Food bank moves into farming business
After nine-month rollercoaster ride and high community interest, Vermont Foodbank gets into the farming business with planned purchase of scenic 20-acre farm. Property will teach links between agriculture, food systems and hunger - and will allow group to stock state's pantries with fresh produce. And: In Virginia, volunteers grow produce, then donate it. (click 'See also').
Times Argus (VT) 2008-07-30
Categories: ARTS, IDEAS & TRENDS, Local & Sustainable
Index: Amber Brady, America's Second Harvest, Blue Ridge Food Bank, Bob Blair, Brian Smith, Capital Area Food Bank, Compassion Cupboard, Doug O'Brien, Fauquier County, FEMA, food bank, Friends of the Mad River, Ginny Hamrick, Jackie Spinner, James Madison University, Kingsbury, Kingsbury Community Farm Advisory Committee, Liza Walker, Loudon County, Mad River Housing Coalition, Mad River Path, Mad River Path Association, Mad River Valley, Mad River Valley Localvore Project, Mad River Water Conservation Partnership, Michael Armstrong, Moretown, potato fields, Shenandoah, Shenandoah County, Stefan Hard, Steven McFarland, Strasburg, Strasburg High School, the Mad River Valley Planning District, Theresa Snow, USDA, Vermont, Vermont Foodbank, Vermont Land Trust, Volunteer Farm, Waitsfield, Warren, Warren Selectboard and Conservation Commission, Woodstock, Wynettia Slaughter, Yestermorrow Design/Build School