The Lunchbox - Free Summer Meals for Kids
The Lunchbox - Free Summer Meal Program and Mobile Learning Kitchen is on the road again this summer! Starting on June 18th the Lunchbox will be serving free meals to kids 18 and under throughout the summer. Find us in Barton on Wednesdays, Newport on Thursdays, and Island Pond on Fridays.
Read More You're Invited! Vermont Farm to School Network Summer Gathering Scheduled for 6/25
Join the Vermont Farm to School Network for yummy food, great folks, inspiring stories of Farm to School successes in Vermont, and remarks by the National Farm to School Network. Wednesday, June 25 at 5:30 PM, at the Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms.
Read More VHCB Awards $4.6 Million in Farmland Conservation Grants
MONTPELIER - The Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB) announced grants totaling $4.6 million to protect 3,093 acres of agricultural land on 18 farms. The grants to the Vermont Land Trust and the Upper Valley Land Trust will conserve farmland in nine counties. The VHCB board made the funding commitments at a meeting in Middlebury on Friday, May 16.
Read More Spread the Word - 2014 Governor's Institute on Farms, Food and Your Future
This Institute explores the science, economics, policy, sociology and downright yumminess of everything we eat. Come learn from scholars and professionals in the agricultural, culinary, scientific, business and activism fields during this brand-new residential Institute at Vermont Technical College in summer 2014.
Read More Slow Money now accepting Entrepreneur Showcase applications for 2014 National Gathering in Louisville
Are you a food enterprise looking for funding or exposure?
Read More Green Mtn College graduates nation's first online food systems cohort
Green Mountain College further advanced its reputation as a sustainability pioneer in higher education by graduating the nation’s first cohort of online graduate students in food systems on May 17th.
Read More Shelburne Welcomes Studio Cacao, Chocolatier, Other Artisans to Follow
Studio Cacao, Chocolatier, expands operations in Shelburne.
Read More Food Jobs Summit Held on Sterling College's Campus
Sterling College announced today that it will be holding a Food Jobs Summit on its campus. The Summit will be held on June 14th, from 11 am to 1 pm. The Summit is designed for people who are interested in jobs in the sustainable agriculture and artisan food fields, and it is co-sponsored by the Center for an Agricultural Economy and Good Food Jobs. Some of the employers that will be at the Food Jobs Summit include: Pete’s Greens, High Mowing Organic Seeds, Caledonia Spirits, the Cellars at Jasper Hill, and Vermont Soy.
Read More Agriculture Programs and Courses at the VT Tech Institute for Applied Agriculture and Food Systems
The Summer Diversified Agriculture Program offered through the Institute for Applied Agriculture and Food Systems is a seven week agriculture emersion experience at the Randolph Center campus. This program offers hands-on practical experiences in business management planning, vegetable and fruit crop management, poultry and dairy husbandry, with service learning experiences on Vermont farms. Throughout the program students will work on Vermont Tech's organically managed vegetable farm and working dairy operation and earn a total of six academic credits: three in Agricultural Techniques and three in Vegetable Crop Management and Production.
Read More Vermont Bioenergy Initiative releases report on grass heating energy potential in Vermont and the Northeast
Grass biomass could make a sizeable contribution to Vermont’s heating needs over time, and could be part of the renewable energy mix required to meet the state’s goal to meet 90% of Vermont’s energy needs through renewable energy and increased efficiency by 2050
Read More Examining and Innovating the Food System: UVM to Host 3rd Annual Food Systems Summit
Food Systems Scholars and Leaders Gather in Burlington, VT, June 17-18, 2014
Read More A Web-based Tool to Coordinate Gleaners Statewide is Unveiled
Salvation Farms has created and launched a new, web-based tool called the Gleaners Interface, which streamlines and standardizes the gleaning process. The new online platform makes it easier for members of the Vermont Gleaning Collective to recruit, register, and coordinate volunteers, and to track all hours contributed and every pound that member organizations capture and distribute statewide.
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