Annual Report 2014-2015 CULTIVATING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THROUGH FOOD and EDUCATION

Annual report 2014-2015 CULTIVATING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THROUGH FOOD AND EDUCATION

Annual report 2014-2015

Green Mountain Farm-to-School’s mission is to restore and strengthen local food systems in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont by promoting positive economic and educational relationships among schools, farms, and communities.

A Letter from the Executive Director and Chair of the Board

Dear Friends: ack* is a third-grade student at Barton Graded School. He loves Star Wars, basketball, and playing board games with his sisters. His family purchases groceries using food stamps Jand, up until last year, he had never tasted kale. Last week, I watched him serve a taste test of kale chips in his cafeteria. “Better than potato chips!” he promised his friends. Over the last six months, Jack worked with a group of his classmates to plan, plant, tend, and harvest a garden at school. His school’s food service staff cooked the vegetables he grew and served them in his school cafeteria, along with other local produce, meats, and dairy the school purchased from local farmers. All summer long, even when school was out, he and his sisters ate Katherine Sims healthy lunches and met up with other nearby families at the food truck that visits their town. At home, Jack’s family has started to cook one new food a month, inspired by the Vermont Harvest of the Month posters and recipes they see hung in their grocery store. Jack and his family are eating healthier, more sustainable food thanks to you. The gardens, the taste tests, the education, the summer lunches, the local food distribution — these are the results of Green Mountain Farm-to-School (GMFTS) programs that you helped fund. At GMFTS, we believe that all Vermonters deserve healthy, affordable, local food. We know that changing the way people eat and think about food improves their health, their environment, and their future. In this report we are excited to tell many stories like Jack’s and to share more about the programs that help define them. Thank you for all of your support; we look forward to continuing our work with you. Julie Poulin Sincerely,

Katherine Sims Julie Poulin Founder and Executive Director Board Chair *Name and some details have been changed.

2014-2015 Staff Ryann Collins, Farm-to-School 2014-2015 Board of Directors Katherine Sims, Founder and Executive Coordinator, AmeriCorps Merlin Backus Director Emilie Knight, Farm-to-School Sarah Baughman Catherine Cusack, Program Director Coordinator, AmeriCorps Hope Colburn Olivia Bulger, Farm Direct Coordinator Alayna Morin, Farm-to-School Amy Crank Maire Folan, Farm-to-School Program Coordinator, AmeriCorps Lisa Daigle-Farney through April 2015 Manager Sarah Wayne, Farm-to-School Robert Kern, Treasurer Cindy Hancock, Office Manager and Coordinator, AmeriCorps Jana Lovejoy Bookkeeper Alyssa Barsanti, Fall Intern Julie Poulin, Board Chair Rebecca Mitchell, Nutrition and Agriculture Jada Wensman, Summer Intern Katherine Sims, Founder and Executive Director Educator, AmeriCorps Adele Woodmansee, Summer Intern David Stackpole, Chair emeritus Leigh Archer, Farm-to-School Coordinator, Dean Vervoort through November 2014 AmeriCorps Steve Wright Holly Wyllie, Secretary

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Building a Healthy Northeast Kingdom MFTS is transforming the food system in the Northeast and increasing access to local food while fostering economic growth Kingdom of Vermont through our comprehensive, place- among local farms and businesses. based approach to programming. We are working across Working together we can build healthy communities through food theG food system to educate children and adults about healthy food and education. GMFTS Uses Three Strategies to Increase Demand for Local Food

We do work We train and support We provide resources ourselves others in their work for others to use

Why the Northeast Kingdom? The area faces disproportionate challenges but also has a wonderful agricultural heritage.

237,764 acres of farmland 1 in 4 children are food insecure

Total market 17% of population value of lives in poverty (highest in state) $148,204,000 agricultural products sold

By working in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, we have an opportunity to ensure that Vermonters of all income levels have access to healthy, affordable, local food.

