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VT FOOD
Vermont is a wonderful place to
live and eat locally. Many vegetables, fruits, dairy
products, meats, eggs, grains, and legumes are grown and
harvested by our many fantastic farmers. When
shopping for your food, you'll routinely find local
eggs, dairy products, and vegetables. The grains
and legumes exist but are not as readily available.
Check out the table below to find a grain or legume
source that might work for you. We have local
sunflower oil from Butterworks
Farms - the oil is delicious in salad dressings and
works well in baking and medium to medium-low sauteeing. Butter and ghee (clarified butter which
allows for a higher sauteeing and frying temperature)
are the main options.
One of the best places to get this
food in the summer is directly from the farmer.
There are a few different ways to get the freshest
possible food in the summer: your own garden,
direcly from farmer, farmer's markets, CSA's, food
retailers. Community Supported Agrictulture (CSA) is a prescription purchase program
where you pay money up
front to enjoy a given share of the food they grow and
harvest.
Farmer's Market listings
Pick-Your-Own Farms
Community Supported Agriculture (VT agriculture
list)
VT CSAs
(NOFA list)
Compilation of Restaurants, Markets, Grocery Stores, and
Farms (Local Harvest)
Vermont and the Champlain Valley
offer many local and delicious foods. Click on one
of the links below to get a more detailed list. Of
course, this is a partial list. If you find
something you want everyone to know about, or find it in
a different place than we have listed, let us know and
we can add it.
Many folks wonder how easy is it to
get a balanced and varied diet based on local foods -
very easily. Not only can you get many different
foods from Vermont, but your diet will vary
significiantly as you eat with the seasons. The
average food consumer does not vary their diet
seasonally, they may eat the same 30-40 grocery items
every week. How many different things can you eat
in Vermont? Can you eat more than 50 different
things?
Dairy
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Local Food |
Grower/Farmer |
Retailer |
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Milk, Cream |
Stafford Creamery, Monument Farms, Booth Brothers,
Vermont Co-Op Milk |
Sweet Clover Market, City Market, Healthy
Living, Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, local supermarket and convenience store, many others |
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Ice Cream – smooth maple
flavor |
Stafford Organic
Creamery |
City Market,
Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op |
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Butter |
VT Butter and
Cheese Company, others |
many |
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Cheese: cheddar, jack,
cream cheese, blue, artisanal cheese, others |
Many: Shelburne
Farm, Boucher Farms, Champlain
Valley Creamery, Doe’s Leap, Willow Hill, and
many more |
City Market, Fresh
Market, Farmer’s Market, Middlebury Natural
Foods Co-op, many others |
Beans
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Local Food |
Grower/Farmer |
Retailer |
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Dried Beans (yellow eye) |
CP Hazen Bean Company in North Hero, VT |
Direct from Farmer or at one of our events |
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Dried Beans (6 types) |
Butterworks |
City Market, Hunger
Mountain Co-Op, Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, |
Eggs
|
Local Food |
Grower/Farmer |
Retailer |
|
Eggs |
Lucky Ladies, River Berry Farm,
Gwen's Eggs, Many others |
many |
Grains
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Local Food |
Grower/Farmer |
Retailer |
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Whole Wheat Flour and
Wheat Berries |
Gleason Grains, Butterworks |
City Market, Middlebury
Natural Foods Co-Op |
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Rye Flour and Berries |
Butterworks |
Bulk order from farm |
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Cornmeal |
Butterworks |
City Market, Hunger
Mountain Co-Op, Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, |
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Oats (steel cut, not
rolled) |
Ken in Shoreham,
Intervale Bean & Grain |
Bulk from farmer |
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Rolled Oats |
Quebec |
Now imported by La Pancetta Bakery in
Northfield |
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Popcorn |
Brigante's (655-0187)
Larry Williams,
Hurricane Flats |
Shelburne Supermarket
Williams Farmstand in Rutland on Route 7, direct
from farmer |
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Bread made with local
