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NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT’S 2019 IMPACT REPORT The NOFA-VT Mission Board of Directors Joe Bossen, VT Bean Crafters & All Souls Tortilleria Cheryl Cesario, UVM Extension & Meeting Place Pastures The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont promotes organic Abbie Corse, The Corse Farm Dairy practices to build an economically viable, ecologically sound, and Maggie Donin, Vermont Land Trust socially just . Peter Forbes, Knoll Farm Vermont agricultural system that benefits all living things John Hayden, The Farm Between Caitlin Jenness, Bee’s Wrap Sophia Kruszewski, Vermont Law School Eric Sorkin, Runamok Maple Mike Thresher, Morrison’s Custom Feed NOFA Vermont Staff Kyla Bedard, Certification Specialist Kirsten Bower, Finance Director Erin Buckwalter, Development & Engagement Director Livy Bulger, Education & Engagement Manager Megan Browning, Farmer Services Advisor Bill Cavanaugh, Farm Business Advisor Nicole Dehne, Certification Director Maddie Kempner, Policy Director Kim Norman Mercer, Communications Manager Jen Miller, Farmer Services Director Laura Nunziata, Quality Assurance Specialist Grace Oedel, Executive Director Jennie Porter, Market Development Manager Helen Rortvedt, Farm to School Program Director Winston Rost, Certification Specialist Brian Shevrin, Certification Specialist Alice Smolinsky, VOF Office & Database Manager Gregg Stevens, Certification Specialist Kayla Strom, Office Manager NOFA-VT - PO Box 697, Richmond, VT 05477 - (802) 434-4122 - www.nofavt.org Becca Weiss, Share the Harvest Coord. & Office Assistant Welcome! 2019 was a year of profound change at NOFA-VT: our Here at NOFA-VT, we’ll keep building programs to work they do, and to have viable paths towards long time director Enid Wonnacott died, a sorrow serve as bridges from the world we have now towards citizenship for all. We raise awareness for eaters and for the NOFA family and the organic movement as the world we need. We offer our Farmer Emergency community members about how to grow food. We a whole. Yet the heart of our organization remains Fund to help farms in crisis or need to pivot. We offer programs like Farm Share that match limited- steadfast: we believe that another food system provide technical assistance for folks wanting to grow income Vermonters with CSA shares on local Vermont that values farmers, heals land, and nourishes to feed their communities. We advocate on the state farms, and Crop Cash to boost dollars in local farmers all people is possible. The farmers and food and national levels daily for small and medium scale markets. We throw pizza parties to bring people systems advocates here in Vermont have been farmers’ voices to be heard and supported. We stand together to visit beautiful farms, eat together and working towards this goal for nearly 50 years. We with farmworkers to be supported in the essential have a good time! And much more. will steward Enid’s legacy of building community and connection through place, food, and joy. Enid We are heartened to know that there are SO MANY invested in relationships and stewarded a movement other organizations, farmers, and people out there built on connections. This year we learned that our experimenting boldly and vigorously, collaborating work lives in these relationships. It is all of us who like mycelium, and actively forging another path hold the vision we’re working toward, all of us in forward. solidarity and community, that will make our work The future is not written—we are all writing it possible. together. We know that a robust economy, and healthy community where all are fed is not only possible, it’s joyful and necessary. We know that we can only get there together—and that we all have a role to play in taking a step towards a safer, more resilient food Grace Oedel system. NOFA-VT Executive Director Local artist Erok holds up his screen print during the first “Farm Hop” event in September 2019, which raised funds for the Farm Share Program.

