Jan 21, 2010
Lions Club delivered the goods over holidays
The Whitingham-Halifax Lions Holiday Basket program was a success. With the support of a generous community, the Lions helped 154 people, bringing staples and comfort to 55 children and 75 adults.
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Dec 22, 2009
Foodbank Says Need For Food Growing
Year's end is a time to take stock, and that's perhaps nowhere more important than at food shelves around the state.
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Dec 17, 2009
Foodbank having hard time meeting needs
BARRE - Dwindling funds at the Vermont Foodbank have imperiled the organization's ability to provide food to the unprecedented number of residents now relying on its services.
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Dec 18, 2009
BRATTLEBORO -- The Vermont Foodbank says its ability to meet this year's unprecedented need is in jeopardy, putting thousands of Vermonters at risk of going hungry.
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Dec 16, 2009
VT. artists help need families
Vermont artists are helping feed needy families. The Vermont Arts Council just wrapped up its second art auction to raise money for the Vermont Foodbank. Artists donated works ranging from sculptures, to paintings, to jewelry.
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Dec 13, 2009
Food shelf offers up a side of confidence
Single mom Kendra Payea was unemployed, living in a shelter and deeply dependent on state assistance last year when she was recruited to join a culinary training program at The Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf.
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Dec 09, 2009
Bowling to help the Vermont Foodbank
BENNINGTON -- A local business is offering free bowling Saturday to help the Vermont Foodbank increase its food stock and raise money.
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Nov 24, 2009
Rep. Welch visits Foodbank, urges effort to fight hunger
BARRE TOWN - Most Vermonters are preparing to test their consumption of turkey, though a surprising number - "one in 20" - don't necessarily know where their next meal is coming from.
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Nov 24, 2009
Foodbank sees increase in demand
Report cites high rate of hunger in Vermont.
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Nov 23, 2009
Hunger in the U.S. is at its highest level since 1995. And according to a new USDA report, 12% of Vermont households struggle with hunger.
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Nov 23, 2009
Hunger on the rise, expected to get worse in Vermont
(NECN: Anya Huneke, Burlington, VT) - The Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf in Burlington, Vermont, is like a well-oiled machine these days.
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Nov 23, 2009
While you work on your Thanksgiving shopping list, think about this ... the list of people who cannot afford that traditional feast is growing at an alarming rate. This is why organizations in the business of helping others, need help themselves.
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Nov 23, 2009
Vt. is 6th Hungriest State in Nation
In just a few short days, most Vermonters will be digging in to a big Thanksgiving dinner, but not everyone in the state will have a seat at the table. A new report shows Vermont is the sixth hungriest state in the country.
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Nov 23, 2009
Good Works: Citizens, Hannaford do their part
Hannaford Supermarkets "Fund a Feast" campaign is under way. Since Nov. 1, Hannaford stores throughout Vermont have loaded up boxes with food staples and essentials, such as tuna, pasta, canned vegetables and soup.
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Nov 22, 2009
Rep. Peter Welch To Visit Food Bank Monday
BARRE, Vt. -- U.S. Rep. Peter Welch will start Thanksgiving week with a visit to a food bank in Barre.
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Nov 18, 2009
Economy Takes Toll In Fight Against Hunger
1 in 8 Vermont Adults Lack Food Security
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Nov 12, 2009
Demand High at Vermont Food Shelves
Experts say the economy may be starting to bounce back, but true recovery will take years. That means John Sayles of the Vermont Foodbank is very busy.
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Nov 11, 2009
Foodbank seeks expansion locally
BENNINGTON -- With a new food distribution center in Brattleboro, the head of the Vermont Foodbank wants Bennington County residents and agencies to know what the program has to offer here.
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Nov 04, 2009
Hannaford Helps Fight Hunger program launches in five state
SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Supermarkets is again making it easy for customers to donate to families in need during the holidays through the Hannaford Helps Fight Hunger program.
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Nov 09, 2009
Methane Facility Gets New Lease On Life
(Host) One of Vermont's and the nation's first landfill-based methane generators is about to get a new lease on life.
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Nov 09, 2009
Leave no trace: No-waste energy close to reality
Don McCormick is out to prove that old landfills, which dot the landscape across New England, can be transformed from community nuisances to multi-tasking community assets.
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Nov 03, 2009
The need to feed hungry families cultivates new interest in gleaning
Corinne Almquist wants to restore the biblical tradition of harvesting what farmers leave behind.
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Nov 03, 2009
For three consecutive years, Sovernet has organized the Sovernet Harvest Walk, a fund raising and awareness-raising nature walk to benefit the Vermont Foodbank and New Hampshire Food Bank.
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Oct 28, 2009
Matches Sought At Farmer-Seller Meeting
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture is trying to hook up farmers with food buyers, sellers and distributors in an annual matchmaking event.
