Vermont Food Security Roadmap Documents

As part of the development of a Vermont Food Security Plan (Priority Strategy 24), Maple Mountain Consulting was contracted to conduct research on transportation-related barriers to accessing healthy and local...

As part of the development of a Food Security Action Plan in Vermont, Maple Mountain Consulting was contracted to conduct a study of transportation-related barriers to accessing healthy and local...

Our Shared Goal: In 2035, all Vermonters will be food secure. The Vermont Food Security Roadmap to 2035 guides our way to that future. Vermont has the tools, knowledge, and...

The authors and contributors who created the Vermont Food Security Roadmap to 2035.

Citations for the Vermont Food Security: Roadmap to 2035

This report details the community outreach process that largely informed the goals and strategies included in the Food Security in Vermont: Roadmap to 2035.

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...

Accelerate the permanent conservation of Vermont’s agricultural lands as working farms Although 21.6% of Vermont’s agricultural land is now conserved, the remainder is at risk of being lost, potentially permanently...

Provide essential and urgently needed investments in agricultural supply-chain infrastructure To save Vermont’s current farms, the State must immediately invest in supply chain infrastructure. This vital investment will also modernize...

Establish easier and equitable access to farmland and on-farm infrastructure Vermont producers must have appropriate agricultural land and infrastructure in order to succeed in business, but current and future generations...

Integrate food access into town plans across Vermont Food access and security are impacted not only by state and federal agricultural policies, but also by local decisions in municipal and...

Expand local collaboration for effective delivery of daily and emergency food security resources Vermont has the opportunity to design an excellent food security emergency response system using recent lessons learned...

Improve local food access while working on full food security in Vermont True food security will mean that individuals do not have to rely on charity. In the interim, improvements...

The State guarantees Vermonters have the necessary financial resources to meet their basic needs People need enough income to meet all of their basic needs at the same time in...

Access 100% of federal funding available for Vermonters by completing the streamlined, accessible enrollment system The current system available to apply for and enroll in food and economic assistance programs...

Create an Office of Food & Nutrition Security and clarify legislative jurisdiction over food security The only entity in Vermont with the authority and capacity to implement changes at the...

Create a food security emergency response system in Vermont Two recent, very different emergencies—the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2023 floods—highlighted that existing Emergency Operations plans, though robust, need updating to...

Ensure consistent, dignified access to nourishing, adequate, culturally responsive food, today and in the future Food insecurity disproportionately impacts priority populations in Vermont because systemic challenges create insecurities and barriers...

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.

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.

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...