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Middlebury Foods is a non- profit selling direct to you with pick-ups in Middlebury & Ferrisburg. Find out more ways to save money on your food bill is not just for schools
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Sweet Maple Season is off to a funky start, but soon the air will be filled with the scent of sugar and smoke. Close on its heels are bees!
From Bees to Bunnies
Bees wax candles are handmade at Honey Lights on Main Street in Bristol. Perfect for all occasions
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Please give generously to the Environmental Action Group
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Introduce your your farm in the upcoming ACORN Local Food Guide: contact Susan Smiley . Advertise your business while supporting our work by contacting Lea
Farmers: do you want to participate in a farm research project with students? Contact Steve Colangeli at MUHS Alternative Ed fo r details- & hear him speak at Stone Soup! Eat beans!
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F2S: Stone Soup is March 27th!
Thanks to all who have pre-registered for the Stone Soup Summit! Spots are filling up fast. Register now for the Stone Soup Summit, Farm & Healthy Food Summit at Middlebury College on Thursday, March 27, from 8:30am-4:00pm.
EARLY BIRD ($30) REGISTRATION WILL END THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 14. After that, full day pricing will go up to $40. A limited number of lunch tickets will be available at the door. REGISTER NOW
You won't want to miss our series of TED-style talks from our home-grown visionaries on the Next Big Idea in Farm to School, or workshops and panels that include:
- We Are What We Teach - Cultivating a Sustainabl
 e Future - Micro-Green Extreme (Growing Micro-Greens at school and home)
- Bringing Harvest of the Month to your School
- Connecting STEM and Food Systems & many more!
- AND! Enjoy Lulu's ice cream flavor Stone Soup, made just for us
Professional development certificates, scholarships, and team discounts are available. Please join us, and help us spread the change you want in the world!
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Sustainable Living Expo is March 29!
ACORN is host to the March 29th Sustainable Living Expo at Middlebury Union High School. Join us in a day of workshops in the company of like-minded folks. Our mission is to gather, inspire and empower the citizens of the Champlain Valley around an idea of community security that is rooted in nature, in our communities and in our minds, hearts and bodies.
We bring together the different members of our emerging sustainable community under one tent: local food businesses, farmers, renewable energy providers, planners, builders, artists, elders, students, entrepreneurs, teachers, healers, gardeners, and citizens. Sign up to volunteer here!
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Dry Beans are the
ACORN is a Vermont non-profit currently working on specific projects to broaden Addison County's impact in the arena of food, agriculture, capitalization of small businesses and renewable energy resources. The links are meant to show the array of Vermont-based resources. Kindly share ideas that can support our effort. JOIN ACORN
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Workshops for Farmers
Regional Selling for Farmers: Are you interested in selling regionally to access new markets?
Join the Intervale Center for a free workshop with a panel discussion about ways of selling to regional farmers' markets, restaurants, and retailers. Learn the personal, production, financial, and marketing skills needed to sell to direct and wholesale regional markets. Details of time and place for this free workshop
Transferring the Farm Workshop: Planning for your Farm and Family's Future, a daylong workshop to help farm families make informed decisions about transferring the farm operation to the next generation, will be held on March 26 at the American Legion Hall, 49 Wilson Rd., Middlebury
The workshop covers transition planning, goal setting and retirement, estate planning, tax and healthcare considerations and facilitating communication between family members. There will be an attorney speaking on legal issues of wills, trusts, probate, and legal issues. Other speakers will address medicaid and health issues and use of conservation easements. Contact Bob Parsons for details and registration 802-656-2109. Cost is $20 before March 19th. $25 after
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Gardening Resources
 Join community and school garden leaders for spring gardening workshops. Learn strategies to boost school and community garden programs, share stories and techniques.
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Health & Agriculture: Porter Connecting to the Community
Porter Medical, a member of Healthcare Without Harm, is implementing changes in its food policy to achieve incremental steps for a more sustainable food system. The trend is on the health-agriculture connection at healthcare facilities. The purchasing power of health care systems is enormous, the decisions health-care institutions make about food can have a substantial impact on public and environmental health. Laura Brace has been purchasing foods from many local producers including Maple Meadow fresh eggs to our local dairy Monument Farms. For four years she has been tracking local food purchases and is now using a more inclusive definition of sustainability as part of a Farm to Plate healthcare working group. With a national push to reduce the consumption of meat raised with high levels of antibiotics, she has switched to a chicken that meets the high standards of HCWH with suitable pricing for patient meals. Other decisions toward sustainability include reducing bottled beverages replacing with refillable containers with daily offerings of fruit and vegetable infused waters. A compost program was instituted to reduce the amount of food in the waste stream to meet Act 148: Universal Recycling Law. |
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Opportunities & Events
ACORN is hiring a Communications Manager
3:30 See our future chefs in action!
For details on this highly recommended course contact:
The Vermont Farm Share Program is a cost-sharing program that offers financial support to limited income Vermonters interested in purchasing a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share from a local farm. A CSA share is a prepaid subscription to a season's worth of a farm's produce (2-4 months). Being a CSA member is a great way to experience the seasonality of fresh, healthy foods from Addison County.
DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR 75 % COST SAVING FOR ADDISON COUNTY IS MARCH 15H. Contact Mike Good 802-434-4122 for details and register for a share Find out more details on this great collaboration between the Department of Health, NOFA and our local producers.
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Thanks to all of you for sharing links and information. Please share our website to build the network widely!
Annie Harlow
ACORN Network
802-922-7060
annie@acornvt.org
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Edible Landscaping / Permaculture Workshop 