We all, together, need to raise our voices once again to tell Senators in Washington, D.C. “No Cuts to Basic Need Programs!” Here's how you can help protect SNAP and Medicaid right now.

Vermont Foodbank applauds the work of the legislature and Governor Phil Scott for the passage and signing of bill H.167, into law on May 27th creating Act 34 of 2025 to establish a Vermonters Feeding Vermonters grant program at the Vermont Agency of Agriculture and Food Markets. 

Vermont Foodbank celebrated with community on Monday, June 2 from 3 pm to 5 pm, recognizing the completion of a nearly one-year renovation project that included significant improvements to the Foodbank’s Rutland Distribution Center.

Summer in Vermont brings a bounty of local food. Here are five ways to stretch your food budget and eat local—get seeds and seedlings for your garden, get discounts at your local co-op, find free coupons at farmers markets, find free coupons at farm stands, and get a discount on your CSA farm share.

Anti-hunger advocates including a dozen staff from Vermont Foodbank, Hunger Free Vermont and NOFA-VT joined 900 anti-hunger advocates at the Food Research and Action Center’s National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference and Capitol Hill Day on May 6-8.  

"3SquaresVT is the difference between us having to decide if we’re going to be able to afford to pay our bills or put food in the cupboard." [...]

It’s very possible you may qualify for multiple food benefit programs at once, and these programs can all work together to amplify access to the foods you want and need.

How do you find the heart of a community? You can find it in the people who run its food shelf. At the Onion River Food Shelf in Marshfield, VT, one of those people is Diana.

There are two different types of work rules for 3SquaresVT, and these complex rules can make it hard to understand eligibility. New resources from Vermont Economic Services Division (ESD) aim to clarify these requirements.