(Pictured Above: Salad bar at North Country High School featuring Watermelon radishes from Deep Root Organic, mixed beets and shoots from Pete’s Greens, and Hood cottage cheese.) The Local Food for Schools Program (LFS), launched by the [...]
Food Service Director Bob Hildebrand holds local spinach (a Harvest of the Month product) grown at Joe’s Brook Farm and sourced through Green Mountain Farm Direct. June 13th, 2023 Green Mountain Farm-to-School Contact: Becca Perrin Food Hub [...]
This maple season, students in our Farm-to-School programs had lots of fun learning about maple sugaring and incorporating local syrup into recipes they prepared in the classroom. Many also attended field trips to local maple sugar houses [...]
March 13th, 2023We had a great time at the NEK Chef, Farmer & Food Producer Networking Event that we organized in collaboration with Vermont Fresh Network (VFN). More than 40 people turned up to enjoy beer, pizza, [...]
How has Vermont agriculture changed and remained the same over time? How has agriculture changed the landscape of Vermont? Who has changed agriculture and the landscape? These are the guiding questions in our Farm-to-School "VT Agriculture: Pieces [...]
What is food sovereignty? "According to the International Movement on Food Sovereignty, the term food sovereignty means 'the right of peoples to healthy and culturally-appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to [...]
Farm Field Trips offer a unique opportunity for both students and farmers to build connections in the Northeast Kingdom. Students have a chance to get out of the classroom and into nature, while learning about where their [...]
GMFTS is a founding member of Vermont Way Foods (VWF), a collaboration that began in 2020 in an effort to expand market access for Vermont farmers and producers. VWF's launch of a certified organic (VOF) produce line [...]
Located in Irasburg, Creek Valley Farm is in its third year of business. The farm is owned and operated by Lorinda Campbell, Charleen Miles and Mel Tyree. The farm’s small herd of Jersey cows are rotationally grazed. [...]
Started by Paul Lisai in 2012, Sweet Rowen Farmstead is a family owned and operated dairy farm located in West Glover, VT. The Sweet Rowen mission is to "maintain a working landscape that provides families with fresh [...]
Last year, a GMFTS AmeriCorps member applied for a Seed Grant from New England Grassroots Environment Fund and successfully secured funding to help Charleston Elementary School purchase a Grow Lab, garden supplies, and materials for a new [...]
Green Mountain Farm to School organized a field trip for Irasburg students to the Nulhegan Education and Cultural Center in Holland on Wednesday, March 30. Students learned about the Abenaki culture and were able to participate in [...]