Spring greens, roots and seedlings are on the market!

Save the date: We'll be co-hosting a community event to share the latest updates on the ACORN Food Hub and potential community commercial kitchen the evening of Tuesday, May 16th at 51 Main Street. We'll send out an email with more details next week.

A Big Thanks to our Featured Buyer of the Month: Flatlander Farm

The Farm Stand at Flatlander Farm has stocked up on local products just in time for locals and tourists alike who are out enjoying spring's lush, verdant views!

You’ll feel refreshed when you take a country drive, immerse yourself in the expansive mountain views, visit the animals, and pick up nourishing local food to enjoy all week.

The Farm Stand at Flatlander Farm is OPEN DAILY 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

2148 VT Route 17, Starksboro, VT 05487

New Producers Alert!

You can now buy in bulk/ wholesale quantities on our Online Wholesale Market from these recently added producers:

Ride and enjoy the best that Vermont has to offer, from glorious scenery to delicious samples of foods that are grown or produced here in Addison County, Vermont. Choose the longer 30-mile ride or a family-friendly 10-mile route each with farm stops along the way and meet the wonderful people who produce the food and goods you enjoy throughout the year.

This is ACORN's largest fundraiser and supports our programs such as the ACORN Food Hub and Farmacy: Food is Medicine program.

Register early to save money! Ticket prices increase June 17.

ACORN and Addison Allies are working with a group of Middlebury College environmental studies seniors on their capstone project. Part of the project entails determining the need for a community commercial kitchen that could be co-located with the ACORN Food Hub.

This kitchen would be available to rent to anyone: farmers, value added food producers, caterers, community organizations, students and more. Fill out the survey and tell us if you'd use this kind of space!

The ACORN Food Hub in Middlebury is offering storage services for farmers and food producers this growing season. Plan to grow more, store more, and sell more product this year! We offer refrigerated, frozen, and temperature controlled dry storage in our centrally located facility at 616 Exchange Street, Middlebury.

UVM Ext. is hosting a Goat Dairy Farm Tour at Tup's Crossing on May 23

The Vermont Farm and Forest Viability Program is accepting new enrollments 

The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund’s Business Coaching Program just launched Business Sense, a six-module training series for entrepreneurs and small business owners. 

Vermont Farm Fund Loans are available to support farms and food producers in need of financing

Colchester’s Pine Island Community Farm Launches Two Independent Agricultural Enterprises

New England State Food System Planners Partnership releases first round of research

Name that frog!

Creating Habitat for Butterflies in VT's Gardens and Farms

Unpacking the Word "Peasant" (peasants provide 70% of the food eaten around the world).

Rumble Strip podcast and Vermont Public follows along with Mary Lake of Can-Do Shearing as she performs an on-farm slaughter of a sheep

Committed to continuing your learning and unlearning around environmental justice? Check out the Indigenous Ally Toolkit from the Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy Network, grab a copy of the just released Black Earth Wisdom by Leah Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm and peruse this Food Justice Language Guide created by Slow Food USA.

No Mow May let's pollinators play! 🐝🦋🪰

Happy spring sowing, tending and foraging! 🌱

Cheers,

Lindsey