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When Disaster Becomes the Norm: Climate Risk and the Future of Northeast Agriculture

Aerial shot of Foote Brook Farm in Johnson after extreme flooding in 2023, leaving the majority of their farm fields and several buildings under water.

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June 19, 2026

2026 Legislative Recap

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June 11, 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

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June 8, 2026

Act 181 Update and Invitation for Community Input

An aerial view of the farm fields at River Berry Farm with a robust riparian buffer between the edge of the field and the nearby river

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April 22, 2026

Announcing the 2026 Resilience Grantees

Three farmers from The People's Farm Stand smile while holding veggies harvested at Pine Island Community Farm

April 15, 2026

NOFA-VT Board at the State House: Building Bridges for Vermont’s Working Lands

NOFA-VT Board Members, along with NOFA-VT Grassroots Organizer Jess Hays Lucas are pictured seated around a table in the State House cafeteria as part of a recent Board Advocacy Day

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April 11, 2026

Judge Hears Arguments in First Court Challenge to Climate Superfund Law

An aerial view of Foote Brook Farm in Johnson, VT, following catastrophic flooding that put the majority of their farmland under water.

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March 31, 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

One Farmers Experience Speaking Up in Washington

Margaret Loftus speaking into a microphone at an Upper Valley Farmer Day of Action hosted by NOFA-VT

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March 27, 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

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