3SquaresVT/EBT

Fewer Vermont Retailers Are Accepting Food Assistance Benefits. Here’s Why.

A customers hand is seen passing an EBT card to a farmers market staff member's hand over a table filled with colorful fresh produce

farmers markets

Financial assistance

October 28, 2026

Co-Designing a New, More Equitable Farm Share Application Process

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certified organic

community supported agriculture (CSA)

Financial assistance

organic agriculture

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July 24, 2026

We Depend on Good Policy—and Good Policymaking Depends on Us

NOFA-VT Grassroots Organizer Jess Hays Lucas, NOFA-VT farmer-member Melisa Oliva, Farm to Plate Director Jake Claro, Vermont Food Security Roadmap Coalition Manager Becka Warren, Action Circles Political Stragetist Amy Shollenberger, NOFA-VT Policy & Organizing Director Maddie Kempner, Rural Vermont Legislative Director Caroline Gordon, and Vermont Farm Fund Manager Kristin Blodgett stand arm in arm smiling at the Vermont State House after a successful day of lobbying in support of S.60

certified organic

Financial assistance

organic agriculture

June 8, 2026

Raising Our Voices for Food Security in Washington, D.C.

Members of the Vermont Food Security Coalition are seen with Senator Bernie Sanders in his D.C. office as part of the National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference

farm to institution

Financial assistance

May 20, 2026

What We’re Focusing On for the 2026 State Legislative Session

The Vermont State House on a snowy day

January 2, 2026

2025 Local Food Access Impact Report

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certified organic

community supported agriculture (CSA)

farmers markets

Financial assistance

local purchasing

organic agriculture

share the harvest

Vermont Organic Farmers

January 21, 2026

Crop Cash and Crop Cash PLUS During the Government Shutdown

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certified organic

farmers markets

Financial assistance

November 1, 2025

Navigating the Government Shutdown: Impacts for Farmers and Rural Communities

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farmer services

Financial assistance

organic agriculture

Vermont Organic Farmers

October 16, 2025

Crop Cash PLUS Increases Buying Power for Vermonters at Farmers Markets

Crop Cash PLUS coupons fanned out in front of a farmers market booth of Crop Cash PLUS eligible items including bread and other baked goods from Three Bears Bakery

certified organic

farmers markets

Financial assistance

local purchasing

organic agriculture

Vermont Organic Farmers

August 5, 2025

The Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill: Impacts for Vermont’s Food and Farming System

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certified organic

Financial assistance

organic agriculture

organic certification

July 16, 2025

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