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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

Farmworkers, Dairy Industry Celebrate New Partnership

Leaders from Migrant Justice and Vermont Way Foods present at a press conference at Middlebury's ACORN food hub

certified organic

local purchasing

organic agriculture

organic certification

October 3, 2025

Stone's Throw Farmstead: Nourishing the Land and Community

Farmers Jessica Purks and Connor Self of Stone's Throw Farmstead stand in the doorway of their new farmstand

beginning farmer

certified organic

farm beginnings

farmer services

farmers markets

Financial assistance

organic agriculture

organic certification

Vermont Organic Farmers

October 2, 2025

Join the NOFA-VT Board of Directors!

NOFA-VT Board members, along with NOFA-VT Executive Director Grace Oedel and NOFA-VT Deputy Director of Programs and Operations Helen Rortvedt on the steps of the Statehouse for a Board Advocacy Day in support of the Farm Security Fund

Board of Directors

September 2, 2025

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

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agricultural literacy

farmer services

organic agriculture

technical assistance

August 18, 2025

A Chat With Liberation Ecosystem, Inc.

Members of Vermont's Liberation Ecosystem

July 18, 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

NOFA-VT to Defend Vermont Climate Superfund Law

A farmers hands cup two handfuls of soil next to a flat of greens

organic agriculture

July 10, 2025

State Policy Wins in the 2024-25 Session and What’s Next

NOFA-VT Executive Director Grace Oedel stands with Vermont Representative Robert Hooper in the State House cafeteria

June 9, 2025

NOFA-VT Files a Lawsuit With a Broad Coalition of Allies

Farmers, farmworkers, and food system advocates gathered in front of the Middlebury USDA offices for a Farmer Day of Action

farmer services

Financial assistance

organic agriculture

organic certification

Vermont Organic Farmers

May 2, 2025

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