Conducted by Hunger Free Vermont, an organization that strives to provide local communities with tools and education to create sustainable food programs that ensure access to nutritious food for all Vermont children. 2011 Fall Trainings for Service Providers & Advocates Register now! WHEN & WHERE: Tuesday, November 29, 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., at [...]
Re-posted from VTDigger.org, a statewide news website dedicated to coverage of Vermont politics. July 15, 2011 Gov. Peter Shumlin wants to shift the school food commodity paradigm. Shumlin announced on Thursday that he will ask the federal government to give schools “vouchers,” or direct funding, in exchange for stockpiled USDA commodity products. Shumlin held a [...]
Reposted from Vermont Businesses Magazine, www.vermontbiz.com Tue. July 12, 2011 The Vermont Foodbank asks the public to do “Nothing” about hunger. Breaking away from traditional appeals, the Foodbank’s “Nothing” campaign evokes the desolation of “Nothing” to eat and offers something to do about it. Cans of “Nothing” – 14,000 empty cans with slots for collections [...]
Emily Haggerty of Hunger Free Vermont (formally known as the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger) shared these job openings with Common Good Vermont. Have something you’d like to share with Vermont’s nonprofit community? Get in touch – Coordinator@CommonGoodVT.org, (802) 862 – 1645 ext. 21 Nutrition Education Manager Hunger Free Vermont seeks a full-time Program [...]
Dave Rogers, NOFA-VT Policy Advisor for NOFA-VT shared this press release with Common Good Vermont. Have something you’d like to share with Vermont’s nonprofit community? Get in touch – Coordinator@CommonGoodVT.org, (802) 862 – 1645 ext. 21 RICHMOND, VERMONT — On Tuesday, March 29, NOFA Vermont joined dozens of farmers, seed producers, agricultural businesses and non-profit [...]
Alida Duncan of Hunger Free Vermont (formally known as the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger) shared this job opening with Common Good Vermont. Have something you’d like to share with Vermont’s nonprofit community? Get in touch – Coordinator@CommonGoodVT.org, (802) 862 – 1645 ext. 21 Development Director Position Open Hunger Free Vermont seeks a full-time [...]
On November 15th a new federal report on hunger was released that found Vermont and Alabama to have had the highest increase in “food insecurity” over the last decade. Several organizations in Vermont work towards addressing food insecurity including the VT Foodbank, Enosburg Food Shelf and the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf. As changing economic circumstances [...]
Successful collaborations amongst nonprofit organizations often lead to very impressive measurable outcomes. CommonGood Vermont has been featuring collaborations from around the state of Vermont and New England to provide concrete examples on the right way to collaborate. The article below, written by Dana Hudson profiles the Vermont Food Education Every Day (FEED) program and ran [...]
Pulled from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture Website. The Fall 2010 grant term has been extended to 18 months for the upcoming cycle. Applications must be received by 4:30 p.m., October 19, 2010. Farm to School Grant Program Since 2007 the Rozo McLaughlin Farm-to-School Grant Program has been awarding Vermont schools with funds to integrate [...]
Rutland Area Farm and Food Link (RAFFL) With obesity rates at an all-time high in our region and only 3-5% of food dollars being spent on local foods… there is both a driving reason and an opportunity to expand local food production to bring healthy, nutritious, delicious food choices to a growing number of people. [...]
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