PeopleECONOMICALLY VIABLE RELATED NOFA-VT INITIATIVES: ) On-Farm Workshops ) Celebrate Your Farmer Pizza Socials ) Community Agricultural Education ) Agricultural Literacy Week ) Northeast Farm to School Institute ) Jr Iron Chef VT ) Direct Markets Support 819 Farmers, ) Farmers Market Conference gardeners, & food attended our ) Farmer Olympics lovers on-farm workshops, ) Winter Conference pizza socials, and farmer meet ) Cost of Production Analysis & greets ) Farm Business Planning

NOFA-VT works to ensure farm viability and a strong working landscape though education, marketing support, and nurturing strong relationships with farmers. We connect farmers with eaters, and provide education and outreach to teach consumers the true value of food. We bring people together with a spirit of joy, and make friends, one pizza at a time. Jr. Iron Chef VT The competition has brought out the culinary geniuses in my students and has exposed them to new passions that they didn’t know were possible. You can see a change in the confidence they have with decision making, group discussions, and culinary skills. The smiles and the focused eyes are the hallmarks of the true learning that happens during this competition. — One coach’s description of their coaching a team 3,000+ Pizzas made with our mobile, wood-fired oven at 40 events statewide. In 2019, Vermont Organic Farmers certified775 producers and processors who are committed to soil health, biodiversity, and animal welfare. There were 150,654 acres of certified organic farmland in production. Gross sales of their LandENVIRONMENTALLY certified organic products totaled more than $354 million! SOUND

RELATED NOFA-VT INITIATIVES: ) Vermont Organic Farmers (certification) ) Farm Viability Program ) Journey Farmer Program ) Farm Beginnings ) Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (CRAFT) ) Production Technical Assistance We are just farming the way farming was ) Cost of Production Analysis done by our grandparents, they didn’t use “chemicals. Back then it wasn’t called organic, it was just practice. We are following our roots and being good stewards of the earth and trying to instill that to our next generation of farmers who will take over this land. It’s heathier for us, Through holistic land stewardship practices, organic farmers build soil health, the plants, the animals, the water systems, and the planet.” slow runoff and erosion, and improve overall ecosystem health. Organic farming —Amanda Bickford & Brittany Tarbox, practices heal land, fight climate change by sequestering carbon into the certified organic farmers at NEK Roots soil, and make our landscape more resilient in the face of extreme weather. Passing Act 35 In 2019, NOFA-VT was part of a dedicated coalition who worked together to champion H.205 (Act 35) in the legislature. Act 35 restricts the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, known to harm pollinator populations and other wildlife, and creates two new positions in pesticide enforcement and pollinator protection at the Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets. Working with partners like Rural Vermont, Conservation Law Foundation, Toxics Action Center, Friends of the Earth, and the Vermont Chapter of the Sierra Club, we brought in expert testimony to the state house, and collected hundreds of signatures from our members and stakeholders in Meet the 2019 NOFA-VT Journey Farmers! These beginning farmers concluded a two-year program for support of protecting pollinators and restricting the use of toxic beginning farmers who are in the first few years of running their own farm business in Vermont. The pesticides. Act 35 was signed into law on May 28, 2019. program supports these farmers and enables them to advance their farming skills and experiences while being a part of a learning community of other beginning farmers and farmer mentors.

