Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO CULTIVATE HEALTHY FARM AND FOOD CONNECTIONS IN CLASSROOMS, CAFETERIAS AND COMMUNITIES.
Farm to School Program:Our Farm to School program seeks to increase food access and improve student nutrition by cultivating healthy food and farm connections in classrooms, cafeterias, and communities in and around Southern Vermont. This year, our team: Received a contract from the Agency of Education to design and deliver professional development in partnership with four other FTS organizations. Presented our work at the Massachusetts Farm to School Institute and the Slow Living Summit. Contracted with statewide partners to provide Farm to School coaching to 6 schools in Southern Vermont in addition to our Member Schools. Supported schools in purchasing over $107K of local food, a 20% increase from last school year.Interest in our work around Trauma Sensitive Approaches to Farm to School continues to grow. Food Connects facilitated communities of practice have continued the work beyond the end of workshops and new best practices have led to culture shifts in schools. We plan to bring the training to the National Farm to Cafeteria Conference and districts throughout Vermont in 2020 and 2021.Expenses $115,118Revenue $115,566Food Hub:New year, new food hub! The milestones of 2019 are almost too numerous to list. In November, thanks to supporters of our Cooler Campaign, the Hub moved all its operations to its new temperature-controlled warehouse facility in Brattleboro. Now, for the first time, all products, vehicles, and personnel flow into and out of a single location. That means in 2020 we can focus on bringing in exciting new items, expanding our geographic reach in New England, and preparing for stringent third-party facility audits that will allow us to access untapped markets.Total Sales = $562,766While building our warehouse, we grew sales in southern VT and NH by 41%, to $562,840, and launched routes to the Upper Valley and Burlington. Some sales came out of our first product exchanges with other New England food hubs. Worked with 76 local farms and value-added food producers and 143 local food customers. Educated farms and value-added producers how to sell wholesale to local markets. Educated wholesale customers how to buy local and about the unique products and producers. Produced 15 new producer posters to highlight to end-users where their food comes from.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jane Dewey | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Kevin Brennan | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Kevin Stine | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Renouf | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Arlene Hanson | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Betsy Gentile | President | 2 | $0 |
| Taylor Burt | Vice President | 2 | $0 |
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