Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Agriculture has canceled the 2018 Vermont Farm to School and Childcare Grant Award Ceremony due to weather, which was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon (March 14, 2018), in the State House cafeteria. Legislators and others will still enjoy the school lunch planned by Vermont FEED and the agency, as served by the staff at the State House Café.
The event will not be re-scheduled. Official award certificates will be mailed. The list of grantees for 2018 can be found below. Click on the image to see the 2018 Farm to School and Childcare Program Report, which was published this week.
This year, 29 Vermont Farm to School Grantees from 12 counties, are being awarded Farm to School and Childcare grants. The Vermont Farm to School and Childcare Grant Program strives to improve the education and health of Vermont’s students, and positively impact the local economy, by providing Vermont schools and childcare programs with technical and financial assistance to develop and execute farm to school and farm to childcare programs.
Important information about Vermont Farm to School (click image for full report):
- 65,785 students and children have been served by the Vermont Farm to School Program, through 174 separate grants to Vermont schools.
- For every dollar spent on local food in Vermont schools through the Vermont Farm to School Program, an additional 60 cents goes back into our state economy by supporting local agriculture.
- New in 2018, the Vermont Farm to School and Childcare Grant funded 22 licensed childcare programs.
- $1.18 million in state resources invested in the program has leveraged more than $500,000 in federal, private and foundation funds.
| Farm to School & Child Nutrition Grants | T |
| Addison Early Childhood Consortium Cohort | $15,000 |
| Rutland City Public Schools | $15,000 |
| Concord School | $15,000 |
| NewBrook Elementary School | $15,000 |
| Riverside Middle School | $15,000 |
| Harwood Union Middle and High School | $15,000 |
| Childcare Equipment Grants | |
| Springfield Area Parent Child Center | $1,000 |
| Sunny Lane Daycare | $1,000 |
| Lund's Early Childhood Education Program | $1,000 |
| Four Seasons of Early Learning | $1,000 |
| Family Center of Washington County | $1,000 |
| Little Mountaineers Home Child Care | $1,000 |
| Hey Diddle Diddle Daycare | $1,000 |
| Happy Days Playschool | $1,000 |
| Just Like Home Daycare | $1,000 |
| Notch Day Camp | $1,000 |
| Sunrise Family Resource Center | $1,000 |
| Brattleboro Centre for Children | $1,000 |
| Suzy's Little Peanuts | $1,000 |
| Gadapee Family Daycare | $1,000 |
| Milk Cooler Grants | |
| Albany Community School | $1,000 |
| Bishop John A. Marshall School | $1,000 |
| Camels Hump Middle School | $1,000 |
| Eden Central Elementary School | $1,000 |
| Fairfield Center School | $1,000 |
| Fayston Elementary School | $1,000 |
| Hyde Park Elementary School | $1,000 |
| Lakeview Union School | $1,000 |
| Walden School | $1,000 |
Source: Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets March 13, 2018