84 Organic farms provided with business planning services and/ or production technical assistance JusticeSOCIALLY JUST

RELATED INITIATIVES & OUTREACH EVENTS: ) Farm Share Program ) Crop Cash Program ) Advocacy ) Farm Loan Program ) Farmer Emergency Fund ) VT FEED (Vermont Food Education Every Day) ) Farm to Institution

NOFA-VT works to make healthy food accessible for all Vermonters, through programs that support limited-income Vermonters to purchase local foods, and increase access to local foods in cafeterias around the state. Our marketing and outreach efforts grow demand for local and organic foods in order to strengthen our agricultural economy, nourish all Vermonters, and support the expansion of values-based supply chains. Every Vermonter deserves access to healthy foods. Below, NOFA-VT’s Abbie Nelson, who retired in 2019, is FARM SHARE PROGRAM pictured standing, gleaning at Pomykala Farm in Grand Isle, The Farm Share Program has enabled my family with help from a food services professional. This activity was 70 Institutions to not only eat healthy and support local farms, part of her work with the annual Northeast Farm to School & schools received but has also given us a great variety of seasonal Institute (NEFTSI). The NEFTSI is a project of VT FEED and is technical assistance choices. The fruit and vegetables are more a year-long professional development program supporting to align their flavorful and include heirloom varieties. The CSA selected schools from across the Northeast in design, purchasing with eliminates the middle-man in the packaging, development, and implementation of effective, school-wide their values and transportation, and selling of produce, thus Farm to School programs. VT FEED is a partnership between support Vermont lessening the carbon footprint. It also promotes Shelburne Farms and NOFA-VT, which advances food, farm, farmers healthy nutrient cycling for the soil. It’s a and nutrition education and expands student access to win-win for the farmer, the consumer and the healthy, local products in school cafeterias. environment. — Farm Share recipient

1,517 Limited-income Vermonters received community-supported agriculture shares through our Farm Share & Senior Farm Share programs March 20 Farmers June 25 Northeast Jan 30 VOF Annual Market Conference. April 25 Small Farm to School Year meeting. Certified March 1 NOFA-VT Ski 54 farmers market Farm Advocacy Day. Institute. A conference organic farmers & Day. Friends of NOFA-VT leaders attended this NOFA-VT members & with 100 school producers met for a full enjoyed a beautiful day day-long conference farmers testified to personnel representing day of decision-making, of cross country skiing for market managers, House and Senate 12 schools, and 1 early in information-sharing, and board members, and childhood center, from on Strafford Organic Agriculture Committees networking. Creamery’s on-farm organizers. in Montpelier. 7 states. Review nordic ski center. LOOKING BACK AT 2019

A ly ugus November Ju t Decem ry Febru April r ber anua ary e Se Octobe J May Jun ptember Jan 19 Enid’s March Passing. Our long-time March 27 Advocacy May 28 in DC. executive director, the Feb 16-18 37th March 16 11th Advocated for Neo-nicotinoid beloved Enid Wonnacott, Annual Winter Annual Jr Iron Chef policies to support Legislation. Passage passed away. Conference. Over Vermont. 