Exploring Food & Community: Forgotten Farms: Trailer / Site 1:00pm, Saturday, Oct. 29, The Film House “Forgotten Farms addresses the class divisions between the new and traditional farm and food cultures in New England and shows how dairy farms remain the backbone of farming in the region, but fight for survival in an age of […]
Continue readingOpportunities to glean in your community! Volunteers Needed: Fall Crops! This week we have opportunities to harvest beautiful vegetables at the Intervale Farms in Burlington and Maple Wind Farm in Huntington. Come out, bring friends and experience the refreshing cool weather at our beautiful local farms. Because of your support we are able to help ensure that […]
Continue readingJoin the Sustainability Academy and City Market for our 5th annual 1K/5K down in the Intervale! Romp through farm fields and dirt roads in this family-friendly event to support place-based learning at the Sustainability Academy. Seeking volunteers to assist with this event. https://www.citymarket.coop/harvestfunrun Please feel free to share with your networks:https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0449a9ad2ba02-harvest2. Any volunteers who have gone through a City […]
Continue readingAt the Empty Bowl Dinner we celebrate how, together, we can help youth and families in our community turn their lives around. Held each October, the Empty Bowl Dinner brings together 250 guests who choose a handmade ceramic bowl to keep and fill with soups donated from several local restaurants. The event includes a giving […]
Continue readingOpportunities to glean in your community! Volunteers Needed: Join us in the Fields! Greetings Volunteers, In the upcoming weeks we have opportunities to harvest beautiful delicata squash at Maple Wind Farm and an array of vegetables at Intervale farms. Come out, bring friends and experience the start of fallon our beautiful local farms. Because of your support we […]
Continue readingUnited Way of Northwest Vermont – Volunteer Connection Listing Week of September 5, 2016 By Sue Alenick, United Way Volunteer Columnist GIVE THE GIFT OF TIME! United Way of Northwest Vermont’s mobile-friendly Volunteer Connection search platform connects you to hundreds of volunteer needs with local nonprofits. Search by age, date, county or interest; find nonprofits […]
Continue readingSummervale: Make Your Own Sauerkraut Thursday, September 1, 2016 – 5:30pm to 8:00pm Intervale Center (map) Head down to the Intervale Center every Thursday in July and August for Summervale: a celebration of farms, local food, family, and friends! You’ll find amazing local food vendors, live music, tastings by Slow Food Vermont, kids activities, and […]
Continue readingWe’re Hiring 2016-17 Fellows in New England, Mid-Atlantic and Southern California Join Our Team – Apply for the 2016-17 Fair Trade Campaigns Fellowship Program! Do you want to gain hands-on experience supporting campaigns, developing leaders, building regional networks and executing digital communications strategies? If this sounds like you then apply for the Fair Trade […]
Continue readingJob Opening Green Mountain Farm-to-School (GMFTS) is a nonprofit organization in northern Vermont promoting the health of Vermont’s children, farms, and communities by providing programs to connect schools and farms through food and education. We do this by building school gardens, delivering local food to schools and institutions, and educating the community about healthy food choices. GMFTS […]
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