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Recap: Grassroots Organizing as a Form of Local Resiliency
We are officially halfway through our series! Watch this week's recording here. It has been such an inspiring first few weeks. Each week, as we hear new voices, and learn about new topics, we are reminded of how important it is to be focusing on creating a safe, just,...
Recap: The Future of Farming is Femme
This panel examined gender based disparities in Vermont’s food system, specifically when discussing the role of caretakers, who historically tend to be womxn. Zymora Davinchi, ShiftMeals’ BIPOC Food Sovereignty Program Manager and facilitator for this panel opened up the discussion by reading a quote from Vermont Organic Dairy Farmer, Abbie Corse.
Recap: COVID-19 and Vermont’s Changing Food System
Wow, what a start to the series! Watch the webinar recording here. Thank you again Zully, Madeline, Grace, Anore, Lynn Ellen, and Brittany for joining us and sharing your insights and wisdom with one another and our audience.
City Market joins ShiftMeals in Celebrating Womxn and Femmes in Vermont’s Food System
While 2020 has certainly brought its fair share of challenges, it has also helped to forge new partnerships and shed light on some of the incredible work happening around our state, most notably in response to rising food insecurity brought on by COVID-19. For the past six months, we’ve watched the cooperative spirit of Vermont shine as organizations and individuals have rallied together to ensure that all Vermonters have access to food.
Team Member Highlight: Meet Zymora
Meet Zymora! Zymora Davinchi joined the ShiftMeals fold back in May when she became a GrowTeam member at The Center for Grassroots Organizing in Marshfield, VT. She is now a ShiftMeals BIPOC Food Sovereignty Program Manager leading some dynamite initiatives and...
How To Make Spicy Garlic Dilly Beans
If you’re growing green beans in your garden right now it’s probably safe to say you’re currently up to your ears in them. For the past couple of weeks our GrowTeam sites have been picking around 100 pounds a week! Rather than eating them for every meal, or letting...
This Year’s Harvest Brings More Than Food — It Brings Community: Reflections from GrowTeam Manager Sammy
So far this season, ShiftMeals GrowTeams have had over 100 pairs of hands, in 7 different gardens and farms throughout Vermont. As we reach this moment of abundance in the season, I want to take a moment to reflect on all the work that has been done so far.
Center for Grassroots Organizing’s “Northstar Collective”
The Northstar Collective was created in partnership with The Center for Grassroots Organizing in Marshfield, Vermont by GrowTeam members to continue stewarding the land and learning about agriculture. With the guidance and support of their team leaders they created a collective that they could learn and grow with and continue to use their harvest for food justice and sovereignty.
Starting a Collective Community Garden at Bluffside Farm
Bluffside Farm, connecting with the shores of Lake Memphremagog in Newport, Vermont, contains woodland, recreational trails, beaches, idyllic pasture and cultivated farmland. For the past two months, in partnership with the Vermont Land Trust, our ShiftMeals GrowTeam...
ShiftMeals to Benefit from Hug Your Farmer Livestream featuring Dave Matthews, Grace Potter and More
This Thursday, June 25th, at 9pm, Burlington’s own Hug Your Farmer will be producing a livestream featuring performances from Dave Matthews, Grace Potter, Martin Sexton, Chadwick Stokes (of Dispatch), Tony-winner Kelli O’Hara, Kat Wright, Josh Panda, Bob Wagner,...
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