Common Good Vermont: The Vermont Community Foundation’s Food & Farm Initiative: A Healthy Local Food Movement That Reaches All Vermonters

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Common Good Vermont talks with Janet McLaughlin, Special Projects Director/head of the Food & Farm Initiative, Vermont Community Foundation, and Sarah Waring, Executive Director, Center for an Agricultural Economy.

The Vermont Community Foundation recently announced nine grants totaling $494,584 for the second year of its Food and Farm Initiative, designed to connect Vermont’s local food movement with the fight against hunger. Last year, the Initiative focused on strengthening and expanding farm-to-school programming. This year, the focus continues with a keen eye to strengthening the connections between farmers, distributors, and consumers; educating and engaging kids and families; and building a coordinated, statewide structure to carry the work of farm to school forward.

Janet McLaughlin, special projects director at the Vermont Community Foundation and head of the Food & Farm Initiative, will offer an update and insight on what’s happening on the ground and where the Initiative is heading, and will be joined by Sarah Waring, executive director at the Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE). CAE received a Food & Farm Initiative grant in December 2013 for a project that will test the viability of lightly-processed Vermont vegetables for sale to schools, and develop recommendations and tools for producers throughout the state who are considering entering the market. Sarah will offer her perspective on local food, farm-to-school programming, and what it’s like being a part of the Food & Farm Initiative.

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1 Tuesday March 18, 2014 at 6:00 PM
2 Wednesday March 19, 2014 at 3:30 PM
3 Friday March 21, 2014 at 2:35 PM
4 Saturday March 22, 2014 at 4:35 PM
5 Sunday March 23, 2014 at 1:00 PM
6 Wednesday March 26, 2014 at 6:30 PM
7 Friday March 28, 2014 at 1:00 PM
8 Sunday March 30, 2014 at 1:35 PM
9 Monday March 31, 2014 at 3:30 PM

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