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Oct 23, 2009
Foodbank touts new digs at open house
BRATTLEBORO -- The Vermont Foodbank showed off its new Brattleboro Distribution Center at an open house Thursday, filled with hope and the promise of many years of better serving the community to come.
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Oct 21, 2009
Vermont Foodbank Opens Southern Vt. Warehouse
(Host) The Vermont Food Bank is opening a new warehouse in the old Book Press Building in Brattleboro.
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Oct 11, 2009
California’s Food Banks Go Locavore
ONCE A MONTH a tractor-trailer rolls up to the Family Early Learning Center, a one-room preschool in East San Jose, Calif., that doubles as a food pantry for poor families with young kids. On a bright Friday in August, a dozen or so women from the neighbo
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Oct 05, 2009
The fortunate among us might grumble as we write our monthly checks or click online through bank accounts.
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Oct 04, 2009
In the "Yarden of Eatin" Blog, writter yardenofeating links to a Vermont TV piece created to highlight the Foodbank's gleaning program.
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Oct 04, 2009
Free CFLs now available at sites around county
BRATTLEBORO -- Efficiency Vermont is giving away thousands of compact fluorescent light bulbs at Vermont Foodbank-sponsored food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, senior centers and after-school programs around the state.
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Oct 02, 2009
Vermont Foodbank's Kingsbury Farm--Part 1
From the TruexCullins Blog, David Epstein discusses the Kingsbury Farm Project.
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Sep 30, 2009
As fall's chill descends and frost warnings pepper the weather reports, local farms begin looking more like wastelands than lush sources of food.
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Sep 24, 2009
Vermont Foodbank revives "gleaning"
An estimated 96 billion pounds of food are wasted in this country every year. That's more than a quarter of our total food output.
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Sep 24, 2009
Energy Efficient Light Bulbs Distributed to Low Income Vermonters
BURLINGTON, VT (WAMC) - The Vermont Foodbank has teamed up with Efficiency Vermont to distribute fifteen thousand CFL light bulbs to low-income Vermonters.
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Sep 24, 2009
Efficiency Vermont provides Vermont Foodbank with 15,000 CFL bulbs
Efficiency Vermont is providing 15,000 60-, 75- and 100-watt equivalent compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs to the Vermont Foodbank, the state's largest hunger-relief organization.
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Sep 24, 2009
BARRE TOWN - Rev. David Vanderlinde-Abernathy of the Barre Congregational Church put one foot in front of the other while hiking a 1,000-mile stretch of the Appalachian Trail between Georgia and West Virginia this summer.
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Sep 21, 2009
Food Banks Prepare for Swine Flu Outbreak
At the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf in Burlington, organizers are checking the inventory.
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Sep 21, 2009
Vermont artists are teaming up to help fight hunger.
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Sep 20, 2009
Fourth Dairy Drive Seeks Donations
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Vermont's most well-known dairy brands have organized a dairy drive this weekend, with donations being taken at supermarkets in Barre and Berlin.
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Sep 20, 2009
Editorial: Hunger Action Month is our call to action
Autumn, when we traditionally look forward to celebrating the bounty of the year's harvest, is a perfect time to think about those in our community who are struggling to put enough food on the table.
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Sep 20, 2009
Vt. food banks bracing for swine flu
BARRE - Already facing up to a 45 percent increase in families seeking food assistance this year over last, the Vermont Foodbank is grappling with another worry - how to ensure low-income families have enough food on hand in the event of a swine flu outbr
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Sep 18, 2009
Apples for everyone, pick for your neighbor
It's that time of year in Vermont when apples are everywhere, and there seems to be more than enough of the fresh fruit to go around.
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Sep 16, 2009
HOMETOWN: Potatoes go to the Foodbank
Volunteers dug deep into rich Jericho soil at Barber Farm to harvest an entire crop of potatoes for Vermont Foodbank on Aug. 25.
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Sep 13, 2009
BRATTLEBORO -- September is Hunger Action Month, and local food banks are hoping to raise hunger awareness early this year in preparation for winter.
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Sep 09, 2009
Art Issues by Alex Aldrich is a blog by Vermont Arts Council Executive Director Alex Aldrich regarding arts issues in Vermont and the nation.
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Sep 07, 2009
September deemed national hunger action month
BARRE — The Vermont Foodbank is urging Vermonters to fight hunger in their communities during September, which has been deemed national hunger action month.
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Sep 02, 2009
Hunger Action Month raises awareness of local hunger issues
A landmark study in 2003 uncovered what appears on the surface to be a paradox: Hunger is related to obesity.
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Aug 26, 2009
Hungry Vermonters Get in Line for Imani's Monthly Food-For-All
Hunger isn't hidden in Vermont's most affluent county. On the third Friday of every month, it shows itself in a startling spectacle on the sidewalk outside the Imani Youth and Family Center on Burlington's North Winooski Avenue.
