You Can Help Manage Vermont’s Farm Surplus to Reduce Our Dependency on Food from Afar
Salvation Farms needs your help to expand our Vermont Commodity Program work at the Southeast State Correctional Facility, where we work side by side with an inmate crew to clean and pack surplus farm-fresh foods that would otherwise go to waste.
Read More Farmers To You Expands Home Delivery to Outer Boston
DELIVERING LOCAL FOOD DIRECT TO HOMES IN THE BOSTON SUBURBS Farmers To You expands home delivery in outer Boston and makes it easy to eat local food year round.
Read More Farm to Plate highlights progress strengthening Vermont’s food system in processing, distribution and education
More than 250 food and farm constituents attend, evaluate and plan work moving forward at annual event marking beginning of year three implementing Vermont’s ten year Farm to Plate Strategic Plan
Read More Vermont Receives USDA Grant to Boost Agricultural and Culinary Tourism
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the Vermont Agency of Agriculture (VAAFM) as the recipient of an $88,500 matching grant under the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP), one of the largest awards for the highly competitive 2013 program.
Read More Food Safety Modernization Act Upcoming Webinar – Commenting Made Easy
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) will conduct a webinar on November 4th from 12-1pm that will walk participants through the comment process for the Produce Safety and Preventive Control Rules. The deadline for making comments on the FDA’s proposed rules to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is November 15.
Read More Sterling College Launches the Rian Fried Center for Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems
Today, Sterling College announced the launch of The Rian Fried Center for Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems. The Center, named for the late founder of Clean Yield Group Inc. and a Sterling College trustee, will be the centerpiece of the College’s nationally known Sustainable Agriculture program. The facility will encompass new and improved farm and draft horse instructional spaces, including new construction and renovation of existing structures. President Matthew Derr said, “I loved working with Rian; he was a wonderful person and a gifted Trustee, whose loss will be felt for years to come. The Fried Center will continue his mission to transform the local economy and to Sterling College’s curriculum so we can continue to be a boot camp for a revolution in the stewardship of our food system.”
Read More The Vermont Land Trust seeks a producer to partner for amazing land opportunity in Jeffersonville
The Vermont Land Trust is looking to partner with a highly qualified individual or organization to develop a new farm enterprise on the West Farm- 180 acres of farmland located within a 1300 acre conservation property owned by VLT in Jeffersonville, Vermont. Applications, maps, and additional information about the property and the request for concepts process can be found at www.vlt.org/westfarm.
Read More Fresh new website for Vermont's Local Banquet
Quarterly magazine's new site allows you to add calendar events online, find recipes that have run in the magazine, and comment on every article.
Read More FSMA Call To Action!
Details and resources on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The deadline for getting your comments to the FDA is November 15.
Read More Reflections from New Vermont Farmers
October Farm to Plate Newsletter: Food System News monthly feature
Read More Shelburne Farms Event Brings Together Farms, Educators, and Tourism Enterprises
The historic barns, hillsides dotted with cows, and steaming sugar houses of Vermont's working landscape have been iconic images of the state for many years. Increasingly, visitors want to do more than drive by these pastoral images. They want to roll up their sleeves, milk a cow, dig potatoes, and learn more about the food system with all five senses. On October 22 and 23, the Farm-Based Education Network and Vermont Farms! Association are collaborating with the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont, Shelburne Farms, and University of Vermont Extension to offer the Farm-Based Education Forum: Agritourism, Education and Economics on Your Farm.
Read More New Tractor Education Project
Coming in 2014 - New Tractor Train-the-Trainer Program
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