Resources & Stories

Resources

Metropolitan Markets Map
This map was generated by the VAAFM in support of the Major Metropolitan Markets brief.
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Vermont Food System Plan Issue Brief: Tax and Legal Services
The tax and legal issues confronting existing and new farm businesses, new farm-based food enterprises, and farms in transition to the next generation are increasingly complex. Food safety, farm labor...
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Vermont Food System Plan Issue Brief: Racial Equity in the Vermont Food System
Vermont must work towards racial equity in its food system in order to make the food system truly sustainable for everyone. Equity is “the condition that would be achieved when...
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Vermont Food System Plan Issue Brief: Payment for Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem services are the “ecosystem functions that are useful to humans.” Agricultural landscapes in Vermont can be managed to enhance ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, climate regulation, biodiversity, and...
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Stories

Gathering the Herd
Challenges and progress moving meat from farm to plate
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Tracking Institutional Local Purchasing
The Story Behind Vermont First's Numbers
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Farm to College
Strategies and Opportunities for Greater Local Food Procurement in Vermont Higher Education Food Service
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Jericho Settlers Farm grows year-round
Solar power, biomass heating & energy efficiency extends the growing season pretty at Jericho Settlers Farm
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