Addison County Relocalization Network (ACORN)

06/18/2026

The 2026 Tour de Farms is rolling out of Middlebury on September 19, and today is the LAST DAY of early bird registration! 🐦‍⬛

Register before midnight because prices go up tomorrow!⏳Registration is limited to 500 riders and sells out every year, so don’t wait. 

This year’s 37-mile route takes riders through Weybridge, Cornwall, and Salisbury, with local food and drink stops at local farms along the way and a harvest celebration at the finish line!🚲🍓

As ACORN’s largest annual fundraiser, your ride supports vital food access and farm programs like the ACORN Food Hub and Farmacy: Food is Medicine. 🌱

06/16/2026

Introducing our 2026 summer intern, Mary Bosco (she/her)!🥕

Mary is a junior Feb at Middlebury from Thetford, VT. She studies English and is particularly passionate about poetry and the art of oral storytelling. Mary has worked on farms in the Upper Valley for the past five years and deeply values the joy and community that surrounds local food!

In her free time, Mary likes to bake and hike.
She is so excited to learn more about Addison County food and agriculture through her work with ACORN this summer!

06/09/2026

Please consider supporting Justin and AnnaJo, two farmers in the Champlain Valley, as they face unexpected health challenges and recovery. We are stronger in community! Link to donate or share 💓:

06/03/2026

Today’s the day! ACORN’s first ever Summer CSA is kicking off 🍓 We have one spot left!! Don’t miss out on this summer staple♥️

This week’s share includes some amazing goodies:
milk
frozen blackberries and sis’wich
mix pack
chèvre
yogurt
eggs
granola
turnips and salad mix

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

Businesses! Do you want to help Vermonters access fresh, local food? DO you want to support a local nonprofit benefiting small farms? Become a sponsor of the Tour de Farms! ❤️

This is ACORN's biggest fundraiser, helping us fund programs like Farmacy: Food is Medicine and the Food Hub. By supporting this event, you are directly helping members of our community AND appealing to a locally minded audience.

The sponsorship commitment deadline is July 1, 2026. Reach out to us with any questions!

05/13/2026

ACORN has been generously granted a St. Stephen's Peasant Market Grant to fund Winter Farmacy shares for 2026-27! 🌸

Our amazing board member, Susan, joined other recipients of this grant to accept the gift last week.

Thank you so much for your continued support, and we look forward to feeding families with local food through the winter months! ❄ .stephensmiddleburyvt

05/12/2026

ACORN’s team is growing! We’ve welcomed a few new faces to the team over the past few months, and we’re so excited to have them growing this work with us. 🍓

Lisa is our new Development Manager! She is working with the team to promote ACORN’s mission and connect to community, focusing on building ACORN’s capacity to support our producers and strengthen the local food system. She also works part-time at an organic vegetable farm ( ♥️) and is highly invested in bolstering access to local food. Lisa lives in Orwell, where she and her partner raised their family. 🌼

05/11/2026

Happy Mother’s Day! 🌸

We are wishing all of the ACORN moms lots of love ♥️ We also celebrate mothers across the food system and are grateful for the tireless support, effort, and love you provide, you make the world grow ‘round!

05/09/2026

The 2026 Local Food and Farm Guide is out now! Find it inserted into the Addison Independent, Seven Days (new!), and soon to be in locations across the Champlain Valley. 🍎

Lindsey picked up her Guide today, wearing a shirt for the third year in a row! (interesting coincidence or is our ED just an extremely engaged member of the community?! ♥️)

Get your Guide today, and check out the 250+ local producers and farmers that feed us!