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Aug 07, 2009
BRATTLEBORO -- Each purchase of a Vermont dairy product will help to prevent the closure of another neighbor’s farm, according to a joint effort of a handful of state agencies.
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Aug 06, 2009
Generous Vermonters are pitching in to donate food to the needy.
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Jul 28, 2009
WESTMINSTER -- Paul Harlow's crews had already gone through the field of cabbage three times and most of the plants' large outer leaves drooped over sideways, exposing the centers where most of the heads had already been hacked away for sale.
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Jul 13, 2009
Good Works: Chittenden donates $5k to Intervale Center Partnership
Chittenden Bank has signed on as one of the Intervale Center's Business Partners for a Local Food Economy, donating $5,000 toward the center's efforts to support farmers, build a more sustainable local food system, and steward land in Burlington's Interva
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Jul 09, 2009
Local Foodbank receives funding
BRATTLEBORO -- The United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development is providing a $50,000 grant to help the Vermont Foodbank complete its new facility in Brattleboro.
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Jul 08, 2009
Vt. Foodbank receives $50K grant
Vermont and 32 other states will be awarded the funds to rural communities through USDA Rural Development's Community Facilities program.
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Jul 08, 2009
Fare Shot: Community Kitchen opens the food-service field — and NECI — to more Vermonters
The 29-year-old is a participant in the Community Kitchen program, an initiative run locally by the Vermont Foodbank that helps people who receive state Reach Up benefits and who have an interest in food service get basic culinary training. Once Santos fi
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Jul 06, 2009
Eating healthy: Fresh vegetables and new skills
The worst recession in 75 years may be a crunching experience for people, but it's a great time for ramen noodles. When the economy sits down at the kitchen table, people are likely to eat not only inadequately, but unhealthily.
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Jun 25, 2009
Many families are making a conscious effort to get back to the model of eating together. But collective dining on a larger scale isn’t dead, either. Not surprisingly, Vermont offers no shortage of community dinners, ranging from the free to the fancy and
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Jun 11, 2009
Dairy Drive to Help Low Income Vermonters
The Vermont Foodbank says demand for food is up 35%, and they often need dairy items. At the same time dairy farmers are struggling with low milk prices. So the state agriculture agency and several businesses teamed up to help the Vermont Foodbank.
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Jun 23, 2009
Editorial: Hunger never takes vacation
The Vermont's Foodbank's Donate Vermont Dairy campaign is a reminder that hunger never takes a vacation. In fact, many families with children may face an even tougher time providing regular nutritious meals when school is out and the children have less ac
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Jun 19, 2009
Food drive scheduled for June 27th in Southern Vermont
On Saturday, June 27, a canned food drive will be held as part of President Obama's National Health Care Day of Service.
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Jun 08, 2009
VT dairy drive helps consumers, producers
Vermont families will get nutritious dairy products this summer through a Dairy Food Drive. The drive should also help struggling dairy producers by selling more dairy products and educating consumers about dairy.
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Jun 21, 2009
Donations boost Foodbank, dairy farmers
The state of Vermont and some of its most well-known dairy brands are embarking on a "dairy drive" aimed at helping needy families and struggling dairy farmers.
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Jun 13, 2009
VT Dairy Drive Helps Local Farmers
Grocery shoppers were encouraged to buy milk at the Hannaford in Milton. The milk was then transported to the Vermont Food Bank to help needy families. The food bank said demand is up 40 percent and they need donations.
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Jun 08, 2009
Vermont Cheese News: Join us for a good cause
The Vermont Foodbank, Agency of Agriculture, Ben & Jerry’s, Cabot along with Vermont Hannaford, Price Chopper and Shaw’s, have teamed up to coordinate a Dairy Food Drive this summer. The
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Jun 06, 2009
Grant Money Means Concord Kids Won't Left Behind or Go Hungry This Summer
Students in Concord are actually looking forward to summer school this year. Thanks to money from a grant, the Concord School can offer math and literacy programs to 25 students, seven of whom would have been held back due to a lack of funding for summer
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Jun 04, 2009
City Market customers donate 500lbs of food to Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf
City Market customers donate 500lbs of food to Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf
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Jun 04, 2009
The Vermont Foodbank held the Fill a Truck for Hunger event on Monday. Shoppers and other folks stopped by City Market in Burlington to fill a van with non-perishable items that will be distributed by the Foodbank
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Jun 03, 2009
City Market & Vermont Foodbank Fill A Truck for Hunger
Thank you to all customers that helped us to Fill a Truck with over 500lbs of food at our first Food Drive on Monday, June 1. The Foodbank collected non-perishable food items of which the majority of donations were given to the Chittenden Emergency Food S
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May 27, 2009
VPR News: VT Edition: John Sayles & Marissa Parisi on hunger programs in Vermont
VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with John Sayles, the new director of the Vermont FoodBank, and Marissa Parisi, the new head of the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, about programs around the state that take advantage of the growing season to help famil
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May 22, 2009
Fuad Ndibalema, the “Samosaman," talks about his new factory in Winooski, VT and his journey to get there.