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GMFTS programs — Complementary and interconnected he food system is complex! It encompasses families, system in the Northeast Kingdom for the better. Each program businesses, farms, retail stores, distributors, and the broader is complementary and interconnected, allowing us to leverage community. With four major programs, we have developed resources, share best practices, and amplify our impact. ta comprehensive, place-based approach to transform the food

Farm-to-School The Lunchbox

Gathers student Buys food from feedback on recipes local farms

Provides training to Provides nutritious meals food service on using for students when school local foods isn’t in session Reaches out to students and families about Provides a venue to serve programming and eat featured produce

Vermont Harvest of the Month Green Mountain Farm Direct

Features seasonal Sells local food to foods on menu and school cafeterias increases sales

Provides educational Sells local food for activities summer meals Works with farmers to Provides recipes for aggregate and supply taste tests HOM foods

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he Northeast Kingdom Farm-to-School Program provides agriculture education. programs, resources, and networking opportunities to During the 2014-2015 school year, we worked with 25 farm-to- schools in the Northeast Kingdom, supporting their efforts school partner schools to run many programs that reached over 5,000 toT build school gardens, source local food, and provide nutrition and students. Partner Schools

Newport GMFTS is now serving the majority of 10 24 students in the Northeast Kingdom 21 7 20 12 7 14 8 22 4 3 13 16 2 Percentage of Students in the NEK Served by GMFTS 89 17 19 11 1 5 1. Albany Community School 18 23 100% 9 91 15 2. Barton Graded School 6 15 3. Brighton Elementary School 25 Burlington 90% St. Johnsbury 4. Brownington Central School 5. Burke Town School 7 89 6. Cambridge Elementary School 80% Montpelier 7. Charleston Elementary School 8. Coventry Village School 70% 91 9. Craftsbury Academy 10. Derby Elementary School 89 7 11. Glover Community School 60% 12. Holland Elementary School 13. Irasburg Village School 50% 14. Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School White River 40% Junction 15. Johnson Elementary School Percentage of Students in the NEK Served by GMFTS 16. Lake Region Union High School 17. Lakeview Union School 30% 18. Lowell Graded School 7 19. Miller’s Run School 91 20% 20. Newport City Elementary School 21. Newport Town School 22. Orleans Elementary School 10% 23. Sutton Graded School 24. Troy School 0% Bennington Brattleboro 25. Walden School FY 13 FY 14 FY 15

Training the Next Generation of Leaders In the seven years since GMFTS was founded, we have hosted 34 AmeriCorps members for a year of public service in school food systems as a part of our Farm-to-School Program.

Spotlight on Rebecca Mitchell: After serving as an AmeriCorps member at GMFTS for two years, Becca has joined our team as a full-time staff at the organization. “Serving as an Americorps member at GMFTS has provided me with meaningful work experience, understanding of food access and education, and a deeper sense of self. I’m grateful for the relationships I’ve cultivated through this experience, and I am excited to continue my journey working with this organization and making a difference for the children and communities of the Northeast Kingdom.”

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Farm to School Curriculum ver the past several years, we have been working with schools to develop hands-on, nutrition and agriculture education lessons aligned with the Com- Omon Core Standards and tailored to each grade level. Over the past year, we’ve written lesson plans, tested the activities, and finalized our new Farm-to-School curriculum. Shifting to the Farm to School Curriculum has resulted in a 50 percent increase in the number of workshops that we’ve delivered at schools this year. Kindergarten: • Sheep and Dairy History in Animals on the Farm Vermont • Moo to You • Cooking Then and Now • Sheep to Sweater 5th Grade: Soil Science • Poultry Power • A Closer Look at Soil 1st Grade: The Fall Harvest • Compost Cake • Apples • Soil Food Web • Pumpkins 6th Grade: Garden Ecosystems Our school gardens produced over one ton • Corn • Our Garden Ecosystem of food for school cafeterias. 2nd Grade: Seeds • Planning the School Garden • Seed Needs • Building the School Garden We know when students are involved in • Seed Saving 7th Grade: Food Systems growing the food, they are more likely to try it. • Seed Sprouting • Our Food Systems 3rd Grade: Plants to You • Food Miles • Eating Plants • Food Ethics • Eating through the Seasons 8th Grade: • Preserving the Harvest Careers in Agriculture 4th Grade: Vermont Agriculture • Individual projects Spotlight on Taste Tests Then and Now • Small Business projects Students are often reluctant to try new foods. Taste tests • Vermont Crops from Past to encourage adventurous eating by involving students in prepar- Present ing and serving the new foods. This helps to raise awareness This work was made possible thanks to a about healthy foods and build a culture of trying new foods. generous grant from Stony Point Foundation.

