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The farmers at Vermont's Long Winter Farm are pictured in their high tunnel filled with greens, holding their two children and standing with a sign that reads "this farm feeds Vermont kids"
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When Federal Cuts Undermine Local Progress: The Termination of LFSCC and Its Impact on Vermont’s Farm to School Community
July 14, 2025 Amid sweeping federal budget cuts, one recent decision has delivered an especially...
A farmers hands hold two fists full of soil above a healthy crop of greens
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NOFA-VT to Defend Vermont Climate Superfund Law
July 10, 2025 A recent federal judge’s ruling allows the Northeast Organic Farming Association of...
Farm Upstream farmers Jake, Cory, Tucker, Spencer, and Jacqueline in their high tunnel full of spring greens
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Building Community Through Farming: The Farm Upstream’s Resilience Grant Journey
July 19, 2025 The NOFA-VT Resilience Grant program has supported farmers across Vermont, providing grants...
A goat at Khelcom Farm enjoys munching on a head of red cabbage as a few hens hover nearby hoping for scraps
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Tracking Key Food & Farm Legislation: What You Need to Know
June 17, 2025 As the legislative session wraps up, we’re taking a moment to highlight...
NOFA-VT Executive Director Grace Oedel stands with Vermont Representative Robert Hooper in the State House cafeteria
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State Policy Wins in the 2024-25 Session and What’s Next
June 9, 2025 It’s been a remarkable legislative session, and we’re proud of what we’ve...
Two long spoons held by two hands, with spoons crossed in the middle and a heart between them
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The Parable of the Long Spoons
Thursday, May 8 This story is an adaptation of the parable of the long-handled spoons...
Farmers, farmworkers, and food system advocates gathered in front of the Middlebury USDA offices for a Farmer Day of Action
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NOFA-VT Files a Lawsuit With a Broad Coalition of Allies
May 2, 2025 The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT), along with the six...
A dairy farmworker wearing tall rubber work boots is pictured from the waist-down walking through a dairy barn with a pitchfork in one hand and a bucket in the other
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Public Statement from the Northeast Organic Farming Association Interstate Council
April 21, 2025 We demand that the farmworkers who have been arrested in the last...
Farmers, farmworkers, and food system advocates gathered in front of the Middlebury USDA offices for a Farmer Day of Action, carrying signs reading "Farmworkers are Essential" and holding giant spoons to signify the imperative to ensure that all are fed.
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Coming Together For a Farmer Day of Action
April 18, 2025 On the evening of April 16th, dozens of farmers, farmworkers, and community...
Stephen Leslie and his daughter, Maeve, pictured with the US Capitol building behind them during their visit for the NFFC DC Fly-In
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Speaking Up for Our Small Farms in D.C.
April 11, 2025 Back in December, when Grace Oedel, the director of NOFA-VT, asked me...
A food service professional from Windham Northeast Supervisory Union prepares a pizza from scratch using local, organic flour from Nitty Gritty Grain Company
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Feeding Kids Is Our "Bread & Butter"
April 11, 2025 Exciting news! The NOFA-VT Farm to School team is spearheading two new...
Joe Bossen of Cloud Water Farm, a Resilience Grant recipient, is pictured teaching an on-farm workshop about willow trees at his farm in Warren
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Announcing the 2025 Resilience Grantees
April 8, 2025 NOFA-VT is pleased to announce that we have awarded our sixth annual...
A close-up of a child's hands holding a bundle of beets and carrots
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Help NOFA-VT Shape a More Equitable Farm Share Application Process
March 25, 2025 NOFA VT’s Farm Share Program provides fresh, local foods to Vermonters in...
Peggy Newfield of Newfield Herb Farm meets with Senator Douglass in the Vermont State House cafeteria to urge his support for the Farm Security Fund
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New Farm Security Fund Gains Unanimous Senate Support
March 24, 2025 We're thrilled to announce that on Thursday, March 20, the Vermont Senate...
Kagen and Elise of Blackbird Organics pictured with their crew and their dogs around a truckload of freshly harvested onions
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Meet our 2025 Soil Stewards
March 21, 2025 The Jack Lazor Memorial Soil Stewards program is a cohort-based program that...