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May 18, 2009
Vermont Business Careers: Movers and Shapers-David Thurlow
The Vermont Foodbank announced that David Thurlow, in addition to his duties as director of corporate and foundation support, will take on the role of Kingsbury Farm project director.
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May 17, 2009
Post Oil Solutions Hosts Forum on Gleaning in Windham County
As part of its continuing series of forums, "Building Sustainable Communities," Post Oil Solutions will host Theresa Snow, the Vermont Foodbank's Program Director of Agricultural Resources, and respresentatives from POS, who will talk about thieir partner
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May 14, 2009
Vermont Foodbank hires executive officer
Vermont Foodbank board of trustees is proud to announce the hiring of John Sayles as chief executive officer
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May 14, 2009
Weather permitting, "fun day" will be Saturday at the school's recreation area, and this year's charitable event is even more elaborate than the one that was held to benefit the Vermont Foodbank a year ago.
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May 13, 2009
It's a new spring. Everything is turning green, and summer will soon be here. After a long cold Vermont winter, it's time to celebrate and be happy. Has life ever been better? Well, yes. It probably has.
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May 11, 2009
A local resident comes up with an idea for saving the planet and promoting businesses at the same time.
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May 08, 2009
Lessons in the kitchen, and in life
Payea and 10 other women have been participating in a program -- launched in January -- called Community Kitchen. It is a culinary job training program that prepares unemployed or underemployed men and women for careers in the food service industry.
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May 08, 2009
First Community Kitchen Grads Prepare for Jobs
The distance from the seats to the podium in Burlington's Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf for new graduates Friday was less than 25 feet. But one look at their faces and you realized the journey they took to get there was a lot longer.
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May 08, 2009
One in six Vermont kids going hungry
A new national report has some sobering news about Vermont's children ... one in every six is on the brink of going hungry.
Feeding America is a national hunger relief charity.
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May 08, 2009
Charity rides combine exercise, good will
Charity bike rides are ubiquitous in Vermont. At last count, there were 20 such events in the state benefiting a range of charities such as Vermont CARES, the Kellogg Hubbard Library and North Country Animal League. The rides offer mileage and terrain for
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Apr 27, 2009
Post Oil Solutions kicked off its "No Gardener Left Behind" campaign in an all-day event Saturday.
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Apr 27, 2009
VPR, foundation donate to Vermont Foodbank
BARRE -- During its March pledge drive, Vermont Public Radio gave listeners the opportunity for donate to public radio and support the Vermont Foodbank, with the support of the Vermont Community Foundation. For every donation to VPR, the Community Foundat
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May 03, 2009
Foodbank lets people grow foods in creative ways
To promote local and sustainable agriculture, the Vermont Foodbank is offering free workshops this month on permaculture and sheet mulching at its Manosh Branch in Wolcott
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Apr 23, 2009
Great recipes from the Vermont Foodbank Chefs, including Carrot Salad, Gougere, and Maple Pudding Cake
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Apr 15, 2009
Vt. Foodbank Hosts Hunger Conference
The Vermont Foodbank hosted its third annual hunger conference on Wednesday
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Apr 22, 2009
Final Day of Skiing at Stowe Aids Vermont Food Bank Stocks
The last day at Stowe Mountain Resort helped the Vermont Foodbank
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Apr 13, 2009
A 20-acre farm in Warren, newly purchased by Vermont Foodbank, will provide Mad River Valley residents with about 100,000 pounds of fresh produce yearly, its new owners said this week.
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Apr 20, 2009
Vermont Foodbank Day at Stowe Mountain
Bring two cans of non-perishable food items and ski for $35
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Apr 20, 2009
Law school group to host benefit dinner
Vermont Law School's International Law Society hosted an empty bowl dinner on April 15th.
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Apr 09, 2009
Easter Egg hunt to benefit the Vermont Foodbank
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Apr 14, 2009
Movers and Shapers in the business community
Vermont Foodbank board of trustees announced the hiring of John Sayles
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Apr 07, 2009
A Middletown Springs bakery is reaching back in time to celebrate Passover with its own brand of special bread dubbed Vermatzah, which will benefit the Vermont Foodbank.
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Apr 09, 2009
Anti-Hunger Activist Robert Egger to Speak
Robert Egger, president and founder of the organization, will speak on Wednesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in Billings Lecture Hall (formerly CC Theater).
