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Celebrating Over a Decade of Collaboration with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
January 31, 2018
In over half of the schools across Vermont, students have been eating freshly prepared local foods in their cafeteria, visiting nearby farmers, and learning about agriculture, nutrition, and food...
Values-Based Tiered Buying: Defining Values & Purchasing Goals in Schools
January 19, 2018
If someone asked you what your values are, what would you say? If this feels like an overwhelming question, it is. Values motivate everything we choose to do, from our everyday habits to our...
Jr IRON CHEF VT Now Accepting Teams!
November 15, 2017
Essex Junction, Vermont — Applications are now being accepted for Jr Iron Chef VT 2018, open to all middle and high school students looking to show off their skills in the kitchen.
Jr...
Celebrating Farm to School Month
September 27, 2017
October is National Farm to School Month, declared by U.S. Congress in 2010 to celebrate a national movement with big local impacts. Vermont schools serve around 14 million school meals each year,...
VT’s Summer Meals Feed Kids 12 Months of the Year
September 14, 2017
By Marissa Watson
Vermont’s Summer Meals program feeds kids at 293 sites across the state to ensure kids under 18 have access to healthy food twelve months of the year, decreasing the...
Full Bellies, Full Hearts, Full Minds
September 5, 2017
By Ryan Morra
We donned hairnets like any proper cheesemakers and hovered above a slowly warming pot of Vermont whole milk, steam rising gently in the library of C.P. Smith Elementary School in...
One Northeast Farm to School Institute Team's Journey
July 20, 2017
“The whole purpose of this is to feed hungry kids good food,” announced Mary Dunn, Albert S. Hall School 5th grade teacher, and founder of the school’s Farm to School efforts.
It...
Farm to Early Care Education in Addison County
July 19, 2017
This summer, Governor Phil Scott signed Farm to School Bill S.33, which expands programming into Early Care Education (ECE). Farm to ECE supports integrative learning, including social and emotional...
2017-18 Farm to School Institute Kickoff Retreat in Photos
July 7, 2017
Last week, twelve school teams from the six New England states and New York gathered for three days to kickoff our Northeast Farm to School Institute at Shelburne Farms to advance food, farm, and...
Northeast Farm to School Institute advances Farm to School programs region-wide
June 26, 2017
June 23, 2017
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Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT — A flagship Vermont Farm...