Press Coverage
May 04, 2008

Lawmakers raise $4,000 for Foodbank

MONTPELIER - Tensions tend to run high at the end of legislative sessions, and this year two members of the Vermont House decided to redirect that energy into something productive.
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May 01, 2008

More Vermonters Relying on Food Stamps

Low income families swamped by sky-rocketing food and fuel prices, are turning to food stamps in record numbers to survive.
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May 02, 2008

Statehouse Food Drive

In the final days of the session, Vermont lawmakers held a food drive for dollars at the statehouse.
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Apr 21, 2008

Salvation Farms Going Statewide

The Vermont Foodbank recently took on S a l v a t i o n Fa rms, a small program that’s been making a big difference to food shelves and nonprofit organizations in the Lamoille Valley for several years.
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Apr 21, 2008

Program Helps Bring Produce to Vermont Foodbank

Every farm has crops that it either can't harvest or can't sell, and the food then goes to waste. But a Lamoille County woman found a way to save the fresh food and distribute it to local food shelves.
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Mar 30, 2008

High food costs on front burner for Vermonters

BARRE – Pat Lesure’s flu is getting expensive. The Barre woman has been splurging on fresh fruits and vegetables to help fight the bug. But with food prices rising at a fast clip lately, her new diet has forced some budgetary cutbacks elsewhere.
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Mar 27, 2008

Rising costs, stagnant wages fueling hunger in Vermont

MONTPELIER – Two hundred hunger advocates – twice the number that attended last year's statewide hunger conference – gathered at the Capitol Plaza Wednesday to hear and be heard.
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Mar 20, 2008

Partnership Brings Fresh Produce to Foodbank

At the end of every harvest there are always leftover fruits, veggies, and grains that often go to waste. Thanks to a unique program that's pairing up with the Vermont Foodbank, those foods are getting a second chance at nourishing bodies.
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Mar 20, 2008

Produce program expands

For four years, Theresa Snow organized volunteers to walk through farmers' fields following the harvest, digging leftover potatoes and picking tomatoes and lettuse that would otherwise go to waste, to share with hungery families...
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Mar 16, 2008

From farm to Foodbank: Gleaning project brings fresh veggies to low-income tables

Three volunteers and Theresa Snow, the founder of Salvation Farms, sorted potatoes in the Vermont Foodbank's warehouse Saturday morning, tossing the culls into a plastic garbage container marked "compost."
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Feb 21, 2008

Hannaford donates to Foodbank

Hannaford will donate approximately $250,000 of food to the Vermont Foodbank on Saturday in connection with the opening of the supermarket chain's new 65,000-square-foot store in the Green Mountain Shopping Plaza in Rutland Town.
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Feb 01, 2008

Wal-Mart donates food to Vermont Foodbank

BARRE – Responding to a nationwide food and grocery shortage, Wal-Mart made a donation of 3 million meals...
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Dec 24, 2007

Foodbank Thanks Vermonters

Dear Vermonters: Thank you. This holiday season, you have helped make the lives of thousands of hard-working Vermonters, struggling families and elderly people in our state a little better and a little more hopeful.
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Dec 19, 2007

Vermont Foodbank in need

The Vermont Foodbank is experiencing an increase in demand for charitable food, while suffering from depleted supplies
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Dec 15, 2007

Senate passes $286 billion farm bill expanding subsidies

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Friday approved a $286 billion farm bill with an election-year expansion of subsidies for growers and food stamps for the poor.
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Nov 30, 2007

Food Banks, in a Squeeze, Tighten Belts

Manchester, N.H--Food banks around the country are reporting critical shortages that have forced them to ration supplies, distribute staples usually reserved for disaster relief and in some instances close.
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Nov 22, 2007

On Thursday, free Thanksgiving dinners set all across Vermont

MONTPELIER -- Forget the old adage: There is such a thing as free lunch. It's being served all across Vermont today -- at traditional Thanksgiving Day meals in community centers, churches and halls.
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Nov 20, 2007

Empty Shelves: Are local food pantries surviving the crunch?

“Too much turkey” is a common refrain as bountiful Thanksgiving meals take center stage around the nation tomorrow.
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Nov 14, 2007

Crop Circles

Vermont farmers, activists and ag experts weigh in on the 2007 federal Farm Bill
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Nov 14, 2007

Shortages at Vermont Foodbank impact local food shelves

VPR's Melody Bodette reports--Demand typically increases at Vermont's food shelves when the weather turns cold.
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Nov 06, 2007

Foodbanks running on empty

BARRE – The Vermont Foodbank is reporting empty shelves at some food pantries around the state and is urging Vermonters to donate food and money.
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Nov 06, 2007

Vermont Foodbank's Supply Is Down as Demand Goes Up

Volunteers at the Vermont Foodbank spent Monday night sorting food that will be distributed to the estimated 14,000 people expected to access a food shelf this week.
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Oct 20, 2007

Can Do Competition

WCAX--Canned goods are on display at the University Mall this weekend.
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Oct 06, 2007

My Opinion: Farm bill critical for Vermont

Recently, volunteers from local food shelves met in Rutland to share their stories. They told of many new families knocking on their doors for help. The challenges faced by these volunteers are becoming all too common in Vermont...
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Sep 17, 2007

Food Stamps: Old stereotypes no longer true

BARRE – Last week, Philene Taormina and her Montpelier family voluntarily spent no more than $1 per person per meal on food – the average Food Stamp benefit – to raise awareness of what it's like to live on Food Stamps.
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Aug 24, 2007

VPR Interveiw with Doug O'Brien

The Vermont Foodbank has a new chief executive officer--Doug O'Brien, who spoke with VPR's Neal Charnoff about the Foodbank's goals.
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Aug 06, 2007

The costs of hunger and what you can do to help

At least twice a week Jim Mangene, food shelf manager at the Central Vermont Community Action Council, drives his truck to the Vermont Foodbank to pick the most nutritious choices from what is available.
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Jul 26, 2007

Tunstall to play benefit

International recording star KT Tunstall, she of the humble roots busking on the Church Street Marketplace one summer in the early '90s, is playing a quickie gig Saturday afternoon at Higher Ground in South Burlington.
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Jul 26, 2007

Eyeing independence, Program prepares visually impaired teens for work

SOUTH BARRE — A half-dozen teenagers, blind and visually impaired, sat on the floor of the Vermont Foodbnak warehouse Wednesday putting labels on bottles of Gatorade.
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Jul 20, 2007

Local Community Helping Meet Needs Of Laid-Off Workers

GILMAN, VT--It's a dark time for former employees of the Dirigo Paper Company in Gilman, but that's just made the community's spirit shine all the brighter.
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Jul 08, 2007

Federal cuts, increased demand squeeze Vermont pantries

The Entrance to the Central Vermont Community Action Council's food shelf is an unmarked door around the back of the agency's office on Route 302.
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Jul 07, 2007

Hunger programs see drop in federal surpluses

Since 2005, high prices for agricultural commodities have been helping farmers, but they are now putting the squeeze on another group - the hungry.
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Apr 29, 2007

Foodbank is Netting Edibles off the Web

Barre-Tom Abbiati logged onto his laptop and pulled us America's Second Harvest online ordering system.
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Apr 29, 2007

Cooks Rescue Food Through Unique Recipes

Barre--The aromas of coriander, cardamonm and cumin permeate the air of the large, immaculate kitchen at the Vermont Foodbank.
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Apr 27, 2007

Roving Food Drive a Hit at Church

Mary Lou DeCosta said she tries to get food to people who need it in as painless a manner as possible...
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