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Apr 06, 2009
Concert for Post Oil Solutions' Food Security Project
Post Oil Solutions is most pleased to announce that Ruth Unger Merenda and Michael Merenda will perform at a benefit concert for Post Oil Solutions to help raise funds for the group’s Food Security Project
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Mar 27, 2009
State and USDA Implement Programs to Help Dairy Farmers, Families in Need
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that approximately 200 million pounds of nonfat dry milk (NDM) will be transferred from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service for use in domestic food programs. This will hel
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Apr 03, 2009
Naga Bakehouse to donate sales of Vermatzah to VFB
Naga Bakehouse of Middletown Springs Vermont is offering a handmade, wood-fired artisan Matzah made with local Vermont wheat, for Passover, to benefit the Vermont Foodbank.
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Mar 26, 2009
Tree Nursery Tour to Raise Funds for Vermont Foodbank
Elhannon Wholesale Nurseries if offering a never before seen tour of their facility, containing 1000's of spring flowering and trees and shrubs on display for spectacular viewing, photo taking, and for sale at one-day-only discount prices. 1/3 of all tic
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Mar 26, 2009
Living Briefs: Food drive to benefit Vermont Foodbank
VYOA will hold a food drive for the Foodbank
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Apr 01, 2009
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced Thursday that approximately 200 million pounds of nonfat dry milk will be transferred to the federal nutrition program.
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Mar 24, 2009
When the Food Crisis began in 2008, families began to spend more of their income on groceries. Many people wondered how it would impact the people of Vermont. Commentator Ron Krupp tells us of the hardships and the positive efforts being made in the Gree
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Mar 14, 2009
VPR Reaches Goal and Raises 41,900 meals for VFB
More than 41,900 meals were donated to the Vermont Foodbank thanks to the Vermont Community Foundation through the VPR Pledge Drive
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Mar 11, 2009
Symphony and orchestra collaborate on food drive
The Vermont Youth Orchestra Association and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra will hold several food drives in March to benefit the Foodbank.
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Mar 10, 2009
Vermont Foodbank receives $42,000 donation
The Vermont Foodbank has received a $42,000 donation raised from the Governor's Inaugural Ball.
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Mar 11, 2009
The Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf and Vermont Foodbank launched Community Kitchen, a 14-week long culinary class.
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Mar 10, 2009
News Minute: John Sayles becomes CEO of Vermont Foodbank
BARRE, Vt. (AP) - A former state environmental official is set to become the new executive director of the Vermont Foodbank. The Foodbank's board of trustees says that John Sayles will assume his new role on March 23. Most recently Sayes was deputy secret
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Mar 10, 2009
Governor's Ball raises $42,000 for Vt. Foodbank
The Foodbank received $42,000 from the Governor's Inaugural Ball and 800 pounds of food.
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Mar 10, 2009
Douglas to Present Check to Vt. Foodbank
Governor Jim Douglas will be presenting a donation of $42,000 raised from the Governor's Inaugural Ball to the Vermont Foodbank Tuesday morning.
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Feb 25, 2009
The Vermont Foodbank and Post Oil Solutions partner to glean more fresh produce for hungry Vermonters.
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Feb 19, 2009
Thought for Food - Barre Election Food Drive
Bring more than just your opinion on March 4th--bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the Foodbank!
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Feb 22, 2009
Pledges to VPR will also help Foodbank
For every pledge made to VPR during its March membership drive, Vermont Community Foundation will make a donation to the Vermont Foodbank in Barre
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Jan 19, 2009
Anti-hunger groups worry about meeting growing need
Rob Hofmann, the new Secretary of the Agency of Human Services, had a crash course in the subject of hunger recently.
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Feb 05, 2009
Teen Center Serves Food and Fun
Since August, the teen center in Winooski has been offering more than just a social space. It partnered with a national program called Kids Cafe to provide the teens with at least one hot meal a week
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Jan 31, 2009
The Vermont Foodbank and the Boys and Girls Club of Brattleboro on Friday celebrated the grand opening of the state's newest Kids Cafe.
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Jan 28, 2009
Kids Cafe offers a fun food spot
James Douglas and representatives of the Vermont Food Bank visited the Barre Salvation Army on Keith Avenue to meet the regulars of the Kids Café. Located on the second floor of the building, the Kids Café offers one full meal to children one night a week
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Jan 23, 2009
Hannaford Helps Fight Hunger Campaign Results!
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Jan 14, 2009
Martin Luther King Jr Food Drive
Andy Laine, our wondeful AmeriCorps *Vista, organized a food drive on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to restock the Manosh Branch
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Jan 14, 2009
In the midst of gloom, one aid group has good news
The Vermont Food Bank says it successfully raised enough money last month to meet the increased demand that it's seen.
