Vermont Specialty Crop Block Grant Program FY 2014 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) announces the availability of grant funds for the sole purpose of enhancing the competitiveness of Vermont-grown specialty crops.
Read More 64 Teams to Compete in 7th Annual Farm to School Youth Culinary Competition
On Saturday, March 22, over 270 middle and high school students will compete in the state’s seventh annual Junior Iron Chef competition. This year, organizers are taking the program to new heights. In 2008, Vermont Food Education Every Day (a partnership of NOFA-VT, Shelburne Farms, and, at the time, Food Works at Two Rivers Center) and the Burlington School Food Project founded one of the first youth culinary competitions to focus on local food and school meals. Guided by coaches – local chefs, food service directors, and teachers, student teams create original recipes that incorporate at least five local vegetables and follow USDA school meal standards. This year, teams have the added challenge of sourcing all their ingredients themselves. With these rigorous guidelines, youth contestants work through real-life challenges similar to those food service face creating healthy, nutritious meals for schools.
Read More The Farm at the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Launches New Gap Year Program!
The Farm at VYCC’s Venture gap experience is a twenty week residential program that runs from June 30 through November 14. Through this immersive, educational farming experience, students will learn to think differently about food systems and deepen their relationship with the food that they eat. They will grow vegetables, raise livestock, mentor youth, lead volunteers, and give away most of the food they grow to families in need. It’s a great opportunity to explore the world of innovative food systems and the beauty of a Vermont growing season. To learn more and apply, visit our website at: www.farmatvycc.org/#!venture/cee5
Read More Northwest Vermont Cold Storage Survey
The Fairfield Farmers Market Online (FFMO) was awarded a grant through the Healthy People, Strong Communities initiative to establish a Community Cold Storage site to benefit the community at large. This can include growers and producers for the FFMO, the food shelf and senior meals, area schools, retail and wholesale operations and/or local residents. To better understand the needs of the community, we ask for your time in answering the following questions. Please consider forwarding the survey to other interested parties!
Read More Farmer & Food Legal Resources released this week by Vermont Law School's Center for Ag & Food Systems
Check out farmandfoodlaw.org/ for legal food systems resources organized by subject matter.
Read More Revolutionary Chef and Restaurateur Alice Waters to Speak at Sterling College
The Vermont’s Table Speaker Series at Sterling College is proud to announce that renowned author, activist, restaurateur, and chef Alice Waters will be speaking at the environmentally-based college. Her talk will be given on Thursday, April 3, at 6:30 p.m. in Dunbar Hall. Her talk is free, but registration is required; visit www.sterlingcollege.edu.
Read More Registration open for UVM Food Systems Summit June 17-18
Registration is now open for the UVM Food Systems Summit on June 17-18, 2014, in Burlington!
Read More VEDA - Twenty-Five Years of Investing in Vermont Agriculture
Agricultural lending continues to diversify as Vermont agricultural economy expands....
Read More New! Spring issue of Vermont's Local Banquet magazine
Our latest issue has sprouted, or bloomed, or whatever spring metaphor you'd like to use on this cold March day! As usual, we offer an array of articles for Vermont foodies and food activists alike...
Read More Great opportunity for Vermont producers to market products in a highly trafficked Boston location
Boston Public Market to reopen and the call for vendors is on...Vermont Producers encouraged to apply!
Read More Calling Future Food System Leaders, Vermont Food Producers, and Family Farmers – Deadline March 23
Slow Food International is preparing for its bi-annual Terra Madre event and Slow Food Vermont is ready to represent!
Read More Vermont Maple Season Serves Up Events, Packages and Pure Maple Indulgence
Vermont’s maple season is a feast for the senses: Taste the delicate flavor of pure Vermont maple syrup, smell wood-fired maple steam as it wafts through the air; listen to the snow crunch underfoot as you approach a sugarbush and witness Vermont’s definitive springtime tradition.
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