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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

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June 8, 2026

ACTION ALERT: Contact your Senator(s) and ask them to fund the Farm Security Fund!

NOFA-VT farmer member Margaret Loftus of Crossmolina Farm and NOFA-VT Grassroots Organizer Jess Hays Lucas sit across the State House cafeteria table from Representative Mike Tagliavia, having a conversation about the The Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund (S.60), while other legislators enjoy lunch in the background

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March 27, 2026

Tell Governor Scott: Please Sign S.60—Farm & Forestry Ops Security Special Fund!

Maddie Kempner, NOFA-VT's Policy & Organizing Director, gives an enthusiastic high-five to NOFA-VT farmer-member and Board member Melisa Oliva of Ananda Gardens after learning that S.60, The Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund unanimously passed both chambers of the Vermont Legislature

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March 23, 2026

Farm Security Fund Passes Out of State Legislature With Unanimous Support

NOFA-VT Policy & Organizing Director Maddie Kempner high-fives NOFA-VT farmer member Melisa Oliva of Ananda Gardens in the hall of the State House upon hearing that S.60 passed the Vermont legislature

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March 23, 2026

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

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January 2, 2026

USDA Plans Major Reorganization: What’s at Stake and How to Speak Out

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August 18, 2025

Public Statement from the Northeast Organic Farming Association Interstate Council

A dairy farmworker wearing tall rubber work boots is pictured from the waist-down walking through a dairy barn with a pitchfork in one hand and a bucket in the other

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April 21, 2025

Help NOFA-VT Shape a More Equitable Farm Share Application Process

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March 25, 2025

New Farm Security Fund Gains Unanimous Senate Support

Peggy Newfield of Newfield Herb Farm meets with Senator Douglass in the Vermont State House cafeteria to urge his support for the Farm Security Fund

March 24, 2025

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