This week, after months of hard work, the Vermont Foodbank and the
Kingsbury Market Garden Farm Store and Bakery are proud to announce that
the first deliveries of fresh, local produce will be distributed to
food shelves, meal sites, and senior centers in and around the Mad River
Valley. This produce will make its way to the tables of our neighbors
in need. The partnership between the Kingsbury Market Garden Farm Store
and Bakery and the Vermont Foodbank is one that will yield first
quality, local produce for Foodbank agencies, at very little cost for
years to come.
The Kingsbury Farm is now back in active production because of the hard
work and dedication of Valley residents, the Vermont Land Trust,
Yestermorrow students and staff, and Aaron Locker and Suzanne Slomin.
Crops are covering four acres, greenhouses are going up, an old garage
has been converted to a modern packing and processing facility, part of
the farmhouse is an office, and high-quality fresh produce is being
distributed to food shelves and meal sites up and down the Mad River
Valley. Aaron and Suzanne will supply the Vermont Foodbank with 30,000
pounds of organic produce and in return will be able to use some of the
harvest for their own business, the Kingsbury Market Garden Farm Store
and Bakery.
The Kingsbury Market Garden Farm Store and Bakery will be open
throughout the year. And year round, Kingsbury Farm-grown carrots,
potatoes, winter squash, onions and more - plus fresh, just-picked
vegetables during growing season - will make it to the plates of many of
the food-insecure Vermonters who rightfully should have access to the
nutritious and delicious crops grown on Vermont farmland.
David Thurlow is the Kingsbury Farm project director.