We served over 11,000 taste test samples this past year. 63% of students Our inaugural Northeast Kingdom gave parsnips a Farm-to-School Conference drew over thumbs-up! 80 people together for a day of networking and shared-learning at Sterling College.

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Green Mountain Farm Direct Delivering food from local farms to our communities

Farm Direct is a regional food hub distributing local food to schools, institutions, and other sales outlets in northern Vermont.

Newport

Farm Direct generated over $350,000 in sales, 7 with participating farmers, on average,

experiencing a 45 percent increase in sales. 89

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Burlington St. Johnsbury

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7 Montpelier Producers

91 Customers

89 7 Farm Direct sells a wide variety of food to meet the year-round needs of our

White customers River Junction

The Farm Share of the Food Dollar. Products Sold by Category

7 Farm Direct returns 83 cents on the dollar 91 back to participating farmers. Meat & Produce Poultry Grains & Beans

Specialty Bennington Brattleboro Dairy products & prepared foods

% Farm Share % Market Share “Farm Direct has enabled us Nationally, the average farmer receives 17.4 cents on the dollar.* to expand what we do. Now we’re trying to keep up with the demand, which is a great problem to have.” — Tony Brault of Brault’s % Farm % Market Share Slaughterhouse Share

* Source: USDA food dollar series http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ food-dollar-series/food-dollar-application.aspx

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Vermont Harvest of the Month Promoting seasonal foods in Vermont’s classrooms, cafeterias, and communities Vermont Harvest of the Month (HOM) is a monthly, statewide campaign providing ready-to-go materials for classrooms, cafeterias, and communities that promote local, seasonal foods.

Partners across Vermont are using FRESH Food, HOM in new and exciting ways a social enterprise of Vermont Works ach month, for Women, utilizes the Newport HOM as a learning Ciderhouse Bar tool for trainees. Taste E& Grill incorporates tests and educational new menu offerings lessons are conducted showcasing the month’s in order to incorpo- featured harvest and rate the HOM into a sources the seasonal lo- menu item for either cal produce from Green childcare meals or catering jobs for local businesses. Mountain Farm Direct. Harvest of the Month Participants

Newport This past summer, 7 NW Vermont Healthy Roots Collaborative 89 implemented taste tests 91 at several locations throughout Franklin Burlington St. Johnsbury County including 7 89 community events, Montpelier businesses, service organizations, and Northwestern Medical 91 89 Center. 7 87 percent of participants

White VT Fresh, a program of River reported an the Vermont Foodbank, Junction increased ability works with partners to educate on changing the around local 7 food environment to 91 foods as a result promote fresh foods of HOM through cooking demos, displays, and signage using HOM materials. Bennington Brattleboro

Visit our new website at VermontHarvestoftheMonth.org for FREE posters, recipes, activities, and more

Harvest of the Month is a collaboration between Green Mountain Farm-to-School, Food Connects, and Vital Communities.

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The Lunchbox Food Truck Serving local food to our community

The Lunchbox is a summer meal program and mobile learning kitchen that brings locally-grown food and food-based education to communities in the Northeast Kingdom.

