Vermont Foodbank

10/21/2026

🤝 Connecting with fellow community advocates
🏛️ Gaining practical tips for navigating the Vermont State House
🗣️ Practicing how to engage legislators and make the most of conversations with elected officials

These are just a few highlights from last week's advocacy training, led by Carrie at Vermont Foodbank and Amy at Action Circles, which was attended by 14 community advocates. The Foodbank regularly hosts these trainings outside of the legislative session to help community members build knowledge, skills, and confidence to advocate for a food-secure future.

Interested in getting involved? Visit our advocacy page to learn more and sign up for updates: www.vtfoodbank.org/advocacy/

10/21/2026

Thanks to funds from the program and generous donations from local farms, St. Johnsbury community members visiting Kingdom Community Services - KCS this season enjoyed a wide array of fresh produce—carrots, onions, tomatoes, beets, corn, and more. 🥕🥔🧅

The local veggies inspired one community member who regularly visits the food shelf, and loves to cook, to create a cookbook so others in her community can enjoy these foods as much as she does. 📝📒

📸 Pictured:
1) A volunteer and a shopper at a Kingdom Community Services free farmer's market outside the food shelf.
2) Partners from Joe's Brook Farm and Sky Farm/Kitchen at the St. Johnsbury farmer's market. These farms have provided produce for both the food shelf and community meals program.

10/19/2026

🔔 If you have questions or concerns about Medicaid, you don't have to navigate them alone. A coalition of local nonprofits is partnering with the state to help Vermonters keep and access health care and food assistance. ☎️ Dial 211 to get connected with a benefit assister in your community.

Questions about Medicaid? We’ve got you. 💙👊

A coalition of local nonprofits, including United Ways of Vermont / VT 211, is partnering with the State to help Vermonters keep and access health care and food assistance.

📞 Dial 211 or 💬 text your ZIP code to 898211 to connect with a benefit assister in your community.

Hear more from our friends at Hunger Free Vermont on WAMC Northeast Public Radio at https://www.wamc.org/news/2026-10-13/hunger-free-vermont-works-to-expand-assistance-to-those-in-need.

10/16/2026

The Intervale Center in Burlington, a Foodbank partner, provides a free, weekly share of local veggies to participating community members through their Fair Share CSA from July through October, and hosts pop-up community food distributions from January through June. 📦🥬 The food they distribute is gleaned, donated and purchased—including with funds from the program. 🤝

📸 These photos feature lettuce from Trillium Hill Farm and the Intervale Center truck loaded up for a distribution in Winooski. 🚛

Learn more about these Intervale Center programs: https://www.intervale.org/intervale-gleaning-food-rescue

10/15/2026

Are you ready? The election is in just over two weeks—November 3! 🗳 📪 Ballots have been mailed to all registered Vermont voters, and early voting is underway. It’s time to make your voice heard! 📣 Here are a few reminders:

1️⃣ 🔎 Learn about your candidates: Find your Vermont Voter Guide online at vote.vermont.gov. You can also check out candidate perspectives on hunger and food security at hungerfreevt.org/2026-vermont-general-election-candidate-guide

2️⃣✅ Check your registration status: Not sure if you are registered yet, need to register, or did your address recently change? Head to vote.vermont.gov to find out and make changes. In Vermont, you can register any time, including Election Day. You can register by mail, in person, or online.

3️⃣✍ Cast your vote: You can return your ballot by mail, at a ballot drop box, or by dropping it off to your town clerk. Or, you can bring the ballot with you to the polls on election day. If you plan to mail it, be sure to get it in the mail soon! Track your ballot and find town clerk and polling information at vote.vermont.gov.

Hunger Free Vermont Vermont Secretary of State

10/14/2026

Volunteers at the United Church of Chelsea Food Shelf have been sharing all kinds of wonderful produce from local farms with their community throughout this growing season—including tomatoes, potatoes, beets, and even lettuce starts for planting earlier in the year. 🍅🥔🫜

📸 The fresh foods in these photos were sourced from Chicken Wiggle Farm, Fern Ridge Farm, and Fledgling Farmstead with funds from the program. 🤝

10/14/2026

“I think that there’s a benefit that can’t be measured in building relationships around things that support the community." ~Barney 🫶

🍎 Barney and Chris are the owners of Sunrise Orchards in Cornwall, a Foodbank donor and a partner through the program. They're providing independently eco-certified apples for the Foodbank and partner food shelves to share with community members this fall—perfect for both easy school snacks and festive holiday desserts. 🥧

🔗 Read more about their story on our blog.

Barney and Chris are the owners of Sunrise Orchards, a family-run apple farm in Cornwall that became a Vermont Foodbank donor in 2025, when Barney reached out to offer the Foodbank more than 120 bushels of Paula Red apples, ensuring more neighbors could have access to the tasty autumn treat. Since

10/09/2026

💼💭 Do you dream of a role where you can help people in Vermont connect to essential resources—and support a meaningful mission? We may have just the thing for you...

🛒📝 Vermont Foodbank is hiring a Program Specialist-Community Resources. We’re looking for a compassionate, community-focused, and adaptable team member to help community members navigate 3SquaresVT (SNAP) and CSFP applications and connect to additional resources. This is a full-time, hybrid position with comprehensive benefits.

🔗📌 For more details and to apply, head to our job posting: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/4566844/Vermont-Foodbank/Program-Specialist---Community-Resources

10/09/2026

Fall's bounty is on full display at Johnson Food Shelf: spaghetti squash, carrots, potatoes, beets and so much more! 🥔🥕🫜

And, the veggies in these photos are locally sourced from Foote Brook Farm with funds from — a program through which fresh food is purchased directly from Vermont producers to share with people facing hunger in our state. 🚜🤝

10/08/2026

Early voting is already underway in Vermont, and we’re headed toward the November 3 general election.

We put together the 2026 Vermont General Election Candidate Guide to Food and Farm Security, so candidates could share their thoughts on these issues.

https://www.hungerfreevt.org/2026-vermont-general-election-candidate-guide