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Provide direct, easy-to-access financial support to farmers who provide essential services to Vermont Vermont’s farmers are essential workers, whose services to Vermont residents encompass food production as well as ecological...

Food Security Objective G8

Utilize the health care system to identify and alleviate food insecurity Vermonters without food security also report significantly poorer mental health, physical health, and general health. The health care system...

Food Security Objective G7

Make impactful investments in transportation in rural and urban Vermont Among the barriers that threaten food access for different communities in Vermont, transportation-related barriers are significant.

Food Security Objective G6

Invest in Vermont’s town and village infrastructure Maintaining and improving village infrastructure is a high-leverage area for food security and general emergency preparedness.

Resource Collections

Education, Workforce and Labor Collection

A collection of resources created by Farm to Plate tied to education, workforce and labor. Resources included here were developed by the Farm to Plate Education, Workforce and Labor Topic...

Retail Training Collection

The Retail Collection includes the Take 5 video series and the Small Bites newsletter archive along with written resources designed to help retailers more effectively source and merchandise local food.

Aggregation & Distribution

Access important market intel on Vermont and regional food distribution systems, as well as wholesale market opportunities and barriers.

Putting the Plan to Use Webinar Series

These recorded webinars each provide an overview of the Plan and guidance on different ways in which you can use it.

Stories

Join Farm to Plate and the FSNE Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge

Farm to Plate invites you to be a partner in imagining and creating a more just, resilient and equitable food system for Vermont. Starting April 1st, we will be hosting...

January 31 Farm to Plate visit to the VT Legislature

Highlighting the 2023 Farm to Plate Annual Report

2023 was a historically hard year on Vermont farmers and food businesses. A late spring frost resulted in significant losses for fruit growers, the July floods inundated farm fields of...

Farm to Plate Presents to the Food Security Roadmap to the VT Legislature

Vermont Farm to Plate Releases Food Security in Vermont: Roadmap to 2035

For two years, over 600 Vermonters contributed their personal expertise on food security to develop a Food Security in Vermont: Roadmap to 2035. The Farm to Plate Network’s Food Security...

Your Input: On farm composting in Vermont

Attention agricultural service providers, farmers and community partners! Are you interested in learning more or providing input on on-farm composting? Farm to Plate's Food Cycle Community of Practice wants your...