Served 1,643 free 428 meals meals to kids. purchased 96% of survey by adults, respondents all of which ranked the meals help support as outstanding. the program financially

GMFTS provides free summer meals for kids Purchased 18 and under in 60% of Conducted communities where ingredients 24 food tasting, at least 50% of from attended by 12 local farms students qualify for 437 individuals. free and reduced lunches, thanks to the USDA Child Note: The Lunchbox program straddles our fiscal year. We’re excited 77 percent of Nutrition Program. to share results from this past fiscal year along with preliminary results food tasting We’re excited to from our current year. Next year’s annual report will include final data participants help keep kids gave the recipe a from current year. healthy when school thumbs up is out!

Reaching Consumers Where They Are We believe that the next frontier for local food is retail Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Coupon Program grocery outlets, where the vast majority of Vermonters GMFTS is currently piloting a new program that purchase food. Over the past year, we’ve expanded our will allow Orleans and Essex county residents Taste Test program to local retail grocery stores where participating in the Supplemental Nutrition we can open up new markets for our food producers and Assistance Program, 3SquaresVT, to purchase an significantly improve access to healthy and local food. additional $75 of fresh fruits and vegetables this fall We conducted 37 tastings at local retailers, reaching and winter at five Northeast Kingdom grocery stores. over 350 people. Ninety percent that tried the recipe liked it. Through the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Coupon Program, we want to improve access to healthy foods and make fruits and vegetables more affordable for low-income residents in local grocery stores.

The project is made possible with funding from a USDA Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) grant and a matching grant from the Farm to Plate Network Fund. GMFTS is implementing the program with support from an advisory group made up of members of the Food Retailers Task Force and others from state agencies and organizations.

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Growing to scale

reen Mountain Farm-to-School has seen remarkable growth quality programs by expanding our staff, developing core operational since 2005, when we planted our first school garden program systems, strengthening our evaluations, and building capacity within in our first elementary school. We are now a multi-program, the organization. Over the next few years, goals for the organization Gregional organization reaching over 10,000 children with strong operations include: partnerships at 30+ schools, 50+ farms, and many other community • Organization-wide planning institutions. • Strategic growth measured by good data on impact outcomes As GMFTS moves from a rapidly-growing, start-up organization • Increasing operational capacity and expanding our leadership to a stable, secure part of the community, our focus is shifting to team sustainability and long-term planning so we can continue to grow in • Building a reserve fund the future. Over the last year, we have deepened our commitment to • Focusing on unrestricted and long-term funding

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We are thankful to our community of new and long-timeSupporters friends who have generously supported Green Mountain Farm-to-School between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015 as we seek to promote the health of Vermont’s children, farms, and communities.

