Resources & Stories

Resources
Resource Collections
Stories

Resources

The mission of the Champlain Area National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.

Strafford Creamery

Strafford Creamery produces certified organic milk and ice cream in Strafford, Vermont.

Reparations in the Northeast

The food system was built on the stolen land and stolen labor of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian and people of color. Members of the Northeast Farmers of Color Network are claiming our sovereignty and calling for reparations of land and resources so that we can grow nourishing food and distribute it in our communities.

"The Case for Reparations"

Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.

Stories

1_agriculture_and_food_system_planning_cover_atlas

Agricultural Land Use Planning Modules

A series of 5 agricultural land use planning modules covering food system planning, farmland conservation, farmland and taxes, and local and state regulations.

The Challenges of Sourcing Locally

Many of the restaurants in Vermont face the same challenges I do when it comes to sourcing local food: it is more work; it is more expensive; it is not always a consistent supply or quality.

Understanding the Vermont Food Consumer

The Vermont Consumer Profiles provide a framework for the Farm to Plate Network and organizations/businesses within the Network to inform marketing and communication efforts directed towards different types of Vermont food consumers/target audiences.

Solar Energy on a Dairy Barn

The vision of Vermont Creamery co-founders, Bob Reese and Allison Hooper, is for the new Ayers Brook Goat Dairy to serve as a catalyst for growing Vermont’s goat dairy industry.