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Jan 15, 2009
Vermont Food Bank meets fundraising goals
More people were turning to its member agencies to keep food on the table as the recession deepened. But fewer people could afford to donate to the Food Bank's budget. VPR's Ross Sneyd has an update.
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Dec 23, 2008
Shaw's Supermarkets donates $212K to Kids Cafe
On behalf of its customers, Shaw’s Supermarkets is donating $212,327.00 to Kids Café, a program designed to provide daily nutritious meals to at-risk children throughout New England.
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Jan 14, 2009
Seven Days asked a cross-section of Vermonters to provide their “wish lists” for the new administration on issues that were often ignored in the last eight years, including poverty, immigration, civil liberties, workers’ rights, the environment and religi
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Jan 08, 2009
Letter to the Editor: Foodbank facing growing demand
Thank you for making this holiday season brighter for the tens of thousands of hardworking families, children and elderly people who seek emergency food assistance each year.
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Dec 19, 2008
Vermont Foodbank Needs Your Help
The Burlington Free Press tells readers how they can help
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Dec 18, 2008
The Vermont Foodbank says it may miss its fundraising goal for the first time ever.
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Dec 18, 2008
Food Providers Face Fundraising Shortfall As More Seek Help
Hardwick Gazette article from 12/18/2008. Even before this recession, thousands of Vermonters needed help getting food on their tables. Now the organization that provides food assistance needs help.
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Dec 17, 2008
The organization that helps stock food shelves and pantries across the state will likely miss its fundraising goal this year, setting up a potentially dire food crunch for low-income families in 2009.
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Dec 16, 2008
Vermont Foodbank In Need of More Donations
Most of the Vermont Foodbank's fundraising happens during this time of the year, but this year, it's having trouble meeting its goals, at a time when more people need its help.
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Dec 16, 2008
VPR's Midday Edition: Emergency food system in crisis
The Vermont Food Bank says the state's emergency food system faces a crisis...
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Dec 14, 2008
Food banks forced to partner farms, fisherman
VermontˇŻs only food bank is buying a farm...
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Dec 13, 2008
Letter to the Editor: Vermont artists' great generosity
Weeks ago, the Vermont Arts Council heard that an increasing number of Vermonters were struggling to feed themselves and their families. They felt compelled to help and came up with "Doing our pART," an online auction to benefit the Vermont Foodbank.
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Dec 11, 2008
Giving season notes: VAC fundraiser
An online art auction organized by the Vermont Arts Council raised $10,254 for the Vermont Food Bank, according to the council.
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Dec 10, 2008
FOOD DRIVE AT GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS SHOW ON DECEMBER 29.
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are calling all fans to come out and 'Shake your Cans' on behalf of the Vermont Foodbank.
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Dec 10, 2008
From Canned Goods to Fresh, Food Banks Adapt
MADISON, Wis. — Vanessa Rosales comes to the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry here rather than others for one reason: She can choose what food she brings home, rather than being handed a bag filled with random groceries.
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Dec 09, 2008
VT Edition: Christine Foster, Melinda Bussino & Joanne Heidkamp on hunger in VT
Listen to an interview on VPR's Vermont Edition, featuring Vermont Foodbnak Interim Co-CEO Christine Foster
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Dec 05, 2008
Celtic point-guard dishes out assists
For someone who doesn’t get up before 2:30 p.m. on most days, Rajan Rondo was pretty busy on Tuesday morning at Shaw’s on Route 140 in Mansfield.
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Dec 04, 2008
Food Shelf Profile: Heavenly Food Pantry
Heavenly Food Pantry in Essex provides food and nonfood items to clients in Essex Junction, Essex, Jericho, Underhill, Westford and Colchester.
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Nov 28, 2008
Food shelf profile: Milton Family Community Center
The Milton Family Community Center provides one of two food shelves for individuals and families living in Milton. Community groups such as businesses, school groups, social organizations and community members donate food.
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Nov 26, 2008
Interview: Christine Foster on food demands at the Vermont Foodbank
A new report shows that hunger is on the rise in Vermont, and that more Vermonters are facing empty cupboards as winter approaches.
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Nov 26, 2008
Art Auction to Support Vt. Foodbank
The Vermont Arts Council has organized an online auction with all the proceeds going to the Foodbank. Vermont artists donated paintings, jewelry and sculpture. Bids start at $100 dollars. And with 70 items, the auction could raise thousands of dollars.
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Nov 25, 2008
Full Plate - Two Vermont counties combine efforts to feed the hungry
Amid the talk of food shelves, economic woes and struggling nonprofits, Ethan Dezotelle recalls a scene from last Thanksgiving...
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Nov 21, 2008
More than 12,000 Vermont households, including those with children, struggle with hunger and frequently cut back or skip meals...