Major Funders (>$2,000) Donald and Andrea Hunt The Abbey Group Emily Jacke Anonymous Jay Focus Group Ben & Jerry’s Foundation Deb and Gary Johnson D&S Distributing Judith and James Kavanagh Food Connects Robert Cindy Kern The Fountain Fund King Arthur Flour Company GSDC/Granite State Development Corp. Frank and Alicia Knoll Harris and Frances Block Foundation Tanya Lamoureux and Peter Oliver Jay Peak Resort Stuart LaPoint, Stuart LaPoint Lintilhac Foundation Landscaping and Nursery Lynman Orton Fund Marc and Laura Bouchard Virginia Davis Carol Lawlor Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging Beth and David Bouffard, Derby Jean E. Davis Anne and Jack Lazor, Butterworks Northeast Kingdom Fund of the Village Store Richard Del Favero Farm Vermont Community Foundation Lauri and Mark Boyden, Boyden Farm Dean and Monica DeLaBruere Alain and Laurie LeBlanc Northeast Kingdom Waste LLC Delmer R. Barrows Charitable Fund Ed LeClair and Elizabeth Comolli Management District Brault’s Market, LLC Barbara and Terry Difazio Eleanor and Albert Leger, Eden Ice Northern Community Investment Corp. Steve Breault and Michel Lemieux Micky and Peg Doheny Cider Company Jeff and Tracy Poulin Heidi Brown Ilene Douglas and Allan Wooley Susan and Drew Lepple Peter and Diana Poulin Annie and Jason Brueck Dick Dreissigacker and Judy Geer Mary Ellen Linton and George Linton Poulin Grain Inc. James Burton Jr. and Paula Bailly- Emily H. Dreissigacker III Poulin Lumber Inc. Burton Spud and Kitty Edwards Robert Lionette and Heather Quinn The Rona Jaffe Foundation Donald Bustin Susan and Michael Epstein John and Wendy Lippmann Charles and Violet Schafer Mary Butler Abby Evankow Tom Liu, Asbury Service Center Stony Point Foundation Cabot Creamery ExxonMobil Foundation Lost Nation Brewing Co LLC USDA Rural Development David Cacciamani and Mary Anderson Bobby Farlice-Rubio Ned and Jana Lovejoy, Apple Ledge V & C Charitable Foundation Megan Camp Mike Farney and Lisa Daigle-Farney Farm Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Joan and Edwin Camp William and Donna Fellinger George and Westy Lovejoy Food & Markets Jim Campbell, Jim Campbell Real Erika Fellinger Denny and Carolyn Lyster Vermont Community Foundation Estate Elizabeth Ferry Marcy E. MacDonald Vermont Housing and Conservation Steven Campbell Judy and Frank Filipkowski Machejeski - Labounty Family Fund Board Cellars at Jasper Hill Peter and Karen Fina Daniel Maclure Vital Communities Century 21 Farm & Forest Realty, Inc. Heidi Sims Fiske Vicki Maitre Champlain Valley Equipment Eric and Sepi Flachbart Jim and Susan Malloy Champlain Valley Union High School Barbara and Doug Flack, Flack Family Travis Marcotte Contributors Isobel Marks and Ross Maccornmack Al’s Snowmobile, LLC Chaput Family Farms Farm Chelsea Green Publishing Barb and Jim Flint Stephen and Alma Marsh John and Anne Alexander Lucy and David Marvin, Butternut American Academy of Pediatrics Anne Chiarello Laini Fondiller Beverly and Robert Chimileski Brenda and Claudio Fort Mountain Farm Anonymous (6) Joan McAllister Jean and Nick Arcangeli Christensen-Dunn Early Foundations Dan and Linda Fortin Fund Four Seasons Garden Club David and Dorie McArthur Douglas Arseneau Lindsay and Frank McDonnell Lawrence and Joan Austin Claire’s Home Comfort Cleaning Wendy and Alan Franklin Anne and Arthur Cohn Riki and Ed French Tim and Betsy McKay Shawn and Kathryn Austin Robert McMaster James Axley Mark and Hope Colburn Harold and Beverly Frost Shaye Collins Myra Fundis John Miller and Jeanne Desrochers B & D Builders, Inc. Dan R. and Carol E. Mills Merlin Backus and Rebecca Velazquez Columbia Forest Products Shari and Paul Gagne Community Financial Services Group Gartner - The Matching Gift Center John and Janet Monette, Missionary Kim and Dan Backus Acres Caroline and Thomas Bailey LLC Green Mountain United Way Community National Bank Chet and Sherry Greenwood Dr. Thomas and Christine Moseley Judy and Gerry Ballinger Cindy and Garrett Moylan, Alexandra and Mathias Bannach Concept 2 Rowing Deborah J. Gring Kathryn Converse Vern Grubinger and Tracey Devlin All About Home Lynda Barber and David Hunter Richard and Dr. Susan Nelson, Barnett’s, Inc. Brian and Jenn Cook, Kingdom Stephen Gulick Brewing H.A. Manosh Corporation Nelacres Farm Susan and Roy Barnett New England Grassroots Marie and Sam Bartlett Nancy and Bill Cook Paula and Fritz Halbedl, Derby Line Judith and Daniel Coquillette Village Inn Environmental Fund Sarah and Matthew Baughman Tim Newcomb Conrad Bellavance Christina Cormier Ellen Halperin Paul Costello Genevieve and Ian Hamby Scott and Martha Noel, Insuring Don and Christine Berthiaume, Vermont, Inc. International Landscape Inc. Jacques and Pauline Couture, Sally Harvey Couture’s Maple Shop/B&B Oz and Judy Henchel Beth and Kris Norris Birch and River Berkfield North Country Hospital Cynthia Bjerklie, Half-Pint Farm Jason and Katie Crank High Mowing Organic Seeds Kathryn Kuba Dadurand Anne S. Hopkins NorthCountry Federal Credit Union Julie Bomengen and Roger Murphy Northeast Kingdom Learning Nanette and Steve Bonneau Donald Dahlin, DDS Susan Houston Conrad and Connie Daigle Gregory P. Howe, Law Office of Services, Inc. Dr. Paul and Liz Bosco, Highland Northeast Kingdom Tasting Ctr., LLC Dental Center Robert and Jennie Davis Gregory Howe

