In early 2024, collaborating with the Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program on their "Growing Art" contest, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets decided to launch a kids art effort of their own. The "Vermont Agriculture Art Contest" was born, with the goal of reaching Vermont school children from kindergarten to 4th grade. Teachers in classrooms across Vermont were asked to share the opportunity with their students to create artwork depicting scenes of Vermont agriculture.
The outreach was well received, with 300 entries from 17 Vermont schools submitted. Kids from kindergarten to 4th grade created wonderful works of art that show various scenes of Vermont's agricultural world, and how important our farmers, animals, crops, food and farm life is to many of our families and kids who live here.
From those entries, 15 were selected by a panel of judges to be incorporated into the 2025 Vermont Agriculture Kids Calendar! While difficult to choose, the 15 that were selected captured 3 from each grade to represent their class. All of the entries have been uploaded and showcased on our website (see below) to emphasize that ALL of the art the Agency received is wonderfully creative, thoughtful and valued.
- Click here to view and download the 2025 Vermont Agriculture Kids Calendar!
- Click here to download the 2025 Vermont Agriculture Kids Calendar in the printable wall-hanging format.
- Click here to view all of the art submitted by our school kids!
This is the first annual edition of the Vermont Agriculture Kids Calendar!
Look for the opportunity to join the fun next year through your classrooms! Happy New Year!!