260 creative organic farms in DC with of H.205 to restrict 1,000 people enjoyed kids from 44 schools the National Organic neonicotinoids & protect 93 workshops, 4 day- / 62 teams compete Coalition (NOC). pollinators. long intensives, keynote in a timed culinary speakers, and more. competition. Nov 7 Farm to Plate. June 25 Northeast Aug 6 5th Annual At the annual Network Farm to School July 27 On-Farm Oct 3 Share the Farmer Olympics. Gathering for local food Institute. Workshops begin. Sept 17 Farm Harvest. A statewide A conference activists & professionals, NOFA-VT presented 8 on- Farm teams from all Beginnings. NOFA-VT fundraiser for NOFA-VT’s with 100 school NOFA-VT staff presented farm workshops and 12 over the state competed announces a new Farm Share Program: personnel representing a new report on Celebrate Your Farmer at the Intervale in program tackling topics more than 60 businesses 12 schools, and 1 early the current state of pizza socials with over Burlington in unique, like goal-setting, land participated. childhood center, from wholesale markets in 800 participants . farm-chore events for access, equipment 7 states. Vermont. the gold! selection, accounting, and marketing.

Aug ber July ust Novem De cembe ary Februa April ber r Janu ry June September Octo May Oct 10 Farm to July 1 New Sept 20 Global March Aug 5 Open Farm School Month. Sen. Director. Grace Oedel Climate Strike. Nov 17 8th Annual Week. 5th annual Sept 15 Farm Hop. Patrick Leahy and other begins as NOFA-VT’s NOFA-VT office closed Agricultural Literacy statewide week of 100+ people gathered policy makers met at new executive director. in solidarity. Staff Week. Celebrating events providing a in Huntington for this the St. Albans School volunteered on farms Vermont’s cultural behind-the-scenes look farm-to-farm walking to announce expanded to highlight the role traditions through into Vermont’s vibrant fundraiser for the Farm funding for Vermont’s organic farms play in cooking demonstations working agricultural Share Program in honor Farm to School mitigating climate with local authors & landscape. of Enid Wonnacott. programs. change. chefs. Sources of Income

Admin Allocation 2.3% NOFA-VT 2019 Sales 3.6% Program Fees 4.4% FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Interest/Investments 10.3% Income: $3,037,607 Membership & Donations 21.5% Expense: $2,620,221 Grants & Contracts 25.6% Expenses by Category Key Cash & Certification Fees 32.1% Administration $296,524 Investments (Other .2%) Fundraising $86,229 Beginning 2019: $3,146,761 Membership Services $45,545 Ending 2019: $3,479,704 Programs (see chart) $2,191,923 (These are unaudited numbers. A copy of NOFA-VT’s 990 tax form is available upon request.) Expenses by Program

Loan Fund <1% THE ENID WONNACOTT FUND - Enid led NOFA-VT with grace, Advocacy 2% humor, and humility for thirty years. She changed Vermont for the better, and created an aspirational model for the rest of our Bulk Order 3% country. What we remember Enid most for, however, is how Farm Share Programs 5% she brought people together. She cared for people and used On Farm Workshops & Winter food as a tool to build community. She spun a web of Conference 8% connection, support, and relationship that wove together Farm to School & Farm to into a broad, strong movement. It’s easy to overlook Community Mentors 9% her kindness and care for what it was: a tool for radical changemaking through relationship. Enid left us far Direct Markets Support 13% too early. The Enid Wonnacott Fund assures that Farmer Services 19% Enid’s values and legacy are carried forward into Vermont Organic Farmers 42% NOFA-VT’s next fifty years. Thank you for supporting our work! We are so grateful for our many members and donors: all the individuals, businesses, and organizations who have supported us through their generous donations between Jan. 1, 2019 and Dec. 31, 2019. + = Enid Fund Donor Reeve Williams & Sandra Back Country Coffee Vermont Lily Beaugard + Wendy Blakeman Branon Family Maple Orchards Mike Shepard & Erin Anderson + Dan Backus Kyla Bedard Bloodroot Farm Philip Branton & Ellen Lazarus Buckwalter + Anonymous (105) Christine Anderson