Staff report After abruptly closing in January due to contamination, the Vermont Farmers’ Food Center (VFFC) is planning to reopen by next fall. A work plan was recently submitted to the Dept. of Environmental Conservation (DEC) detailing next steps for […]
Tag: VFFC
2022 E-Editions
Mountain Times – Volume 51, Number 12 – March 23-29, 2022
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Arts, Dining & Entertainment, News Briefs
Vermont Farmers Food Center appoints Heidi Lynch as interim executive director
RUTLAND — Vermont Farmers Food Center (VFFC) has appointed Heidi Lynch as interim executive director, as it enters its second decade as an agricultural food and education hub for Rutland County. Lynch moves into the leadership role after 10 years […]
2022 E-Editions
Mountain Times – Vol. 51, No. 02 – Jan. 12-18, 2022
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Audio, Featured, Local News
Greg Cox is feeding Rutland
By Ethan Weinstein https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-farmer-feeding-the-world/id1578946939?i=1000531218275 https://omny.fm/shows/my-side-of-the-mountain/one-farmer-feeding-the-world?in_playlist=my-side-of-the-mountain!podcast “It’s gonna sound bizarre: I don’t focus on making a living, I focus on feeding people. And I have this little mantra in my head, that the farmer that’s worried about feeding his family […]
Featured, State News
Rep. Welch earmarks $1.6 million for VFFC, awaiting Senate approval
By Ethan Weinstein RUTLAND—Congressman Peter Welch visited the Vermont Farmers Food Center (VFFC) Friday, July 16, after earmarking $1.6 million for the nonprofit. The House Appropriations subcommittee approved Rep. Welch’s funding request and it will likely pass by vote in […]
2021 E-Editions
Mountain Times – Volume 50, Number 29 – July 21-27, 2021
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Featured, Local News
‘Food as medicine’: Rutland’s Farmacy Project
By Julia Purdy RUTLAND—Now entering its fourth year, the Rutland County Farmacy Project opened Wednesday, July 11, at both the Vermont Farmers Food Center (VFFC) on West St. and at the Community Health Center of the Rutland Region (CHCRR) on […]
Letter, Opinion
VFFC incubator kitchen dining event was a community succcess
Dear Editor, Thank you to the farmers who grew the food we served for our first Vermont Farmers Food Center Incubator Kitchen dining event held the weekend of May 20-21. Thank you also for the hard work of our volunteer […]
Local News
Lieutenant Governor Zuckerman visits VFFC
RUTLAND— Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman visited Rutland’s Vermont Farmers Food Center (VFFC) on Sunday, May 21. Greg Cox, president of the VFFC board of directors, hosted the site visit and discussion along with board members Ryan Yoder, vice president; Jody […]