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ACORN's mission is to cultivate connections that promote the production and use of healthy local food in Addison County, Vermont
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Send events & items of interest for the newsletter to Annie@acornvt.org
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ACORN Welcomes Lindsey Berk as our communications manager! Look for more updates on FB, stay tuned
while we sign up for Instagram where you will see the Bounty of the County in pictures
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OUTSIDE Magazine see this as a reason to love Addison County
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September is such a food month with the melding of summer and fall crops. Need help with your bounty of the county? A new book from Andrea Chessman, award winning local author, contains everything you need to know about handling fresh vegetables, fruit, meats, eggs, and milk. All the things you might grow, raise or produce yourself or what you might get from a local farm's CSA or from your favorite grocer. Pick it up at the Middlebury Coop or at the Vermont Bookshop also in Middlebury.
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Increasing local food sales through a strong network that includes ACORN
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Kids love orchards! Take a sunny weekend day and enjoy time at one of our family friendly orchards such as Boyer's in Monkton. Remember that every offers up changes in varieties.
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APPLE GLEANERS NEEDED THIS WEEKEND! Help pick apples for the Salvation Farms. Gleaning is the collection of crops that would otherwise go to waste. The farm is in Hinesburg...find the details here
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 GROWERS mark your Calendar!
"Six Figure Farming for Small Plots"
Saturday November 7th, 2015; 9am-4pm, full day intensive workshop
Learn essential tools and techniques for successful market gardening from Jean-Martin Fortier, one of Canada's most recognized and influential organic growers. Reserve your spot now!
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Honey On Tap: A Golden Opportunity!
For thousands of years honey has been extracted from hives in a time consuming manner. This honey on tap is changing history!
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There is a new currency circulating through farmers markets in Vermont. Crop Cash is the coupon incentive program that doubles the purchasing power of 3 SquaresVT benefits for fresh fruits and vegetables at participating farmers markets. It's new, and it's gaining popularity as a great way to stretch food budgets, while at the same time supporting your local farmers. Watch the video on it from WPTZ
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This is too fun~ Look at the faces of these children enjoying their school lunch! Cornwall, VT?
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 Raising Icelandic sheep with reverence and love at Agricola Farm where amazing cheeses made by hand are in the works. This farm is on the forefront of a new generation of progressive farmers that focus on sustainability and the production of good, clean, and fair food. Find their fine cured meats and other foods at the Burlington Farmers' Market
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Join Us for Our 8th Annual
Tour de Farms September 26th
WHEN: September 26; 8:30 registration and start
WHERE: REGISTER at Mt Abe School, RIDE: Bristol & the five towns
ACORN's annual fundraiser is a scenic bike tour with local food sampling through the beautiful rolling farm country of northeast Addison County. The new route runs through Bristol, New Haven, Monkton, Hinesburg and Starksboro showcasing the wonderful diversity of farms and local foods in this lesser known part of our county. The terrain is a mix of hills and flatland with paved and dirt roads. Want to ride a short section? ...that works! If you want to ride the entire route it's 37 miles with nurturing food all along the way.
18 participating farms host awesome food including grilled chicken, Caesar salad, sausage, cheese, apples, grass-fed, beef chili, pesto, goat stew, sweet corn and watermelon, maple syrup delights and artisanal ice cream. Once cyclists return to downtown Bristol, they can join in the Bristol Harvest Festival and enjoy live music, food and crafts on the Green.
September 26 at Mt Abe School, Bristol
8:30 registration and start
Advanced registration will close on September 18 at 5:00 This is a rain or shine event
Support our major annual fundraiser by riding or volunteering. Contact ACORN to grab a spot on our volunteer team!
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"Grow It!" Workshop in Cornwall
The fall workshop hosted by the VT Community Garden Network in Cornwall is Thursday, September 10, from 4:00-7:00 PM, including a hearty snack. The ACORN co-sponsored workshop will take place at Cornwall School at 112 School Rd., Cornwall, VT 05753.
This is a great time for schools and community gardens to learn from statewide garden leaders. Register now online and if you are a VCGN member you get a discount! ACORN
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Harvest of the Month:
Addison County Apples
 Schools, farmers, retailers, chefs and YOU as consumer: Check out Harvest of the Month's wonderful recipes and ideas to promote fresh produce at your schools, farm stands, markets, in your CSA shares or at your stores. There are great marketing and classroom materials to help you promote healthy eating. It is SO Apple season!
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Pick for Your Neighbor
 During apple harvest season, individuals, civic groups and companies are encouraged to visit a participating orchard to pick and purchase extra apples for donation to the Vermont Foodbank.
Pick for your Neighbor benefits the Vermont Foodbank by increasing the amount of fresh, healthy produce available for distribution to our network partner food shelves and meal sites throughout Vermont while also helping increase business for local orchards. Addison County orchards work the logistics to make sure the apples are delivered to the Foodbank in a timely manner. Thanks to Addison County's Woodchuck Cider for underwriting this annual appeal.
Consider spending a day at one of Vermont's orchards this coming season and Pick for Your Neighbor!
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Schools Enjoy the Harvest
Many local schools organize field trips to area orchards for hands on learning. Champlain Orchards in Shoreham is one of many orchards sharing their insights on apple growing and cooking. Every school in the county purchases local apples throughout the school year!
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Events, Opportunities & Jobs
Tour Date: September 26th at our new location in Bristol
8:30-10:30 AM Start at Mt Abe School with rides through the five town area.
September 10; 10:30-2:30
Morningstar Meadows Farm
September 15; 4-6:00 Woodstock, VT
September 15 9-3:00 VT Tech Campus Randolph
September 19th; Noon-3:00 Sample great local food and libations while listening to awesome local music!
 Woofstock: Addison Cty Humane Society Annual Fundraiser Walk September 19th Memorial Park Middlebury; Register here
School Food Service Position in Cornwall
Cornwall School needs your help finding their next child nutrition professional. There is a thriving Farm to School program, with 80% of students eating school lunch on a daily basis, a wonderful school garden, and a welcoming community! Please help spread the word to find a great food service worker to share in this wonderful community.
Agricola Farm in Panton,VT seeks farm help on this diversified farm specializing in good, clean , fair food ; this includes pasture-based mix breeds of livestock: pigs, heritage Icelandic sheep, and rare heritage-breed chickens on green pastures. Details can be found at their website
NOFA seeks winter conference workshop proposals;
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 Thanks to all of you for sharing links and information. Keep me posted of things of interest to relocalization and Addison County.
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