Christopher & Deanna Bailey Sharon Beebe Blue Heron Farm Brattleboro Area Farmers Judith & Frederick Buechner 1000 Stone Farm Kari Anderson Grace Bailey Jim Beebe-Woodard + Blueberry Girls Market Buffalo Mountain Co-op 102 Bleu Kent Anderson, DVM Bailey Farm Brigham Beeman Bobcat Cafe Brattleboro Food Co-op Livy Bulger 14th Star Brewing Co. John (Andy) Andrew Carrie Baker-Stahler Beidler Family Farm Amanda Bodell & Jeffry Brattleboro Winter Farmers Chandler Bullard 4 Season Sprouts / The Marsh Peter Antos-Ketcham Stephen Baker David Belcher & Dotty McCarty Glassberg Market Laura Burch Farm Brian Appleberry & Gabrielle Baker Household + Bella Farm John, Ellen, Ethan, Jesse & Bravo Botanicals Juanita Burch-Clay Nasser Abdel-fatah Mikula Joel Baker Marcia Bellas & Rick West + Erika Bodin Bread & Butter Farm Burelli Farm AC Dairy + April’s Maple Mike Bald Dennis Beloin Cynthia Bogard & Michael Helen Brennan Peter, Jake & Deb Burke Kristyn Achilich Arcana Gardens & Greenhouses Angus Baldwin Ben & Jerry’s Homemade + Strebe Dan Breslaw & Judy Tharinger Karen Burke John Davis & Bonnie Acker + Arlington Village Farmers Margo Baldwin Bennington Farmers Market + Carl Bohlen + Briar Rose Farm Anne Burling + ADAK Software, LLC Market Robin Baldwin Geoffrey & Martha Bentley + Boltonville Dairy Barbara Bristol + Burlington Farmers Market + Kate Adams Simone Arms Balla Machree Farms Julia Berazneva & Steven Knapp Bone Mountain Farm LLC Laurie Brittain + Sally Burrell + Adam’s Berry Farm Chuck Armstrong Betzy Bancroft Julie & Eric Berg Damien & Jessica Boomhower Zuzana Brochu + Peter Burrows Cornelia Agnew & Geoff Naylor Maureen & Carl Ashley Banner Greenhouses Raymond & Sengdao Bergmann Dan Boomhower Jacki Brook + Elizabeth Bushueff Nina Aitken Carrie Asselin Sayida Bano Jeffrey Bernstein Bordertown Farm Brook Meadow Farm Maria Buteux Reade + Susan Aldrich & Winnie Jones + Horace Horton & Cindy Barber + Berry Creek Farm Debra Borgesen + Woody Brooks & Nancy Felix Butlerholm Farm William Aldrighetti Katie Barber Bertrand Family Maple Joe Bossen + Pieter Broucke & Ilaria Joan Aleshire Barefoot Farm Better Way Farms Amelia & Stephen Bothfeld Busdraghi All Souls Tortilleria Jon & Gwynn Barger Paige Beyer Bouchard Family Dairy, LLC Aric Brown David Allen Tim Barrows Big Picture Farm Lynne Boudreau Dona Brown Rory Allen Jeannie Bartlett + Lindy Biggs Michael Boudreau Tracy Brown & Jane Bayley + Peter Allison + Donna Doel & Dean Bascom Mark Binder Susan Bowen Joshua Brown & Zoe Richards + Leland Alper + Ann Basehore Starbard Bio X Cell Fund Kirsten Bower + Pat Brown Philippe & Nancy Alston Basin Farm Birdsong Herb Farm David & Janet Bowker + Christopher Brown Benjamin Altshuler Basin Harbor Club Eric Bishop von Wettberg Catherine Boyan Emily Brown Rosen + 800 American Flatbread Judy Asselin Brian Basor Black Dirt Farm Carol Boyd & Christopher Megan Browning Hours of Marbleworks Susan Atwood + Melita Bass Black River Produce Johnson Norman & Sharon Bruce + American Flatbread Waitsfield Aurora Farms Robert & Joanne Bathalon Blackbird Organics Stephanie & David Boyer Brunswick Gardens volunteer Ananda Gardens Lawrence Damon & Betsy Austin Tracey Hambleton & Diana Aneda Blackburn-Corvo Margaret Bragg + Shawn Bryan + support for Tessa & Elliot Anders Josh & Misse Axelrod + Batzel Blair Farm Maple Products Lynne Hall & David Brandau Mary & Robert Bryant events, mailings, Andersen Household Katie Back Eric Bean Marielle Blais Brandon Farmers Market Gus & Kara Buchanan Kristofer Anderson Back Beyond Farm LLC Bear Roots Farm, LLC Carol Blakely Glen & Allison Branon Buck Mountain Maple + and more Christina Cavin & Thomas Jinny Cleland Alan & Wendy Covey Ann Day + Dog River Farm Emery Mountain Farm Cavin, MD Skylar Clemens Eric & Helen Toomey Covey Paul Dayton James & Sara Donegan Bill & Cathy Emmons