Today, the Vermont Foodbank and Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf celebrate the 19th Community Kitchen Academy graduation at the Food Shelf in Burlington. Food writer and recipe developer Tracey Medeiros is the keynote. Community Kitchen Academy (CKA) prepares underemployed and unemployed Vermonters for careers in the food service industry. Students develop and apply new skills by [...]
From L to R: Alex Waskow, Sandra Vishnevsky, Cecilia Telefus, and Heng-Scheng Chuang of Dealer.com build packs for the BackPack Program with John Sayles, Vermont Foodbank CEO (middle). The Vermont Foodbank proudly welcomed several employees from Dealer.com who volunteered for the BackPack Program, a weekend program designed to meet the nutritional needs of [...]
Now that apple season is at its peak, the Vermont Foodbank’s Pick for Your Neighbor is in full swing at 20 participating orchards throughout Vermont, with renewed underwriting support from Woodchuck Hard Cider. During apple harvest season, the Vermont Foodbank encourages individuals, families, civic groups and companies to visit participating u-pick apple orchards to pick [...]
George Schenk, a Vermont Foodbank board member and founder of the American Flatbread Company in Waitsfield, VT, wrote this poem for a benefit bake hosted by American Flatbread April 14-15, 2002. Outside of the event, the poem hasn't been shared. We thought it was time to give it a home on our blog, including George's [...]
This is a guest post from Shane Collins, a 3SquaresVT Outreach Coordinator for the Vermont Foodbank who is also a bartender for the Harpoon Brewery in Windsor, VT. "A good cause, a beautiful ride, and great beer," says one rider, who just finished his fifth Harpoon Point to Point ride presented by National Life Group, [...]
This is a post from John Sayles, Vermont Foodbank CEO. How does the U.S. compare to other countries when it comes to hunger? Not just Germany (or other “social democratic” countries), but China or Slovenia? Not so well, it turns out. Share our Strength, a national anti-hunger organization has developed some provocative ads that turn [...]
