We are so excited to announce that we have reached our Feed the Farmers fundraising goal! We are so grateful for each donation and each person who contributed to this success. We are also incredibly thankful to the generous and anonymous benefactors who provided this incredible incentive and inspired this great idea. The money we raised will be spent immediately on farm shares that will help hundreds of our neighbors access local food each week well into 2026!

We love distributing locally grown food! For the past several years, CFC has accessed various programs that have given us funds to purchase from farms directly and we have also been able to access even more Vermont-grown food at no cost to us via the Vermont Foodbank. This year, some of those programs have ended or been reduced so we are incredibly grateful that our community has come together to help us keep this important work going. We will now be able to continue and increase the farmshare arrangements we have with Clear Brook Farm, Earth, Sky, Time Community Farm, and Someday Farm. Not only do these farmers provide us with the best possible food at a fair price, they are each generous donors who add extra whenever there is extra to add.

In addition to continuing to work with these great partners, we are excited to announce that we’ve also raised a little extra! As the growing season progresses we'll also be able to make some seasonal purchases and we will be looking to meet more local farmers and food producers who we can purchase the very best food from and also to work together with to ensure that no good food grown in our community goes to waste.

We can’t wait to update you with pictures of the beautiful food you are helping us to purchase and news about the hard working farmers/small business owners we are working with. Thank you so much for supporting local families, local farms, and local food!