Cedar Acres Karen Sommerlad & David Cobb Ignacio Coviella Paul de la Bruere Donegan Family Dairy Stacey Emerson + Cedar Circle Farm + Laurel, Aaron & Bjorn Coburn Rebecca & David Cozzens + Fletcher & Jane Dean + Maggie Donin Engelbert Farms Cedar Mountain Farm Susan Coburn Craftsbury Farmers Market Michael & Maureen Deaner Lori Donna Matthew Ennis Center for an Agricultural Cochran Cousins LLC dba Sam Crawford + Brooke Decker Sandy & Barry Doolan Richard Ennis + Economy Slopeside Syrup Crazy 8 Farm, Inc Deep Meadow Farm Tim Dooley Natalie Eppelsheimer Cheryl & Marc Cesario James & Nella Coe Creative Windrows Deep Root Organic Co-op Doolittle Farm Christina Erickson Harvey Chaffee Jesse Coe Stephen Crimarco Nicole Dehne Belinda & Michael Doran + Erik’s Sugarbush + Kendall Chamberlin Colatina Exit Ellen Cronan + Roland & Darlene Dehne + Rachel & Mike Doran Jennifer Esser + Butterfield Hemp Co. 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Jerseys Rick Kobik + Chelsea Lewis + Luna Bleu Farm Mikulak + Ron Miller & Jackie Fischer + Mountain Foot Farm Erik Krauss Ralph & Anne Lewis Deborah Luskin & Timothy Mikalya & Kenzie McDonald Miller Farm Mountain Meadows Farm Howard Krum Lewis Creek Jerseys Inc Shafer + Libby McDonald + Diane & Ralph Milliken + Mountainyard Farm + Sophia Kruszewski Joann Liddell & Robert Machin Patricia Lust Sara McGlinchy Milton Farmers Market Joe, Beth, Sarah & Adam Mucci Robert Kurth Cynthia & Hugo Liepmann Lyndon Farmers Market David & Christine McGown KC Minck Mucha Household Brian Just la Ferme Topher Walter & Lois Liggett Tammy Maberry Tim & Leslie McKegney Minister Maple Mulligan’s of Manchester Kevin & Lisa Kaija Shawn LaBelle Lilac Ridge Farm Alexander Mackiewicz Caroline McKenzie Johanna Mirenda Laura Murphy Jenny Karstad Morgen LaCroix Lily Hill CBD, LLC Sue MacKillop + Dan McLaughlin Pamela & Scott Mitchell Michael Murphy & Brittany Heather Kasvinsky Joe LaDouceur Christine Lilyquist & Bill Kathryn MacLean + Patricia McNamara + Mocha Joe’s Roasting Company Atkins Jesse Kayan & Caitlin Burlett Laferriere & Parini Barrette Chris Maden Meadow Brook Farm MOFGA + Thomas Murphy Keep It Real Organics Lahar’s Maple Ridge David & Loraine Limlaw Becky Maden & Scott Greene Meadowdale Farm Moksha Farm, LLC Marna Murray Megs & Duncan Keir + Lakes Region Farmers Market Carlene Lindgren Elizabeth Maher & Thomas Meadows Bee Farm + Molly Brook Farm, LLC Susan Murray & Karen Hibbard Grace Keller Kirby Landers Marcy Lindstedt Funk + Meadowstone Farm Carly Monahan Angela Boardman & Bert Muzzy Mark Kelley Hannah Landy Matthew Lindstrom Main Street Landing + Kate Mendenhall + Lizabeth Moniz Myers Produce Jamaica Kelley Anne & Jared Langevin Harvey & Emily Liss Ellen Malona Ernesto Mendez Martin & Margaret Monnat Charlie Nardozzi + National Center for Appropriate Sharon Ogden + People’s United Bank + Jesse Poe Judith Mathison & Daniel Root 5 Farm Tim & Marie Schonholtz Technology Maria Ogden Andrew & Marianne Perchlik Polish Springs Regan + Roots Rock Farms, LLC Tatiana Schreiber NEK Roots Susan & Hans Ohanian Permaculture Solutions + Susan Polk & Glen Wehrwein Erik Rehman William Roper & Barbara Kate & Bill Schubart + Abbie Nelson + Jon & Norma Ojala Maurice Perrault Leslie Mann Polubinski Kate & Erik Reimanis Ganley + Ian & Katie Schwartz Benjamin Nelson Old Friends Farm Evan & Linda Perron Lance Polya Carly Reitsma Helen Rortvedt Janet Schwarz Jane & Del Neroni Old North End Farmers Market Allan Perry Jennie Porter Renaissance Farm Courtney Rose Caleb & Louise Scott New Chapter Old Road Farm Pete & Gerry’s Eggs Julian & Dan Post Rene J Fournier & Sons Rose Family Tony Scott & Eve Le Bourdais Farmers Union Old Wooster Farm + Pete’s Greens Waterbury Farm Melissa Post Farm Inc. Rose Wilson Consulting + Scythe Supply New Leaf Organics Laura Oliver