IISC and the Vermont Farm to Plate Initiative
IISC’s Curtis Ogden and Beth Tener of New Directions Collaborative were selected as the team to deliver two network trainings to the Vermont Farm to Plate initiative. The Farm to Plate Initiative directs the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, in consultation with the Sustainable Agriculture Council and other stakeholders, to develop a 10-year strategic plan to strengthen Vermont’s food system. The Farm to Plate Strategic Plan provides statistics and detailed analyses of Vermont’s food system, from soil-to-soil. It contains 33 goals and 60 high priority strategies that will lead to job creation, greater economic output, and increased access for Vermont and regional consumers to healthy, fresh food over the next 10 years.