Our Farm Direct product list just got a lot more fun(gi). Meet our newest producer: FUNJ. Shrooming Company! This Burlington-based urban organic mushroom farm provides Vermonters with delicious and sustainably cultivated mushrooms. FUNJ represents exploration into the [...]
Deep Meadow Farm is a Certified Organic farm dedicated to providing natural produce and herbs direct to consumers. The farm offers a unique system for providing fresh and diverse produce throughout the growing season, offering more choices [...]
In our ongoing efforts to develop a more effective response plan to severe weather events, Green Mountain Farm Direct attended a focus group for Northeast Kingdom Farm Resilience. NOFA-VT is hosting a series of meetings in the [...]
Photo caption: Left to right - Meryl Friets (Logistics Manager, Farm Connex), Meggie Patton (Food Hub Logistics Manager, GMFTS), Hilary Rosa (Food Access and Logistics Coordinator, GMFTS), Yarrow Fought (Food Hub Operations Manager, Farm Connex), Becca Perrin [...]
Photo caption: A Craftsbury 3rd grader plays a traditional Abenaki winter game, “Snow Snake”. Winter is the season for Farm-to-School field trips to the Nulhegan Cultural Center in Holland, VT! Students, parents, and staff have enjoyed visiting [...]
Pictured: Irasburg 3rd graders prepare sweet potato gnocchi for their school’s December HOM Taste Test, highlighting sweet potato.Each month, our AmeriCorps Farm-to-School Coordinators collaborate with our member schools to cook something with students in celebration of the [...]
Photo caption: Left to right - Ciara Konhaus (former GMFTS Farm-to-School Coordinator, now at Salvation Farms) alongside Marlow Saucier, Lily Riesett, Olivia Anderson, and Courtney Fortunato (current GMFTS Farm-to-School Coordinators)On February 15th, our four Americorps Farm-To-School Coordinators [...]
Pictured: Students chop peppers for a chili recipe. In January, we brought our cooking program to Troy School, where students participating in the Revitalizing Troy Teen Committee have been feeding their community. Each week, a group of [...]
This school year, end-of-year holiday breaks lasted two weeks, meaning an extended time away from the school meals that many children rely on. Our Food Access Coordinator, Hilary Rosa, worked with local holiday meal and backpack programs [...]
Pictured: Children learn to prepare ingredients This Valentine’s Day week, we teamed up with the Vermont Department of Health’s WIC program to host a fun and informative food workshop at the Barton Public Library. Participants learned how [...]
Photo caption: Left to right - Elyse Perambo (Farm-to-School Program Manager, GMFTS), Leanne Harple (Orleans County Rep), and Becca Perrin (Food Hub Account Manager, GMFTS)On February 12th, our Farm-to-School Program Manager, Elyse Perambo, and our Food Hub [...]