Market Denise Pothier Resource Management, Inc. Melissa Rosenberg Seize the Day Farm New Morning Natural Foods Oliver Hill Farm Christine Peterson Norman Potoksky Restorative Formulations Anita Rosencrantz Joseph Severy New Village Farm Oliver’s Organic of Vermont Anne Peyton Daniel Powell Retreat Maple Products, Inc Michael & Leah Rosenthal Geoff & Gillian Sewake Phyl Newbeck OMRI + Willis Phelps Amy Powers + Rhapsody Natural Foods Dennis Ross & Angella Gibbons Kelly Sewell Newfield Herb Farm Rachel Onuf Jess Phelps Morgan Pratt + Philip Rice & Beth Sawin Paul Ross Shaker Mountain Farm Newport Farmers Market Orb Weaver Farm + Lauren Phelps Ray & Meredith Pratt Justin Rich Winston & Tammy Rost + Sean Shanny Ilana & Amos Newton Organic CBD, LLC Jeffrey Phillips Stephen Pratt George Richards Jane Rowe Carolyn Shapiro Anna & Stephen Niemiec Organic Valley/CROPP Linnea Phillips & Andy Verhelst Marge Prevot Barbara Richardson & Terry Daniel Rowe Drew Shatzer Alison Nihart + Cooperative Philo Ridge Farm Jennifer Prince + Souers + Andrew Rowles Shelburne Farmers Market Nick & Laura Nikolaides + Kathleen Orlandi Phoenix Feeds Organix, LLC Prohibition Pig Richmond Community Kitchen Royalton Farmers Market Lynn Sheldon & Daniel Hudnut Dan Nissenbaum Betsy Orvis + Bert Picard + Provender Farm Richmond Farmers Market Jessica Rubin Del Sheldon Colin Nohl Osborne Family Maple Sandi Pierson Craig & Sarah Putnam Louise Rickard Lindsey Ruhl Ruth Shepherd Karen Nootenboom + Peggy O’Toole & John Ewald Mary Louise Pierson Putney Farmers Market Ridgway Farm + Rural Vermont + Brian Shevrin Danielle Norris Oliver Owen Pigasus Meats Quarry Road Farms Daniel Ridlehoover Mark & Sarah Russell Shire Beef North Country Organics Heather Owens Michael Pill Cynthia & Giovanni Quilici Dan & Paulette Riendeau Linda Ruth Smith W L Shriner Northeast Hemp Commodities Paddlebridge Holsteins John Pimental Quill Hill Farm Right Mind Farm Rutland County Farmers Market Madeleine Siegel Northeast Kingdom Hemp Jean Palmer Koreen Piper + Will & Lynette 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Carol Noyes Pennsylvania Certified Organic Rebop Farm Ellen & Peter Roberts + David & Linda Sargent Pauline & Jeremy Singley Nuissl Farm Peaceful Harvest Mushrooms + Red Hen Baking Company LLC James & Camilla Roberts Kathleen & Greg Sauer Sisters of Anarchy Laura Nunziata Peacham Farmers Market Red Mill Restaurant/Basin Andrew Robinson + Justin & Rachel Sauerwein Heather Skilling + Kyle Nuse Ceilidh Peden-Spear Harbor Club Katie Robinson Savage Gardens Lauren Slayton Nutty Steph’s Orest Pelechaty Red Wagon Plants Rock Bottom Dairy Lauri Scharf Jason Slibeck O Bread Bakery Janet Pelletier Carrie Redlich Rock N Pig Farm Sally Schlueter & Richard Small Axe Farm + Oak Hollow Farm Catherine & Philip Peltz + Elizabeth Redmond Rockpile Farm Prescott + Small Farm Grace Oedel & Jacob Pembrook Heritage Farm Lara Redmond Dave & Sue Rogers + Steve & Rita Schneps Dale Smeltzer Holzberg-Pill Penny Cluse Café Lucy Rollins Erica Schoenberg Susan Smiley + Carter Smith Tim Stevenson Gaye Symington & Chuck Treleven Farm Vermont Compost Company Joe Weaver Claire Wilson Guthrie Smith & Roman Livak + Janet Steward & Ray Shatney Lacy + True Love Farm + Vermont Farm Bureau Victoria Weber Wilson Household Marijke & Markley Smith Alice Stewart Cathy Systo True North Granola Vermont Farm to Plate Harris Webster Wilson Herb Farm Sylvia Smith Edgar Stewart Tamarack Hollow Farm LLC T’s Hilltop Haven Farm Vermont Farmers Market Kirk Webster Kristen Wirkkala + Marcy Smith + Jeannette Stewart Basil Tangredi Karen & Dean Tuininga Vermont Foodbank Joan Weed Charles Wohlers Alice Smolinsky Rachel Stievater Tapalou Guilds Tunbridge Hill Farm Vermont Fresh Pasta + Libby Weiland Melissa & Morgan Wolaver + Les Snow Shelly Stiles Cindy Taska Robin