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In 1910 black farmers made up 14% of all farmers. Today they make up fewer than 2% and own less than 1% land in rural America. Land access for all is a social justice issue. We need to support black farmers so that they have the resources they need to keep and grow their farms and land-based businesses.
UVM has been collecting and releasing results surveys of Vermonters related to COVID-19 and food access and security.
Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large.
Stories
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.
The LiLi—a new kind of HTST (high-temperature, short-time) pasteurizer from Bob-White Systems—could lead to a better day for dairy farm families, allowing them to sell non-homogenized, gently pasteurized milk to consumers who want farm-fresh milk but don’t necessarily want raw milk.
Bread & Butter Farm worked with a patchwork quilt of funding sources to keep land conserved for agriculture.
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.