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Suggested Reading

Browse our list of websites, publications, and organizations that we find useful or complimentary to our mission. You’ll find wonderful resources on food, farming, gardens, gardening, and more.

Agriculture

Regenerative Agriculture

  • Regeneration International – A global network that promotes and practices regenerative agriculture & land-use to cool the planet & feed the world.
  • Rodale Institute – Rodale Institute is growing the organic movement through rigorous, solutions-based research, farmer training, and consumer education.
  • Savory Institute – The organization’s mission is the large-scale regeneration of the world’s grasslands through Holistic Management to address the global issues of desertification, climate change, and food and water insecurity.

Agritourism

  • Local Harvest – Use their website to find farmers’ markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.
  • PickYourOwn.org – Database of pick-your-own operations in the US by state.
  • PumpkinPatchesandMore.org – Database of pumpkin patches, corn mazes, and other fall activities in the US, by state.
  • Shelburne Farms – Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit education organization whose mission is to cultivate a conservation ethic for a sustainable future on a 1,400-acre working farm in Vermont.
  • Valley Food & Farm – Fosters the relationships that keep agriculture a vital part of Upper Valley life.
  • Vermont Cheese Council – Dedicated to the production and advancement of Vermont Cheese.
  • Vermont Fresh Network – Vermont Fresh Network works to advance relationships among farmers, chefs, and consumers to grow markets and eat more locally grown food.

Community Gardens

  • American Community Gardening Association – ACGA supports community gardening by facilitating the formation and expansion of state and regional community gardening networks; developing resources in support of community gardening; and, encouraging research and conducting educational programs
  • NC State Extension – Links to grants for community and school gardens.
  • Vermont Community Garden Network – VGCN provides hands-on garden education for youth and adults in Burlington and training, technical assistance, resources, and networking opportunities for garden leaders across the state.

Cooking Whole Foods

  • Co-op Food Stores – Co-operatively owned food stores in the Upper Valley, featuring a variety of local and organic products, along with cooking classes and events.
  • Upper Valley Localvores – A blog about eating locally in the Upper Valley, with resources on where to find local foods.

Curriculum

  • Cornell Garden-Based Learning – Provides educators with inspiring, research-based gardening resources and professional development.
  • Junior Iron Chef – A statewide competition for middle and high school students that highlights local agriculture, promotes the culinary arts, and raises awareness about the complexity of our school food systems.
  • Shelburne Farms – Shelburne Farms’ programs support both student learning and professional development for educators.
  • Upper Valley Farm to School (UVFTS) – Supports educators, farmers, and community members working to integrate local food and farms into schools in the Upper Valley region of VT and NH, to promote student health and well-being.
  • Vermont Food Education Every Day (VTFEED) – Vermont FEED works with schools and communities to raise awareness about healthy food, the role of Vermont farms and farmers, and good nutrition.

Energy and the Environment

Farm Based Education

  • Cornell Garden-Based Learning – Provides educators with inspiring, research-based gardening resources and professional development.
  • Dartmouth College Organic Farm – A hub for hands-on learning at Dartmouth, it is home to an educational working garden, sites for faculty research, student research and independent projects, and classes.
  • Hampshire College Farm Center – A working farm and thriving educational center that provides local, sustainably-raised produce and meat, as well as rich educational opportunities.
  • Institute for Applied Agriculture and Food Systems at VTC – Supports students, farmers, working land professionals and agricultural specialists with educational opportunities related to animals, plants, trees, soils, food systems, sustainability, mechanical systems and agriculture business management.
  • Junior Iron Chef – A statewide competition for middle and high school students that highlights local agriculture, promotes the culinary arts, and raises awareness about the complexity of our school food systems.
  • North East Workers on Organic Farms (NEWOOF) – A regional Farm Apprenticeship Placement Service.
  • Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG) – A network of over 500 participating organizations and thousands of individuals carrying out farm and food systems endeavors in 12 states and Washington D.C.
  • Shelburne Farms – Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit education organization whose mission is to cultivate a conservation ethic for a sustainable future on a 1,400-acre working farm in Vermont.
  • Sterling College Sustainable Agriculture Program – The Sustainable Agriculture program combines academic study, experiential challenges, and work.
  • Stockbridge School of Agriculture – Stockbridge provides A.S. and B.S. degrees at the University of Massachusetts as well as training leading to M.S. and Ph.D’s.
  • The Farm School – Multi-day farm experiences for students, a year-long program to train adults in practical sustainable agriculture, and a full time middle school program in Athol, MA.
  • The Middlebury College Organic Farm – The Middlebury College Farm and Food Project promotes awareness of issues surrounding food production.
  • The Mountain School of Milton Academy – Each semester 45 motivated high school juniors from all over the country come together to live and work on the school’s farm in rural Vermont.
  • Upper Valley Farm to School (UVFTS) – Supports educators, farmers, and community members working to integrate local food and farms into schools in the Upper Valley region of VT and NH, to promote student health and well-being.
  • UVM New Farmer Project – An access point to all the organizations, services, and educational opportunities for Vermont’s new and aspiring farmers.
  • Vermont Food Education Every Day (VTFEED) – Vermont FEED works with schools and communities to raise awareness about healthy food, the role of Vermont farms and farmers, and good nutrition.

Food Access

  • Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund – Strives toward the development of self-supporting communities, and assists with land retention and development.
  • Salvation Farms – A nonprofit whose mission is to build increased resilience in Vermont’s food system through agricultural surplus management.
  • Vermont Farm Share Program – Helps limited-income Vermonters obtain farm fresh foods.
  • Vermont Foodbank – Through a network of 225 food shelves, pantries, senior meal programs and other community meal sites, the Vermont Foodbank runs programs that help feed as many as 153,000 Vermonters.
  • Willing Hands – Distributes free, wholesome food – grown at the Willing Hands garden, gleaned, or donated – to our neighbors in need in the Upper Valley.

