Vermont FEED (Food Education Every Day)

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Vermont FEED (Food Education Every Day)

Increasing access to fresh, healthy food for all children through education and outreach in schools a

VT FEED (Food Education Every Day) grew out of a belief that the growing disconnect from our land, our food, and our agricultural roots was neither healthy nor sustainable, and that we could simultaneously promote the resurgence of local farms and increase equitable access to fresh, healthy food for all children through education and outreach in schools. Vermont FEED is the host of Jr Iron Chef VT, a culinary competition for middle and high school students.

06/16/2026

As part of our field trip series for school nutrition teams, earlier this month we toured the brand new Champlain Valley Grain Center in Ferrisburgh 🌾.

Owner Todd Hardie created the center to expand the grain growing and milling possibilities in Vermont by centralizing grain cleaning, storage, milling, marketing, sales, and distribution in the Champlain Valley. The intention is to work with grain farmers across the state and offer the tools and capacity to grow at a larger scale and potentially sell to institutional markets — like schools!

Learn more about our efforts to increase local grains in school meals @ bit.ly/4eK7gfS 🍞

06/11/2026

🐄 Happy national organic dairy month!

As part of our recent field trip series for school nutrition teams, we recently visited the legen-DAIRY Butterworks Farm in Westfield. We had the special opportunity to tour the creamery, explore the farm, and meet the herd on pasture. We discussed some potential ideas for Butterworks' expansion into institutional markets, and learned of their plans to expand and preserve the iconic Northeast Kingdom brand. Thank you to Anthony and the Butterworks team for hosting us!

06/03/2026

705 lunches served. 100% local. One record-breaking day. And for the first time, a local sourdough roll on every tray. 🍞

"This is why I got into food. I love that transfer of love from what you're making to someone eating it, someone feeling it." –Harley Sterling, WSESU School Nutrition Director

In Brattleboro, the school nutrition team, local Butter Mountain Bakery VT, and the community are changing what Vermont kids eat for lunch, one roll at a time. Learn how ‘On the Rise’ is getting local bread into Vermont school meals @ bit.ly/4flB4Av

NOFA-VT | Food Connects | Shelburne Farms | Brattleboro Union High School

05/26/2026

Join NOFA-VT's Farm to Institution team for a free series of upcoming farm and grain center tours:

🌾 May 29 at Granite Grains, West Haven
🍞 June 5 at Champlain Valley Grain Center, Ferrisburgh

We’ll take an inside look at our regional food system, from grain field to flour. These tours are ideal for anyone interested in a behind-the-scenes look at a working farm and learning how to increase local grain in Vermont schools. Learn more and sign up @ vtfeed.org/events (RVSPs required).

05/19/2026

Join us for an afternoon at the legenDAIRY Butterworks Farm, this Friday, May 22!

🐄 Interested in learning more about organic, grassfed dairy? We'll follow the process from pasture to packaging to understand the work behind Butterworks' most popular products: yogurt, kefir, cream and more. We’ll explore how these products can and have been used in school food service.

🥛 While this field trip is geared for school nutrition professionals, anyone interested in farm to school and local food systems are welcome to register. Details & registration @ bit.ly/49V5GoE

03/13/2026

In January, Vermont passed a milestone of 1,000 school days (five years!) ensuring every student has access to breakfast and lunch at school.

Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District School Nutrition Director Karyl Kent spoke at the State House to share the impacts she sees every day.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4bmlssz

01/20/2026

How can child nutrition programs implement culturally responsive practices?

Join us for a free online panel of three school meal experts from Vermont and Maine to find inspiration! On Friday, January 30, our speakers will explore the many dimensions of culturally relevant food in schools — including implementing halal meal programs to meet students' needs, weaving personal cultural foodways into the lunch line to celebrate diversity, and an early childhood perspective on honoring a wide array of family cultures through a shared love of food.

Learn more and register now: https://bit.ly/3LL5QWR

01/16/2026

Earlier this month, Vermont passed a milestone 1,000 days of ensuring every student has access to breakfast and lunch at school, removing cost as a barrier through Universal School Meals legislation.

On Tuesday, partners from across the state gathered at the State House to speak up for farm to school and school nutrition programs and to help keep this momentum going.

School nutrition professionals, farmers, and students shared firsthand experiences with state leaders, showing how, with continued support, schools can serve more local food and offer students meaningful food systems education.

01/13/2026

2026–27 Northeast Farm to School Institute applications are open!

Build relationships, skills, and a collaborative action plan with a team from your school or district. With the support of a coach, you'll spend the school year putting your plan into action and strengthening your capacity to impact classrooms, cafeterias, and communities with change that lasts.

Applications are due February 9. Find full program details and team applications: https://bit.ly/4jHOAyA

The Northeast Farm to School Institute is a program of Shelburne Farms Institute for Sustainable Schools and NOFA-VT and is supported by U.S. Department of Agriculture.

11/06/2025

Every garden tells a story, and through farm to school, those stories come to life in school gardens across the Northeast.

Farm to school integrates the “3Cs” — Classroom, Cafeteria, and Community — but there’s a fourth C, too: Communication. It’s how we share our “why,” connect with others, and grow support for this work.

These recent news stories highlight school gardens and the "why" of Northeast Farm to School Institute teams in New York, Vermont, and Connecticut: https://bit.ly/43VxR3Q

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http://www.vtfeed.org/

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