FY2023 Funded Projects

Farm to School and Early Childhood Grant

1. Bennington Early Childhood Center, Inc. - $7,000
2. Central Vermont Supervisory Union - Echo Valley School District - $10,000
3. Charlotte Children's Center - $7,000
4. Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union - Enosburg Richford Unified Union School District - $15,000
5. Milton Family Community Center - $7,000
6. Mountain Village School - $10,000
7. North Country Supervisory Union - Charleston Elementary School - $10,000
8. ONE Arts Inc - $7,000
9. Orange Southwest School District - Brookfield Elementary School - $7,000
10. Turtle Island Children's Center - $7,000
11. Creative Learning Child Care & Preschool (Fiscal Agent Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children) - $15,000
12. Windham Northeast Supervisory Union - Central Elementary School - $10,000
13. Windham Southeast Supervisory Union - Academy School - $15,000
14. Winston Prouty Center For Child and Family Development - $15,000

Community Supported Agriculture Grant

1. Addison County Parent/Child Center - $1,000
2. Anitra Tester Childcare - $800
3. Bennington Early Childhood Center, Inc. - $738
4. Eugenie Randall, DBA The Berry Patch - Holistic Child Care - $792
5. Boys & Girls Club Brattleboro - $1,000
6. Bridge School - $800
7. Child Care Center In Norwich - $1,000
8. Otter Creek Child Center, dba College Street Children's Center - $800
9. The Family Place - $1,000
10. Field Farm and Forest - $806
11. Kelley Hackett, DBA Kelley's Daybreak Child Care - $440
12. Kingdom East Unified Union School District - $403
13. Lisa Duncan/Little Angel's Childcare - $1,000
14. Lisa Gratton - $800
15. Louise Bouffard dba Lake View Child Care - $375
16. Lynn Roberts - $480
17. Mary Cushing  - $800
18. Maple Tree Childcare - $640
19. Milton Family Community Center - $1,000
20. Montpelier Children's House - $799
21. Mountain Village School - $1,000
22. Nancy's Childcare - $800
23. North Country Supervisory Union - $880
24. Northshire Day School Inc - $1,000
25. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue  - $980
26. ONE Arts Inc - $919
27. Plum Tree School - $371
28. The Plymouth Schoolhouse - $652
29. Poker Hill School - $864
30. Quarry Hill School - $400
31. Robyn McElwain Home Daycare - $450
32. Rutland County Parent/Child Center - $1,000
33. The Schoolhouse Learning Center - $1,000
34. Starksboro Cooperative Preschool - $408
35. Stepping Stones Children's Center, Inc - $739
36. Tina L Lothian - $640
37. Turtle Island Children's Center - $957
38. Valley Cooperative Preschool - $1,000
39. Vickie Gratton - $640
40. West Bee Nursery School, Inc. - $848
41. First Congregational Church, Woodstock, VT /DBA Woodstock Christian Childcare - $872
42. Woodstock Nursery School - $716

Farm to School and Early Childhood Vision Grant

1. Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition - Lake Champlain Sustainable Agriculture Education Program - $27,714
2. City of Montpelier Parks and Trees Department - FEAST Farm Program - $42,684
3. Food Connects - Leveraging Harvest of the Month to Address Childhood Nutrition and Create Healthy Communities - $49,500
4. Shelburne Farms - Youth-Led Farm to School Summit and Local Procurement Pilot in Early Childhood Programs - $19,500
5. Tiny Seed Project, Inc - Upper Valley Super Compost Project: Sharon Elementary School - $27,500

Northeast Farm to School Institute – Vermont Action Plan Implementation Grant

1. Addison County Parent/Child Center - $5,000
2. Barre Unified Union School District - $5,000
3. Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools District - Montpelier High School - $5,000
4. Windham Central Supervisory Union - Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School - $5,000

Farm to School and Early Childhood Grant Technical Assistance

1. Shelburne Farms – Curriculum Professional Development, Early Childhood Educator Support & Action Planning Workshop - $30,000
2. Northeast Farming Association of Vermont - Local Food Procurement Technical Assistance - $16,583
3. Vermont Garden Network – School/ECE Garden Technical Assistance - $15,260
4. Hunger Free Vermont - Meal Program Viability Technical Assistance - $22,490

Farm to School and Early Childhood Grant Coaching Services

1. Farm to School and Early Childhood Grant Coaches - $52,500 (14 coaches, one coach per Farm to School and Early Childhood Grant * $3,750 stipend per grant coach)