Thanks to a grant awarded to Willing Hands from the VT Agency of Agriculture that provides CSA shares to Early Childhood Education programs, a bunch of the kids at Little Feet Children’s Center in East Thetford have been eagerly trying and enjoying fresh fruits and veggies from their local farm: Cedar Circle Farm and Education
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A Prescription for Good Health in Rural Vermont In the summer of 2019, Little Rivers Health Care faced a dilemma. Many of their chronically ill patients were struggling to locate healthy foods close to their rural communities. Maureen Boardman, a family nurse practitioner and doctor of nursing practice at LRHC, reached out to Willing Hands
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Willing Hands has partnerships with many kinds of organizations, not just food pantries and food shelves. The Center for Safer Communities in Claremont is one example. Safer Communities offers support and crisis services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, and stalking. How does fresh food play a role in their mission? Two words: dignity
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Across River Road from the intersection with Church St in Norwich, is a long narrow farm field with an equally long history of organic farming. 40 years ago, the field, now owned by the town and under a conservation easement by the Upper Valley Land Trust, was part Jake and Liz Guest’s Killdeer Farm. Today,
Cultivating community and continuing traditions at Willing Hands’ newest garden. Read More »
For more than a decade, Willing Hands has been delivering fresh produce from local farms to West Fairlee on Tuesday mornings. And for most of that time, Pamela Mainville has been leading the effort to connect local families in need with the available resources of the Upper Valley. A retired chef from the Mountain School
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NORWICH, VT — Willing Hands has been awarded a $20,470 grant through the Vermont Farm to School Grant Program to increase access to fresh, locally grown food for children attending 12 early childhood education (ECE) programs in Orange and Windsor counties. The funding will enable Willing Hands to purchase Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares from
