Grant Program Food Systems

To support the 2010 Vermont Cheesemakers Festival.

To provide at-risk youth with summer employment and work experience in agriculture and provide unskilled labor to local farmers.

To strengthen a food distribution network that provides universal access to local, healthy foods in central Vermont.

To strengthen local food systems by increasing the demand for and access to local foods and by addressing farm-related challenges through partnerships and collaboration.

To support the economic viability and environmental sustainability of Vermont agriculture.