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Northpoint Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Roger and Pauline Vachon Kathleen O’Reilly Ann D. and Van Gilder Scott Oeschger, Spring Hill Angus, Patricia Hunt Vana LLC/Northeast Kingdom Vermont Land Trust Processing Dean and Pam Vervoort Organic Valley New England John Vetter Origin Design + Communications, LTD Brian Walsh Passumpsic Savings Bank Earl Washburn Bill and Martha Peck Jake Webster and Michelle Legault Emma Pelzner and Kushal Dave Mary and Ted Wendell Molly Perkins and Jeff Kirkman Jake and Cathie Wheeler Patricia Perl Louise and Don Whipple Pete’s Greens, Inc. John White and Joan Sbarra Tom and Donna Petit Katie and Sheb White Jennifer Pikor and Ryan Burgess Sarah White Susanna Place Brenda and Gil Wierschke Judy Pollack Lynn and Ron Wild Students from the Lowell School testified in front of Vermont Yvette Pollack Wild Branch Solutions, Inc. legislators about the importance of farm-to-school programs. Margot Pollans Martha Wilson They even brought along a parsnip muffin taste test! Dave Potter and Marian Woodford- Paul Wolfe Potter Enid Wonnacott Cory and Julie Poulin Rick Woodward, Mywood Properties, LC In-Kind gifts: Bob and Ellie Primeau Ron Wright, Wright’s Auction Service Debby Rancourt Steve and Brooke Wright Albany Auto Repair Louis Garneau, Inc. Randall Family Farm LLC Jim and Holly Wyllie Apple Ledge Farm Victoria Mathieson Rebecca and Howard Reynolds Allen and Kathleen Yale John and Gwen Bailey-Rowe Jen and George McKenzie Richard Ricciardi Yankee Farm Credit Sarah Baughman Neighborhood Greens Chris and Amy Rickman Steve Beault and Michel Lemieux New Peasant Farm Rotary Club of Newport In honor of: Bella Doni Pottery Newport Naturals Market and Café Christine Rotenberg Conrad Bellavance Northern Star Cruises Casey and Andrew Rowell Maegan Brown Berry Creek Farm On Vermont Time Jan and Mary Jane Rozendaal Judy and Frank Filipkowski Bonnieview Sheep Dairy Emma Pelzner Laural and Tim Ruggles Brault’s Market, LLC Pete’s Greens, Inc. Sharon Ryan Margaret Dillon Katelyn Burke Peter and Diana Poulin Didi Saulnier Emily Jacke Burke Mountain Confectionery Julie and Cory Poulin Janet Savage EN20 SW C & C Supermarket Poulin Lumber Inc. Anne Segal Tom Liu Cellars at Jasper Hill Amy Rickman Jason Shafer Center for America’s First Horse River’s Edge Farm Stand Chris and Sarah Shaffer Pete Johnson and Eloise Girard Couture’s Maple Shop/B&B Ellie Nina Roberts William Shouldice IV Dan and Carol Mills Craftsbury General Store Dave Robitille Katherine Sims and Jeff Fellinger Casey Kirkman Irene Dagesse Rooty’s Orchard Kathie and Nat Sims Molly Perkins and Jeff Kirkman Lisa Daigle-Farney and Mike Farney Kathie and Nat Sims Nancy and Rod Skinner Eden Ice Cider Company Katherine Sims and Jeff Fellinger Greg and Sharon Smith, North Derby Katherine Sims & Staff Ben Farney Spates the Florist Berry Farm Barb and Jim Flint Foote Brook Farm Spring Hill Angus, LLC Doug and Vivian Spates, Ann-Britt Garcia Lou David Stackpole Memphremagog Rentals, LLC David Stackpole Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Sterling College Janet Spring Marie and Sam Bartlett High Mowing Seeds Strafford Organic Creamery Ruth Sproull Hunger Free Vermont Stronghold Farm St. Albans Co-op Store In memory of: Jay Peak Resort Tamarlane Farm David Stackpole Jocelyn & Cinta’s Bake Shop The Garden of Eurbin Stackpole & French Shirley Ayers Johnny’s Selected Seeds Vermont Compost Company John and Claudette Starr Ron and Lynn Wild Johnson Woolen Mills Vermont Smoke and Cure Robert and Anita Starr Napoleon Diette Jon Somes Salon Vermont Soy Jesse and Anna Stein Conrad and Connie Daigle Robert and Cindy Kern Dean and Pam Vervoort Andy and Kakki Stenger Kingdom Brewing Wild Branch Solutions, Inc. Peter and Lona Stuart Justin Lago Trattoria Wind Starr Nursery and Landscaping Kevin Szych John and Anne Alexander Lake Hills Landscaping Melissa Yetman Robert Taisey Peter Limon and Judy Jackson Tony Tanguay, Affordable Self Storage Sarah Montgomery Taylor-Moore Agency, Inc. Anonymous Carl and Susan Taylor Nancy E. Tessier Agnes O’Reilly Robert Townsend Kathleen O’Reilly Maggie Turner Everett A. Willard Umbrella, Inc. Elizabeth Ferry Sherry and David Underwood

