Overview
Headquarters
Shelburne, VT
VT FEED raises awareness about healthy food, good nutrition, and the role of Vermont farms and farmers in helping sustain a healthy community. We do this by helping to grow robust farm to school programs, acting as a catalyst for rebuilding healthy food systems, and cultivating links between classrooms, cafeterias, communities, and local farms. Founded in 2000, VT FEED is a project that grew out of the partnership between two Vermont nonprofit organizations with a long history in sustainable agriculture: Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) and Shelburne Farms. Our work includes: • providing training, mentoring, professional learning and technical assistance to schools, food service staff, farmers, and nonprofit organizations working to build strong farm to school programs • developing tools, resources, and evidence-based best practices in the areas of food literacy and curriculum, nutrition and cafeteria practices, local purchasing and procurement, and program development • conducting research to inform food system investments and develop new market opportunities for Vermont farmers and food businesses through institutional purchasing • raising community awareness by organizing events like Jr. Iron Chef VT to make youth voices more visible in food system change • advocating for strong statewide and national policies supporting farm to school work • coordinating and serving as the Northeast Regional Lead for the Vermont Farm to School Network to build a strong farm to school movement and to strengthen our collective impact