Food Storage

  • Intervale Center – Strengthens community food systems through farm incubation, farm business planning, gleaning and food rescue programs, and the Intervale Food Hub.
  • Mad River Food Hub – A shared-use USDA processing space, storage facility and local distributor centrally located in Waitsfield, VT.

Health and Nutrition

  • Co-op Food Stores – Co-operatively owned food stores in the Upper Valley, featuring a variety of local and organic products, along with cooking classes and events.
  • Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) – FNS provides children and adults of all ages with nutrition education materials on how to improve their diets and their lives.
  • The Organic Center – A trusted source of information for scientific research about organic food and farming.

Land Access

Local Food Producers

  • Butterworks Farm – Organic, grass-fed dairy producer in Westfield, VT.
  • Hogwash Farm – A small family farm with a focus on rare heritage breed animals that thrive on the rough northern hillsides in Norwich, Vermont.
  • Mad River Food Hub – A shared-use USDA processing space, storage facility and local distributor centrally located in Waitsfield, VT.
  • Strafford Organic Creamery – One farm, one family organic dairy in central VT. Certified organic since 1997.
  • Thistle Hill Farm – Award-winning, certified organic Tarentaise cheese made in North Pomfret, VT.
  • Vermont Smoke & Cure – Smoked meats and sausage producer in Hinesburg, VT.

Organic Food & Farming Advocacy

  • Environmental Working Group – The nation’s leading environmental health research and advocacy organization.
  • Farm Aid – This organization hosts an annual music and food festival celebrating farmers, eaters and music coming together for change.
  • Local Harvest – Use their website to find farmers’ markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.
  • Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA) – NOFA-VT has over 1200 members throughout the state and certify over 580 farms and processors to the USDA National Organic Program Standards as well as providing resources for farmers and community members alike.
  • Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG) – A network of over 500 participating organizations and thousands of individuals carrying out farm and food systems endeavors in 12 states and Washington D.C.
  • Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) – OMRI develops clear information and guidance about materials, so that producers know which products are appropriate for organic operations.
  • Rodale Institute – Rodale Institute is growing the organic movement through rigorous, solutions-based research, farmer training, and consumer education.
  • Rural Vermont – This organization is committed to supporting and cultivating a vital and healthy rural economy and community.
  • Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education – SARE offers competitive grants to projects that explore and address key issues affecting the sustainability and future economic viability of agriculture.
  • The Center for Food Safety – A non-profit public interest and environmental advocacy membership organization established to challenge harmful food production technologies and to promote sustainable alternatives.
  • The Organic Center – A trusted source of information for scientific research about organic food and farming.
  • The Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) – Works to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives.
  • Upper Valley Localvores – A blog about eating locally in the Upper Valley, with resources on where to find local foods.
  • Valley Food & Farm – Fosters the relationships that keep agriculture a vital part of Upper Valley life.
  • Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets – Vermont’s agriculture department works to facilitate, support and encourage the growth and viability of agriculture while protecting the working landscape, human health, animal health and the environment.
  • Vermont Fresh Network – Vermont Fresh Network works to advance relationships among farmers, chefs, and consumers to grow markets and eat more locally grown food.

Organic Food & Farming Policy

  • Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA) – NOFA-VT has over 1200 members throughout the state and certify over 580 farms and processors to the USDA National Organic Program Standards as well as providing resources for farmers and community members alike.
  • Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets – Vermont’s agriculture department works to facilitate, support and encourage the growth and viability of agriculture while protecting the working landscape, human health, animal health and the environment.
  • Vermont Fresh Network – Vermont Fresh Network works to advance relationships among farmers, chefs, and consumers to grow markets and eat more locally grown food.
  • Vermont Law School Farm and Food Legal Resources – A collection of legal resources compiled and organized by the Center for Agriculture & Food Systems (CAFS).

Organic Gardening

  • Intervale Center – Strengthens community food systems through farm incubation, farm business planning, gleaning and food rescue programs, and the Intervale Food Hub.
  • National Gardening Association – NGA promotes gardening by helping home gardeners succeed, growing in health, knowledge, environmental awareness, and enthusiasm.
  • North Country Organics – NCO’s products include: natural fertilizers, liquid fertilizers and bio-stimulants, pest controls, seed, and testing services.
  • Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) – OMRI develops clear information and guidance about materials, so that producers know which products are appropriate for organic operations.
  • Vermont Community Garden Network – VGCN provides hands-on garden education for youth and adults in Burlington and training, technical assistance, resources, and networking opportunities for garden leaders across the state.
  • Vermont Invasives – A landing page for Vermonters interested in learning more about invasive insects, plants and pathogens.
  • Vermont Vegetable and Berry Grower Page – This site contains valuable information for commercial vegetable and berry growers in Vermont.

Publications

Retail Outlets

School Gardens

  • Upper Valley Farm to School (UVFTS) – Supports educators, farmers, and community members working to integrate local food and farms into schools in the Upper Valley region of VT and NH, to promote student health and well-being.
  • Vermont Food Education Every Day (VTFEED) – Vermont FEED works with schools and communities to raise awareness about healthy food, the role of Vermont farms and farmers, and good nutrition.

Seed Suppliers

  • High Mowing Organic Seeds – High Mowing strives to provide their customers with the best organic seed available and to serve as a resource for growing, harvesting and saving seed.

Will Allen