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May 19, 2011, 3:30 to 5:30 Hartland Public Library Community Room I. Introductions and affiliations Peter Allison – Upper Valley Farm to School Coordinator Debbie Diegoli – White River Junction Transition Town; Vital Communities Pat McGovern- Upper Valley Localvores; Canillas Community Garden (Lebanon). Kye Cochran- Upper Valley Food Coop; Transition Town White River Junction Beth Carlson- Farm to School at Windsor [...] Valley Food Council March 21, 2011, 3-5 pm Focus of meeting: The Valley Food Council gave input to the Windsor Integral Sustainability Initiative (aka Windsor Prison Lands Project) on ideas on future agricultural uses on the 200 acres of agricultural lands within the 900 acre state prison property. Highlights: Using Permaculture as a framework , planners are looking at [...] Valley Food Council Public Forum November 17, 2010 Objectives of forum: Learn what existing emergency plans are; what the gaps in plans are; and how they are being or could be addressed. Highlights from Presentations A. Government Emergency Planning Kevin Geiger, Two Rivers Ottauquechee Regional Planning Commission State of VT has a small emergency management department, which works with [...] Valley Food Council Meeting notes of 10/19/10 — Sourcing locally grown foods for everyday, community meals Meeting Highlights: · Serving locally grown foods is no longer reserved for special events and exceptional efforts. On many fronts, community groups are shifting consumption of local food into the mainstream, where it is becoming a normal part of daily life. · [...] Highlights: · There are exciting projects going on in VT/NH, and all in the absence of any state mandates to keep organics out of landfills. 30% of landfill waste is organic waste. · Food scrap diversion and composting reduce landfill volume, reduce animal feed costs, recycle nutrients to soil, improve soil fertility and erosion control. · Current [...] March 4, 2010 Meeting held at Lebanon City Hall Topic: Food Storage Summary NOFA-VT reported that in 2007, fruit & veggie farmers in a NOFA advisory group asked for help with raising production rather than storage. We’ll get an update from this same NOFA [...] The Dirt on Community and School Gardens May 10th, 2010 Hartford Memorial Middle School Presented by Upper Valley Farm to School, Valley Food Council, Valley Food & Farm, with thanks to HEAL for sponsoring our speaker The program had a keynote speech by Jim Flint, Executive Director of the Friends of the Burlington Gardens at VT Community [...] June 15, 2010 Summary of Discussion: Barbara Duncan presented information about “Menu for the Future” course and possible audiences and venues were suggested. Course is at no charge and books are available on loan or to purchase. Actions: Valley Food Council Meeting January 28, 2010 Topic: Marketing Strategies and Business Models for Farms Main Points: There are numerous online “farmers markets” where customers can place orders online from many different farms, then pick everything up at one centralized location weekly. Harvest to Market, new group of online Farmers markets – serves only ME and NH at this [...] |
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