Turnau Vermont Land Trust Alan Weisenfield & Family Seth Wolcott-MacCausland Michael Snow Mary Stoddard Taylor Valley View Farm Jon Turner + Vermont Soap Becca Weiss Deborah Wolf & Anthony Pollina Snowcap Brewing Company, LLC Margaret Stoltzman Lori & Thomas Terrien + Twin Maple Sugarworks Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Ginny & Harold Welch Elizabeth Wood Sandy Snyder + Kelly & Mark Stone Robert Terry + Two Brothers Maple LLC Vermont Tech Applied Ag Cathy Wells Anne Wood Michael & Susan Socks Stone Hollow Farm + Tether Loop Farm LLC + Graham Unangst-Rufenacht & Vermont Tortilla Company Wellscroft Fence Systems Margaret Wood SolarFest Stone Leaf Teahouse, LLC Kathryn Thatcher Diana Sette + Village Cannery of VT, Inc Quint Welters Wood Meadow Market Margaret Solon Stony Pond Farm The Abbey Group Under Orion Farm Joe Wendling Valerie Woodhouse & Eli Hersh Someday Farm + Stonyfield Farm + The Alchemist United Church of Bethel + William & Alicia Werner James & Maureen Woodnorth Sonny’s Blue Benn Diner + Thomas Storrow + The Corse Farm Dairy LLC Upper Valley Food Coop Cynthia Wesson Mary Woodruff + Aprille Soons Palmer Heather Strachan The Fertrell Company Upstate Elevator Supply Co. Sarah Wesson + Wood’s Market Garden + Eric & Laura Sorkin Randall Stratton The First Bird Upstate Niagara Cooperative West Hill Energy & Computing Woodstock Farmers’ Market Sous Bois Farm & Vineyard Kayla Strom The Friendly Toast Elizabeth Urie West River Farmers Market Woodstock Market on the Green South Royalton Market Linda Strom The Knoll at Middlebury College Julia Ursaki Pearl Wetherall Robin Worn + Sarah Spencer + Brian & Jonita Suderman The Maple Standard USDA NRCS Charlotte Wheater Helena Wu Joseph Sprano III Sugar Moon Hill The Putney School Farm Alisha Utter Kelly & Martin von Trapp Claire Wheeler Thomas Wyckoff Helen Spring Linda Sukop The Skinny Pancake UVM Center for Sustainable Ag Miriam Voran Whetstone Ledges Farm Yankee Farm Credit Spring Lake Ranch Sullivan Household The Sugarman of Vermont, Inc. UVM Extension VSECU Hallie Whitcomb & Mark Grable Yeager Household Springfield Food Coop Sun Common The Waybury Inn UVM Library Serials Department Vermont Community Garden Alissa White Rodney & Kate Yeh Josh Brill Sun Hill Farm Thistle Hill Farm LLC + UVM Medical Center Network Brent & Sarah White Dave Yesman & Nancy LaRowe + St. Albans Bay Farmers Market Sunja’s Oriental Foods, Inc Thomas Hirchak Co. Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Vermont Community Loan Fund Christopher White Yoder Household Maria Stadtmueller & Bruce Sunrise Organic Farm Jan Thompson & Paul Elliott Food & Markets Vermont Econ Dev/Ag Credit Nikki White Katherine & Jason Young Wheeler Sunsoil Susan Thompson + Allison Van Akkeren + Corp + Rebecca White Lauren Young Christine Staffa Surfing Veggie Farm Sidney Thompson + Van Drunen Household Vermont Housing Conservation White Family Maple Linda Young Mollie Willis & Andrea Eleana Sussman Thornhill Farm Ken Van Hazinga + Board Whitetail Acres Peter Young + Stander + Gary Sutton Mike & Julie Thresher Peter Vandertuin Philip Wagenbach Sue & Charles Whiting Joyce Young Standing Stone Perennial Astrid Suursoo & Kevin Ruelle Andrew Thurber & Kit Perkins + Ann Vanneman David & Renee Wahler + Doug Wighton Mary Young Farm + Cornelia & Henry Swayze Dave Tiffany Nancy VanWinkle Waitsfield Farmers Market Wilbur Farms LLC Lynn Zanardi Blevins Stannard Farm Kelly Sweeney John Tiffany Shannon Varley TJ Walker Wild Hill Organics Jack Zeilenga Robyn & Matthew Stattel Sweet Clover Market Brian Tijan Giacomo Vascotto Walker Farm + Wild Water Farm + Maya Zelkin Eliza Steffens Sweet Fern Sheep & Fiber + Joe & Annemarie Tisbert Sarah Vecci Rosina Wallace + Wildstone Farm Vivian Stein Ronnie J. 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