The accuracy of this listing is very important to us. Please let us know if you can’t find your name or if you are listed incorrectly so that we can correct our records. Thank you!

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Financial report Statement of Activity July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015 Revenue Expenses Individual and Corporate ...... $92,763 Program Services ...... $430,197 Foundations and Grants ...... $246,113 Management and General...... $30,788 Program Service Fees...... $92,556 Development...... $500 Events...... $26,099 Total Expenses...... $461,485 Total Revenue ...... $457,531

Program Foundations and Individual and Services: 93% Grants: 54% Corporate: 20%

Events: 6% Management and General: 7%

Development: 0% Program Service Fees: 20%

Summary Balance Sheet As of June 30, 2015

Assets Current Assets Checking/Savings ...... $52,484 Accounts Receivable ...... $39,629 Vehicle and Equipment ...... $27,797 Other Assets ...... $400 Total Current Assets ...... $120,310

Liabilities & Net Assets Current Liabilities Accounts Payable...... $9,844 Other Liabilities ...... $5,376 Total Current Liabilities...... $15,220 Total Net Assets...... $105,090

Total Liabilities & Net Assets...... $120,310

Vermont Farm-to-School, Inc., DBA Green Mountain Farm-to-School is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Graphic Design: Newcomb Studios Photo credits: GMFTS staff This report was printed in Vermont with soy-based inks on recycled paper containing 30% post-consumer recycled fiber.

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