I think this is so cool.

[cali]

Kingsbury Farm

The Kingsbury Farm in Warren is the result of a unique partnership between the Vermont Foodbank and the Vermont Land Trust. In early 2008, the Vermont Foodbank was chosen as new owners of the Kingsbury Farm by representatives of the town of Warren, the Mad River Valley Localvore Project, the Mad River Valley Planning District, Friends of the Mad River and Vermont Land Trust. Read more about the process by clicking here to read this Valley Reporter article from July 24, 2008.

The land is leased to farmers Aaron Locker and Suzanne Slomin. In payment for the lease, the farmers provide the Vermont Foodbank with fresh produce for food shelves and meal sites up and down the Mad River Valley. They also run a market garden. To learn more about the Kingsbury Market Garden Store and Bakery, click here.


Along with providing high-quality fresh food, the Kingsbury Farm project also preserves valuable Vermont farm land and a historic farmstead, and protects the critical riverside habitat.

The Vermont Foodbank's Kingsbury Farm is located on Route 100, in the town of Warren.

http://www.vtfoodbank.org/OurPrograms/AgPrograms/KingsburyFarm.aspx

As is this:

History
The Vermont Foodbank gleaning program originated as a regionally based community non-profit called Salvation Farms, started by Theresa Snow and Jen O'Donnell. Snow began gleaning in 2004 as a side project at Pete's Greens, and in 2005 created Salvation Farms with Jen under the fiscal sponsorship of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT). Officially organized in 2005 to serve the Lamoille Valley area, Salvation Farms had strengthened greatly in the years since its inception due to the dedication of its co-founders. Between 2005 and 2008, the organization's gleanings totaled over 88,000 pounds from Lamoille Valley farms.



In January 2008, Salvation Farms became a program of the Vermont Foodbank, and is now known as the "Vermont Foodbank Gleaning Program". This development offers both stability and ways to increase Vermont's food security. As we sharpen our skills, we hope to show that (with determination) gleaning can become a reality for all Vermont communities on the path to a more sustainable future.



The gleaning program is designed to be a model that can be implemented and maintained by any community. When successfully replicated, these systems will remedy the lack of fresh produce available at food sites serving the nutritionally- and food-insecure in Vermont. Naturally, the future of local fresh food recovery depends on the level of interest across Vermont, and the collaboration of organizations and individuals at the community level.


~Many hands make light work~

[JNelson6563]

1. K&R

[dionysus]

2. i like your state.

[spanone]

3. k&r...

[7wo7rees]

4. This is cooler than cool. This is harmonious.

I love this:

"Along with providing high-quality fresh food, the Kingsbury Farm project also preserves valuable Vermont farm land and a historic farmstead, and protects the critical riverside habitat."

This is what harmony looks like. What a great contract of natural resources and their conservation and stewardship, at the same time there is common ownership and sharing going on.

Wow! This is in America, right?

[cali]

5. I was at the Kingsbury Farm on Monday

It's so fantastic. And Pete's Greens is just down the road from me. Great place. Great people.

[H2O Man]

6. Recommended.

Thank you for this!

[cali]

7. kick