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Burlington Welcomes Guests From Sister City Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua 06/21/2016

A delegation from the Mayor’s office in Puerto Cabezas, Burlington’s sister city on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast, visits Burlington on a fact finding mission to learn about Vermont’s extraordinary community garden and cooperative farm projects. The municipal administration in Puerto Cabezas is starting an incubator project giving vegetable seeds to women in the communities so they can produce vegetables both for sale and toward improving the nutritional value of family meals. While in Vermont, the group observes local food growing models, from urban cooperative farms to small neighborhood garden projects.

Positively Vermont: Vermont Community Garden Network 02/10/2016

Host Dennis McMahon speaks with Jessica Hyman, Executive Director of Vermont Community Garden Network, on the programs and initiatives of the organization.

More information at www.vcgn.org

Positively Vermont: Vermont Foodbank 01/12/2016

Host Dennis McMahon speaks with John Sayles, CEO of Vermont Foodbank.

More information at www.vtfoodbank.org

Vermont International Festival Preview 10/29/2015

Ben Bergstein, Artistic Director, Vermont Performing Arts League, and April Werner, Executive Director, Vermont Performing Arts League, share insights into the upcoming 23rd Vermont International Festival, December 4th, 5th and 6th. More information at: (802) 863-6713 www.vermontinternationalfestival.com

Hunger Free Vermont: 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 Hunger Free Vermont.

Hunger Free Vermont: 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 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 Africans Living in Vermont talk about their grassroots program, New Farms for New Americans, while the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission discusses building the issue of food security into the town planning process. Council members consider opportunities for growth and community involvement in these efforts and what members can do to help support these innovative solutions. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont.

Hunger Free Vermont: 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 at
Fletcher Free Library. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont.

Hunger Free Vermont: 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 Vermont.

Vermont Community Garden Network 01/29/2014

Executive Director Jessica Hyman is joined by others to share opportuinties for gardening in Burlington and statewide.

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!