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Nov 26, 2008
Answering the call at Foodbank
Until a few years ago, Patrick Gilbert never gave much thought to what people did when they ran out of money for food. He thinks about it now, because he works at the Vermont Foodbank...
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Nov 20, 2008
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual report released earlier this week, a little over 10 percent of Vermont households are struggling with hunger.
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Nov 19, 2008
Vt. hotel project awarded grant to reduce waste
A project to reduce waste at hotels in Vermont has received $25,000, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials said today.
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Nov 15, 2008
New Williston food shelf opens in unlikely home
WILLISTON — This is an unlikely place to find a food shelf. Outside, parking lots are full of cars carrying consumers ready to lay down $8.50 a ticket at the movie theater, $20 a plate at a restaurant, $1,000 for a high-definition TV...
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Nov 15, 2008
Nonprofits edgy about downturn
Many nonprofit groups raise a significant amount of their annual funding in November and December. But this holiday season, Vermont organizations are bracing for a decline in charitable giving as the economic downturn worsens.
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Nov 14, 2008
Hannaford helps out in fighting hunger with donations, lots of food
BURLINGTON – Hannaford Supermarkets, the New England grocer with a tradition of hunger-relief philanthropy, is celebrating its 125th birthday by donating $25,000 to each of the food banks in the five states where it operates – a total of $125,000.
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Oct 31, 2008
Vt. Foodbank to move into Book Press
BRATTLEBORO Reformer -- Starting Saturday, the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation's Book Press will have a new tenant.
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Oct 24, 2008
Chittenden Bank delivers $30,000 gift to Foodbank
BARRE – The Chittenden Bank made an unrestricted corporate gift of $30,000 to the Vermont Foodbank on Thursday.
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Oct 23, 2008
Vermont Foodbank Gets Hefty Donation
The Vermont Foodbank in Barre is gearing up for a tough winter.
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Sep 30, 2008
Vermont Foodbank holds open house for Wolcott branch
WOLCOTT – The Vermont Foodbank will hold an open house for its new Wolcott branch, located at 75 Quarry Road, on Oct. 11.
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Sep 23, 2008
VPT to air program on coping with food costs
Vermont Public Television's "Public Square" special, airing Thursday at 8 p.m., offers advice on how Vermonters can cope with the rising cost of food.
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Sep 16, 2008
Foodbank director announces resignation
BARRE – Douglas O'Brien, executive director of the Vermont Foodbank, has announced his resignation, citing personal and family reasons. He will leave at the end of September.
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Sep 08, 2008
Going Hungry in America: What Happened to the Food Surplus?
Four years ago, volunteers at the Community Food Bank in Fresno, Calif., filled grocery bags for the city’s neediest residents with such healthy and appetizing foods as rice, peanut butter, chicken, apricots, bread, nuts, spinach, milk, carrots and butte
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Sep 08, 2008
Barre farmers' market faces fresh challenges
Barre's farmers market is withering on its current vine, a narrow strip of sidewalk in front of LACE on Main Street, but preliminary discussions between the city, LACE, and the Vermont Foodbank are fertilizing hopes for a planned revival next season.
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Sep 08, 2008
Scholar to lecture on U.S. hunger problem
Hunger is a national epidemic, and the United States is the only Western industrial democracy with that sad affliction, says an academic authority who will speak at St. Michael's College on Tuesday.
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Sep 04, 2008
Going Hungry in America:Food Programs Feel the Squeeze
The first warning sign came in October 2007, when 1,000 more people than usual showed up to get food boxes handed out by the Community Action Partnership of Orange County, in Southern California. When the number climbed the following month by another thou
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Sep 04, 2008
EAST FAIRFIELD: The Vermont State Police have few leads and no suspects in an early morning break-in Tuesday, Aug. 26, at the East Fairfield Community Center.
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Sep 03, 2008
Vermont Foodbank to Open Local Facility
Wolcott--A new facility for the Vermont Foodbank will soon open its doors at the Manosh Industrial Park on Route 15.
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Aug 31, 2008
Volunteer gleaners make a difference
After graduating from Sterling College with an associate's degree in natural resource management, Theresa Snow found herself working on a local Craftsbury farm, Pete's Greens.
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Aug 28, 2008
Group Aims To Help Community With Food, Fuel
The mix of high fuel prices and cold New England winters has some worried they may not be able to pay their bills this winter. A group of friends in the Northeast Kingdom has started an organization to try and support food aid to needy families.
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Aug 26, 2008
Local People Planning Vermont Foodbank Benefit
LYNDONVILLE – A group of local people concerned about the rising costs of food and fuel and how Northeast Kingdom families are going to weather this coming winter are banding together to host a huge fund-raiser and food-raiser to benefit the V
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Aug 25, 2008
You know the old joke about not leaving your car windows open during zucchini season, lest you find your neighbor's surplus squash filling your vehicle?
