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Cultivating community and continuing traditions at Willing Hands’ newest garden. 

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,

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Willing Hands Awarded $20,470 Farm to School Grant to Expand Access to Local Food in Early Childhood Education Programs

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

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A smiling woman in a winter coat carries a box of orange peppers away from the back of the Willing Hands delivery truck

“People come for more than just food” – Finding connection at the Thetford Food Shelf

Bob started volunteering with the Thetford Food Shelf in 2018. “It’s something I can do to help my community,” he says. “It doesn’t take any special skills, really, just the commitment to showing up.” The town hall-based service began in 1984 as the emergency food shelf. In 2004, it had outgrown the two shelves upstairs

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The Haven’s Community Food Market Takes a Team Approach to Providing Fresh Food 

The Community Food Market at the Upper Valley Haven in White River operates Monday-Thursday from 10 am to 4:30 pm and Fridays from 10 am to 3 pm, and carries a wide array of fresh and packaged food, produce, and personal hygiene products for community members in need, all free of charge. On a typical

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