Farm to Plate Network Task Force Activities
Task Force
Projects
F2P Network
Fund
Key Contacts
Aggregation and Distribution Working Group (Chair, Tara Kelly)
Farm to Institution
Supply & Demand
Finalized definition of what
constitutes "local food"
Sodexo scaling up/matchmaking
session (Completed)
Conduct surveys and local food
counts at independent retailers
Abbey Willard (VAAFM), Erin
Buckwalter (NOFA-VT)
Abbey Willard (VAAFM),
$4,950
Annie Harlow (ACoRN)
Sona Desai (Intervale
$15,000 Center), Annie Harlow
(ACoRN)
Consumer Education and Marketing Working Group (Co-chairs, Beth Cullen and Chris Howell)
Food Retailers
Marketing support for independent
grocers
Agritourism
Supporting and developing
Vermont’s agritourism industry
10% Campaign
Develop a buy local consumer
campaign
Audience Segmentation
(sub-committee)
Consumer profiling & audience
segmentation to develop messaging
Faye Conte (Hunger Free
Vermont), Beth Cullen (Root
Consulting)
Vera Simon-Nobles
(Shelburne Farms), Chris
Howell (VT Farm Tours)
Carrie Abels (Local Banquet),
Scott Pellegrini (Hen of the
Woods)
Beth Cullen, Chris Howell,
$3,200
and consultant team
Education and Workforce Development Working Group (Co-chairs Dan Smith and Jonathan Kaplan)
Governor’s Institute
Career Pathways and
Image
Business – Education
Partnerships
Integrated Curriculum and
Flexible Pathways
Develop and manage a summer
institute for high school students on
food systems
Develop pathways to food system
careers and improve image of food
system careers
Find ways to help young people to
access apprenticeships and
internships in the food system.
Integrate food system curriculum
and foster flexible learning
pathways.
$7,500
Molly Willard (Vermont
(challenge
Technical College)
grant)
To learn more about the Farm to Plate Network: http://www.vtfoodatlas.com
Jonathan Kaplan (Lyndon
State College)
Kevin O’Donnell (Hunger
Mnt. Coop)
Tom Sabo (Montpelier High
School) and Kristyn Achilich
(UVM)
updated 4.29.14
Task Force
Business-Education
Partnerships
Projects
F2P Network
Fund
Build relationships between food
system businesses and educational
professionals
Key Contacts
Louise Calderwood (Sterling
College) and Kevin
O’Donnell (Hunger Mt.
Coop)
Farmland Access and Stewardship Working Group (Co-chairs Jill Arace and Nancy Everhart)
Food Cycle Coalition
Agriculture Land Use
Planning
Farmland Access
Further develop coalition to work
towards Universal Recycling Bill
goals
$9,650
Pat Sagui (Composting
Association of Vermont)
Develop guidebook and online
modules on agriculture and food
system planning
$9,375
Peg Elmer (CommunityResilience)
Explore and promote innovative
land tenure financing models
$9,995 Mike Ghia (Land for Good)
Production & Processing Working Group (Co-Chairs, Ela Chapin and Jackie Folsom)
Dairy Professional
Development
TA Coordination
Survey dairy farmers to assess TA
needs that will be used to develop a
Dairy TA resource guide
TA Coordination
TA evaluation survey
Producer and Processor
Association Support
Producer and Processor Association
Survey
Exploring options to support
technology solutions for food
systems and agriculture
Tech Task Force
Willie Gibson (Independent
$5,000 Consultant); Louise
Calderwood hired as project
consultant
$4,000
To learn more about the Farm to Plate Network: http://www.vtfoodatlas.com
Ela Chapin (VHCB/FV)
Eric Deluca (Independent
consultant)
Aaron Desrochers (Data
Systems), Stan Ward, tech
consultant
updated 4.29.14
Completed Task Forces
Projects
Task Force
F2P Network
Fund
Key Contacts
Education and Workforce Development
Workforce Needs
Assessment & Summit
Food system employer survey and
report; Summit at VTC on 1/15/13
Holly Tippett, Wendy
$10,000 Meunier (consultants); Dan
Smith
Production & Processing
Meat Processing
Market Analysis to determine which
characteristics of the meat
processing stage of the supply chain
carry the highest value for
marketing to the end user.
Various other initiatives (e.g., meat
processing presentation by Lorentz
Meats per workplan)
Total funds to date
Chelsea Lewis (VAAFM)
$5,000
Chelsea Lewis (VAAFM)
$83,670
Cross Cutting Team Leadership
Labor
Research
Energy
Finance
Slow Money-VT
Food Access
Soil & Water
Heather Pipino (VT Worker Center)
Doug Lantagne (UVM Extension)
Chris Callahan (UVM Extension)
Janice St. Onge (VSJF Flexible Capital Fund)
Mary McBryde & Caitlin Jenness (NOFA-VT)
Linda Berlin (UVM Center for Sustainable Ag) & Richard Berkfield (Food
Connects)
Abe Collins (Collins Grazing)
To learn more about the Farm to Plate Network: http://www.vtfoodatlas.com
updated 4.29.14