Michael, who volunteers with the New School, comes to the Vermont Foodbank every Friday morning to help sort and pack food in the warehouse - and he is a treat to have around! Michael is a hard worker and is always friendly to everyone. He represents us well with his collection of Foodbank shirts and [...]
This is a guest blog post from Jak Renfrew, a recent graduate of Community Kitchen Academy in Barre. He gave the student graduation speech, which you can read here. After having been unemployed for a while last winter, I began to work for a nonprofit organization which allowed me to receive food benefits as part [...]
Howard Fisher, who assisted the Vermont Foodbank in receiving accreditation for Community Kitchen Academy, recently participated in the 3SquaresVT Challenge. Challenge participants were asked to live on the average 3SquaresVT benefit for one week, which, for an individual is $36. He shared his reflections with us. In the daily blather, who stops to think about [...]
I just had the opportunity to appear on the WCAX morning news to talk about their “Grow an Extra Row” initiative (a partnership between the Agency of Agriculture, City Market, and High Mowing Organic Seeds), which encourages local gardeners to grow an extra row of produce and donate it to their local food pantry. It [...]
