Addison County Relocalization Network (ACORN)

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Addison County Relocalization Network (ACORN)

ACORN's mission is to promote the growth and health of local food and agriculture in Addison County

ACORN's mission is to promote the growth and health of local food and agriculture in Vermont’s Champlain Valley by providing support to our farmers and food producers, engaging in food education and ensuring access to healthy food for all members of our community.

05/13/2026

ACORN has been generously granted a St. Stephen's Peasant Market Grant to fund Winter Farmacy shares for 2026-27! 🌸

Our amazing board member, Susan, joined other recipients of this grant to accept the gift last week.

Thank you so much for your continued support, and we look forward to feeding families with local food through the winter months! ❄ .stephensmiddleburyvt

05/12/2026

ACORN’s team is growing! We’ve welcomed a few new faces to the team over the past few months, and we’re so excited to have them growing this work with us. 🍓

Lisa is our new Development Manager! She is working with the team to promote ACORN’s mission and connect to community, focusing on building ACORN’s capacity to support our producers and strengthen the local food system. She also works part-time at an organic vegetable farm ( ♥️) and is highly invested in bolstering access to local food. Lisa lives in Orwell, where she and her partner raised their family. 🌼

05/11/2026

Happy Mother’s Day! 🌸

We are wishing all of the ACORN moms lots of love ♥️ We also celebrate mothers across the food system and are grateful for the tireless support, effort, and love you provide, you make the world grow ‘round!

05/09/2026

The 2026 Local Food and Farm Guide is out now! Find it inserted into the Addison Independent, Seven Days (new!), and soon to be in locations across the Champlain Valley. 🍎

Lindsey picked up her Guide today, wearing a shirt for the third year in a row! (interesting coincidence or is our ED just an extremely engaged member of the community?! ♥️)

Get your Guide today, and check out the 250+ local producers and farmers that feed us!

05/06/2026

On Monday, community members, buyers, farmers, and lovers of ACORN gathered to see the Food Hub! 🐿️

The weather was gorgeous, the smoothies were refreshing, and the crowd was engaged! We had loved meeting new faces and reconnecting with long-time friends. We even planted fruit trees, tasted chocolate milk, and made art! We are increasingly grateful for this community and hope for you all to stay in touch ♥️

04/23/2026

Our Food Hub’s Annual Chocolate Milk Tasting took place yesterday 🥛

In the abundance that is Vermont’s small dairy culture, there’s a chocolate milk for everyone. Each dairy was a different staff member’s favorite. 🍫

04/13/2026

🚴‍♀️ Don't brake our hearts! Register for Tour de Farms today🚴

Early bird tickets are now available, prices will increase at midnight on June 19!

For the second year, ACORN’s Tour de Farms is rolling into Middlebury on Saturday, September 19, 2026. This year’s route is a scenic 37-mile adventure through the shire town of Addison County!

Celebrate the bounty of Vermont’s harvest season as you pedal through picturesque farmland, stopping at farms and enjoying delicious local food and drink from local vendors along the way. The tour will wrap up with an after-party, hosted in partnership with to cap off a day of cycling and community.

This is ACORN’s largest annual fundraiser, supporting our mission to strengthen local food systems and sustainable agriculture across Vermont’s Champlain Valley. 🚲

No one is turned away for lack of funds. For scholarship or volunteer opportunities, please email [email protected].

03/18/2026

This spring, we're opening our loading docks and rolling up our bay doors to welcome our community and offer a sneak peek behind the scenes of the local food system we're building. 🌻

Join us on Monday, May 4, from 4:00pm-6:00pm for light refreshments, conversation, and connection. Registration is highly encouraged. The event is free to attend, and all are welcome. Register at the link in our bio!

We can't wait to see you!

03/09/2026

We are celebrating International Women’s Day with a special emphasis this year! 2026 is International Year of the Woman Farmer 👩‍🌾

We thank all the women in agrifood systems! You are essential across food security, nutrition, economic resilience, and more. It’s important to recognize the caring contributions made by women, often overlooked by the system. We love all the women we work with!

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03/06/2026

ACORN is jumping on the train to show you our staff at an early age…

See if you can guess who’s who of our lovely staff ♥️

01/28/2026

Join Otter Creek Natural Resource Conservation District for a public comment session on February 2nd, 1:30pm, at 23 Pond Lane (UVM Extension office)!

Voice your opinion on environmental concerns and what you think we should prioritize and apply for federal funding for. Funding will be available for local residents and is more likely to be awarded to farmers and landowners for conservation practices they suggest.

If you are not able to attend but still wish to share your opinion in favor of a practice, send it to [email protected]!

Address

616 Exchange Street
Middlebury, VT
05753

Telephone

+18022656255

Website

http://www.acornvt.org/, https://acornfoodhub.localfoodmarketplace.com/

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