestland
June 29, 2015 MONTPELIER - The Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB) announced grants today totaling $5,215,623 to develop and rehabilitate 216 affordable homes, to protect 377 acres of agricultural land on three farms, to conserve 340 acres of forest land in the towns of Pownal, Shrewsbury and Mendon, and to provide permanent public access to a swimming hole in Johnson.
Read More UVM Signs New Dining Contract to Better Serve Campus Community, Support University Values and Priorities
The University of Vermont has signed a new dining services contract with Sodexo that will better respond to student dining preferences, will provide greater integration with academic food system initiatives, and will be closely aligned with institutional priorities and values.
Read More Edge-of-field monitoring assistance for Lake Champlain Basin Farmers-Apply by July 24th
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is making available $2 million to interested farmers to help install voluntary edge-of-field monitoring stations on agricultural lands in eight states, including Vermont. The application deadline is July 24, 2015. Farmers in Lake Champlain basin encouraged to apply.
Read More USDA Seeks Partner Proposals to Protect and Restore Critical Wetlands in Vermont
Proposals due by July 31st. Funding provided through the Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership (WREP), a special enrollment option under the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program’s Wetland Reserve Easement component administered by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
Read More New Issue of Vermont's Local Banquet!
Welcome in summer by sitting down for a good read of Local Banquet. Our Summer issue features articles on chicken breeds, okra, rabbits, companion planting in the garden, and Caledonia Spirits' new plan to age whiskey in barrels made of Vermont oak. Plus there's more...
Read More Sterling College Helps Veterans Launch Farms with $10,000 Grants Upon Graduation
Building on the growing interest of veterans in farming at a time when the Department of Labor reports that the nation’s farmers are nearing retirement with an average age of 56, Sterling College has announced the creation of the Veteran College-to-Farm Program. Sterling was among the first institutions in the United States to focus on sustainable practices in agriculture and, starting this fall, veterans that complete a degree in Sustainable Agriculture or Sustainable Food Systems at the Vermont college will receive a $10,000 grant to launch a farm or food business.
Read More Vermont Tech Announces Norwich Farms Donation
Leader in Vermont Agriculture Education Celebrates Expansion
Read More Vermont Food Education Every Day Expands Farm to School Institute Regionally
For the first time, Vermont FEED is expanding its pioneering Farm to School Institute to school teams from across New England and New York.Thirteen teams have recently been selected to participate, thanks to funding from a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm to School grant. While Congress debates whether schools should serve more whole grains and lower sodium, Vermont and Northeast schools are serving healthy and local foods while simultaneously engaging students in learning and taking action on food, farms and nutrition.
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