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Aug 21, 2008
Statewide cycling event benefits area food shelves
On Saturday, cyclists from Vermont and beyond gathered in Williston to raise money for the hungry. As part of the 113-mile Harpoon Point-to-Point Tour, bicyclists rode from Williston through the Green Mountains to Windsor, raising money for the Vermont Fo
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Aug 14, 2008
Vermont Food Bank Counts on Cyclists
Nearly 300 bicyclists will be hitting the road Saturday-- riding across Vermont to raise money for the Vermont Food Bank.
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Aug 15, 2008
BARRE – For the seventh year, Vermont cyclists will have a chance to challenge themselves, raise money for a worthy cause and drink free beer.
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Aug 04, 2008
Salvation Farms nationally recognized
Snow and Jen O'Donnell, co-founders of Salvation Farms, are the recipients of an e-chievement award from etown, a radio show based in Boulder, Colo.
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Jul 30, 2008
Vt. Foodbank buys landmark farm in Warren
WARREN – Nine months after a broad private and public coalition came together as a stopgap measure to buy and preserve the Kingsbury farm, the Vermont Foodbank has stepped up to buy the highly-visible 20-acre farm along scenic Route 100.
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Aug 04, 2008
For Vermont Foodbank, farm buy is a perfect fit
WARREN, Vt.—The Vermont Foodbank is going back to the land in hopes of expanding its menu.
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Jul 29, 2008
Interview: Doug O'Brien of the Vermont Foodbank
The Vermont Food Bank is taking a big step in helping others.
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Jul 31, 2008
WILLISTON — Cans of tuna and boxes of macaroni have been multiplying in the living room of Williston resident Jill Lang.
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Jul 29, 2008
Vermonters are confronting heating fuel crisis
It is July, but instead of focusing on the temperature of the local lake or the next Sox game, many Vermonters are instead thinking about the next winter.
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Jul 25, 2008
The Vermont Food Bank has purchased a farm to start growing their own food for low-income families.
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Jul 25, 2008
Vermont Food Bank purchases farm to grow produce
The Vermont food bank is about to try out a new way of filling its shelves.
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Jul 25, 2008
The Vermont Foodbank will purchase Kingsbury community farm
The Vermont Foodbank will be the new owner of the Kingsbury community farm on Route 100 in Warren.
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Jul 25, 2008
Vermont Foodbank to Grow Fresh Veggies
The Vermont Foodbank will soon have a new way to provide area food shelves with fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Jun 18, 2008
Homelessness and hunger continue to affect the region, with hunger and decreasing resources posing a larger problem than homelessness in Williston. People are literally and increasingly choosing between eating and heating their homes, said Chittenden Emer
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Jul 21, 2008
Food banks turn to gleaning in lean times
As grocery prices continue to rise and food donations decline, a growing number of food banks across the USA are turning to local farms for produce that otherwise might go to waste.
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Jun 13, 2008
Vermont to Offer Fuel and Food Assistance
Vermont is creating a task force to help residents combat the high prices of gasoline, home heating oil and food, Gov. Jim Douglas announced on Thursday.
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May 29, 2008
On Thursday, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, better known as the "farm bill," became law when the U.S. Senate succeeded in overriding the president's veto of the legislation.
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May 21, 2008
Demand for food services rising in Vermont
More ‘working poor’ are visiting food pantry in Burlington...
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May 16, 2008
Farm Bill Will Help Out Food Shelves
The Federal Farm Bill has passed both the U.S. House and Senate. Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy says there's no way the President can veto it.
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May 15, 2008
Farm bill includes provision allowing Bromley Resort to buy Green Mountain National Forest land
Not all of the provisions Leahy got into the farm bill are as controversial as ski and hiking trails.
He also helped to expand nutrition programs, including an increase in the basic Food Stamp benefit.
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May 15, 2008
BARRE TOWN - Hunger has been on the minds of some seventh-graders at Barre Town Middle and Elementary School lately, which explains why they'll be hosting a daylong benefit for the Vermont Foodbank this weekend.
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May 12, 2008
My Turn: Childhood nutrition must be a priority
Rekha Basu's April 26 column titled "Nation's priorities are out of order" has prompted me to add my own beliefs on the subject of our nation's priorities. I begin with a question for our federal and state governments.
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May 11, 2008
Lawmakers created hope for neighbors
On behalf of the Vermont Foodbank, our network partners and tens of thousands of needy Vermonters that request our help, a sincere note of thanks to Rep. Sarah Copeland-Hanzas, D-Bradford, Rep. Willem Jewett, D-Ripton, Vermont state legislators and their
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May 11, 2008
May 08, 2008
PLAINFIELD – Employees at The Health Center in Plainfield regularly counsel patients about good nutrition habits and urge them to lose weight and exercise more to improve their health.
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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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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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