Hunger Free Vermont

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Hunger Free Vermont (once known as The Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger) is a statewide nonprofit organization that works with state agencies and community groups to develop sustainable hunger solutions. Since 1993 our outreach programs have substantially enhanced Vermont’s nutrition safety net and increased access to nutritious foods. Info: www.hungerfreevt.org www.vermontfoodhelp.com

Programs in this Series

Format: 2024-03-29
Format: 2024-03-29
3SquaresVT and Vermont's Farmers' Markets - 04/21/2015
Derrick Lambert, Child Nutrition Initiatives Manager at Hunger Free Vermont, speaks with Mike Good, Community Food Security Program Assistant at NOFA-VT on 3SquaresVT and Vermont's Farmers' Markets.  More information available at ...
Strategies for Feeding Families over the Holiday Break - 12/16/2014
Sumra Harper-Deas, Nutrition Education Initiatives Specialist, and Anna Kaufman, Anti-Hunger & Opportunity Corps-VISTA, share strategies for feeding families during this holiday season. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont.
Hunger Council of Chittenden County - 11/17/2014
Hunger Free Vermont’s Hunger Council of Chittenden County convenes to hear from local organizations that have taken different community approaches to addressing the issues of hunger and food insecurity in our region. The Association of...
Summer Meals Programs - 06/17/2014
Derrick Lambert, Child Nutrition Advocate hosts Nancy Lewis, Child Nutrition Consultant, Vermont Agency of Education and Rebecca Goldberg, Youth Services Librarian atFletcher Free Library.  More information available at Hunger Free ...
Medical Professionals and Hunger in Vermont - 04/15/2014
Katy Davis, Community Advocacy Manager, speaks with Wayne Warnken, MD., Family Physician at the Community Health Center of Burlington on how the medical profession can address Hunger in Vermont.  More information available at Hunger Free...
VT Earned Income Tax Credit and 3SquaresVT: Do You Qualify? - 01/21/2014
 Faye Conte, 3SquaresVT Advocate with Hunger Free Vermont is joined by Grant Peterson, Senior Stakeholded Relationaship Tax Consultant with the IRS, speak to the tax issues you should be aware of. More information available at Hunger Free...
Learning Kitchen Program - 12/17/2013
 Sumra Harper-Deas, RD, Anti-Hunger & Opportunity Corps - VISTA, provides an overview of Hunger Free Vermont's 'Learning Kitchen Program', with a component on holiday eating on a tight budget.  More information available at...
The Heat or Eat Dilemma - 11/19/2013
 Host Angela Smith-Dieng, 3SquaresVT Advocacy Manager at Hunger Free Vermont, speaks with Richard Moffi, Fuel Chief at the Department for Children and Families, and Travis Poulin, Director of Chittenden Community Action at CVOEO on Food and...
Senior Nutrition Programs - 10/15/2013
 Faye Conte, 3SquaresVT Advocate with Hunger Free Vermont, discusses impacts on Senior Nutrition Programs in light of the Federal Shutdown and debt ceiling stand-off. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont . 
School Breakfast = Health & Success - 09/17/2013
 A discussion on the importance of school lunch, with panelists: Kathy Alexander, Director of the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union Food Service Cooperative, and past President of the School Nutrition Association of Vermont; Brooke Gannon,...
Feeding Students to Promote Learning: School Meals 2013-14! - 08/20/2013
Host Doug Davis, Director of the Burlington School Food Project and President of SNA-VT, speaks with Steve Davis, Director of Nutrition & Food Services for the Colchester School District, Steve Marinelli, Food Service Manager for the Milton Town...
The Importance of Meals/Snacks at Child Care Centers - 07/16/2013
 Dorigen Keeney, Program Director at Hunger Free Vermont, is joined by Deputy Commissioner of Vermont Department of Children and Families, Reeva Murphy, and Sarah Adams-Kolitz, Director, Erinn Simon, Cook, both of the Burlington Children's...
Summer Meal Program - 06/18/2013
Amanda Caron, Child Nutrition Advocate with Hunger Free Vermont, is joined by Nancy Lewis, Child Nutrition Consultant with the Vermont Agency for Education, and Steve Marinelli, Food Service Director for the Milton Town School District, to discuss...
3SquaresVT and Using EBT Cards at Farmers' Markets - 05/21/2013
 Angela Smith-Dieng, 3SquaresVT Advocacy Manager at Hunger Free Vermont, speaks with Erin Buckwalter, Direct Marketing & Community Food Security Coordinator at Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont on the 3SquaresVT program and...
After School Meal Programs - 04/16/2013
Child Nutrition Advocate, Jenna Whitson, speaks with Doug Davis, Director of Burlington School Food Project, and Mary Alice McKenzie, Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Burlington, on the importance and availability for after school...

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