Nonprofits

Supports for Food System Businesses

Supports for Food System Businesses

Businesses tied to Vermont’s food system have multiple resources available to them during this challenging time. Farmers with extra produce to sell, dairy farms in need of backup milkers, and ...
Combating Food Insecurity, One Meal at a Time

Combating Food Insecurity, One Meal at a Time

Vermont’s commitment to local food runs deep. It’s no surprise then that one of the most successful and innovative programs to combat the one-two punch of closed businesses and increased food ...
Vermonters Work Together to Fight Food Insecurity

Vermonters Work Together to Fight Food Insecurity

In Vermont, neighbors help neighbors. As the state responds to the COVID-19 pandemic by asking Vermonters to stay home as much as possible, food insecurity is a community concern, and people are ...
Vermont Wood Banks Offer Neighborly Heating Assistance

Vermont Wood Banks Offer Neighborly Heating Assistance

By MARGARET GRAYSON On a windy stretch of Bristol Road in Monkton, Lee Kauppila was ready to tell a story. Clad in a red checkered jacket, toque and work gloves, he was all booming voice and ...

New Human Rights Commission Director Bor Yang Has Big Plans

By KYMELYA SARI Not long ago, Bor Yang, the new executive director of the Vermont Human Rights Commission, contemplated leaving the state.  At the time, Yang was an administrative law ...