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Building a Better Supply Chain for Schools

Thristan Coke, a Vermont school nutrition professional, makes pizza from scratch with local, organic grains at the Westminster Center School. Photo by Kimberly Kaufman

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October 3, 2025

Good for the Gut: Bringing Local Organic Black Beans to Vermont Institutions

A lineup of three packages of Vermont Bean Crafters bean patties on a picnic table in an outdoor setting

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October 3, 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

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May 2, 2025

Announcing the 2025 Resilience Grantees

Joe Bossen of Cloud Water Farm, a Resilience Grant recipient, is pictured teaching an on-farm workshop about willow trees at his farm in Warren

April 8, 2025

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

A close-up of a child's hands holding a bundle of beets and carrots

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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

Meet our 2025 Soil Stewards

Kagen and Elise of Blackbird Organics pictured with their crew and their dogs around a truckload of freshly harvested onions

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March 21, 2025

Growing Connections: Stories from the Agricultural Educators Cohort

Misse Axelrod of the Farm & Forest Day School at Drift Farmstead stands proudly with a sign reading "This Farm Feeds Vermont Kids"

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