Farmers are the superstars of the local and organic movement, to be sure, but a lot of important work goes on behind the scenes to help them grow and sell successfully. You can join the movement and make a real difference in Vermont's food system by becoming part of the NOFA Vermont team!
You're invited!
At NOFA-VT, we've been working with food service giant Sodexo for four years now during the Winter Conference at UVM, and we've seen their capacity for and commitment to using local foods improve each year. We're glad to see the change formalized in the company's new "Vermont First" campaign.
As we are gearing up for our winter educational offerings, we wanted to share that we have decided to not host a Direct Marketing Conference in 2015.
Hey farmers! We're partnering with the Agency of Ag on a project to help determine the level of interest from producers in institutional and wholesale markets.
There has been a lot of great discussion going on in response to the recent New York Times editorial, Don't Let Your Children Grow Up to Be Farmers.
NOFA and the Vermont Farmers' Market Association held a "selfie" photo contest in honor of National Farmers' Market Week, August 3-9. What an amazing week it was! Fresh air, sunshine, outstanding food, and awesome friends. What more could we want?
While visiting school kitchens around the state, representatives from the School Nutrition Association of Vermont (SNA-VT) and Vermont Food Education Every Day (VT FEED, a program of NOFA-VT and Shelburne Farms) took note of the delici
Summer is here and the produce is rolling in! Here at the NOFA office in Richmond, we have a raised bed vegetable garden in the backyard.
The Northeast Organic Farming Association's (NOFA) 40th annual Summer Conferenc
Are you a planner, educator, organizer? Do you love farms, food, and fun? Join the amazing NOFA-VT team! We're hiring for an Education Coordinator to manage our year-round schedule of events and our beginning farmer program.
NOFA Vermont is proud to be a featured partner of the UVM Food Systems Summit. Almost half of our staff plans to attend - if you'd like to as well, registration closes today at midnight.
We are excited to see a number of farm and food businesses (and NOFA-VT members!) have won awards from
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