VERMONT

Today is , it is currently in Montpelier, VT

Green mountains, fertile valleys and forests that cover nearly 80% of the state help make Vermont the pastoral beauty that it is. Rolling hillsides are dotted with white farmhouses and herds of dairy cows, and each village and town seems more picture-perfect than the last. The scale is intimate here, and Vermont's many small cities, from Burlington to Brattleboro, St. Johnsbury, Newport and St. Albans, are filled with interesting restaurants, shops and inns. Places like Barre, Bennington, Lyndonville, Rutland, Middlebury and Bellows Falls are treasure troves of 19th and even 18th century architecture. The only landlocked New England state, Vermont is still rich in watery pursuits, thanks to the Connecticut River on its eastern boundary and over 400 lakes, including Lake Champlain, in the west and the glacier-created lakes of the wilderness called the Northeast Kingdom.

The Local Growers Guide is a joint project of the UVM Center for Rural Studies and the Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District to raise awareness about local food sources, link customers to local products, and support local farms. This guide includes farmer-submitted information about their farms, their products, and where they sell. You can search the guide by town, product (organically grown, certified organic, or conventional), farm name, and sales outlet.

The Local Growers Guide started with listings from Chittenden and Washington counties. We are working with the Northwest Regional Planning Commission and the Addison County Relocalization Network (ACORN), and Rutland Area Farm & Food Link to expand the online Local Growers Guide in Addison, Franklin, Grand Isle and Rutland counties.