grains |
Turkenbrod Mill and
Bakery (Vershire, VT), Red Hen Bakery (via special
request) |
Turkenbrod - City Market
Red Hen - bulk order in September |
Meats
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Local Food |
Grower/Farmer |
Retailer |
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Chicken, Turkey |
many, Misty Knoll Farms,
Stonewood Farm,
many
others |
Farmer's Markets, Direct from farmer at
farm, Healthy Living, Sweet Clover Market,
City Market,
Milk House Market in Cambridge, Middlebury
Natural Foods Co-op, |
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Beef |
Boucher Farms, Boyden
Farms, La Platte, Maple Wind Farm, others |
Burlington or Richmond
Farmers Market,
City Market,
Healthy
Living,
Milk House Market, Middlebury Natural Foods
Co-op, |
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Pork |
Jericho Settler's Farm, Boucher Farms, Maple
Wind Farms, Boyden Farm |
Sweet Clover Market, Healthy Living, Burlington Farmer’s
Market,
Milk House Market , Middlebury Natural Foods
Co-op, |
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Lamb |
Willow Hill Farm, others |
Burlington Farmer’s
Market, Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, |
Soy
|
Local Food |
Grower/Farmer |
Retailer |
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Tempeh |
Rhapsody Tempeh, Made in Montpelier w/
Westport (Champlain Valley) NY Soybeans |
City Market, Healthy Living, Hunger Mountain
Coop, Plainfield Coop, VTGreengrocer, and the Rhapsody store in
Montpelier |
Fruits and Veggies
|
Local Food |
Grower/Farmer |
Retailer |
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Shitake and Oyster
Mushrooms |
Ahh Mushrooms |
Sweet Clover Market, Healthy Living,
City Market, others |
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Tons of veggies:
tomatoes, potatoes, corn, squash, onions, salad
greens, etc |
Numerous |
City Market, Healthy
Living, Price Chopper, Middlebury Natural Foods
Co-op, Local
Farmers Markets, many |
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Fruit: strawberries,
blueberries, raspberries, apples, cranberries |
Numerous |
City Market, Middlebury
Food Co-op, Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, and many others |
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Sauerkraut and kimchi |
Flack Family Farm |
City Market, others |
Snacks,
Sweet Things, and Condiments
|
Local Food |
Grower/Farmer |
Retailer |
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Popcorn |
Brigante's (655-0187) |
Shelburne Supermarket |
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Ice Cream – smooth maple
flavor |
Stafford Organic
Creamery |
City Market,
Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, |
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Maple Syrup |
Numerous |
Friend, farmer’s market,
City Market, Healthy Living, Middlebury
Natural Foods Co-op, many |
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Honey |
Bee Haven Farm,
Champlain
Valley Apiaries, many others |
City Market,
Healthy Living, Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, many others |
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Apple Cider Vinegar |
Gingerbrook Farm
(Washington, Vermont) |
Upper Valley Co-Op,
Hunger Mountain Co-Op |
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Apple Cider Jelly |
Gormleys (N. Chittenden) |
Hunger Mountain Co-Op,
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Beverages
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Local Food |
Grower/Farmer |
Retailer |
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Milk |
Strafford Creamery, Monument Farms, Booth Brothers |
City Market, Healthy
Living, Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, local supermarket and convenience store, many others |
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Apple Cider |
Cold Hollow Mill,
Champlain Orchards |
many |
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Hard Cider, Local Wine |
Many: Charlotte
Winery, Boyden Valley, Shelburne Farms,
Flag Hill |
Sweet Clover Market, City Market, Middlebury
Natural Foods Co-op, others |
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Tea |
Love and Tea (2 flavors, Vermont Mint and
Women's Tonic), Lemon Monster (Arcana) |
Farmer's Market, Hunger Mountain Co-Op, Plainfield Co-Op,
Montpelier Farmer's Market, and others |
Other Great Resources to
explore you local food options:
Forage for your own local wild
foods. Read
facts and tips from Ali
Not quite within 100 miles, but if
you want it....
Maine Sea Salt
Learn about Vermont cheeses at the
Vermont Cheese Council Website.
The
Vermont Fresh Network actively promotes and supports
restaurants and food producers to use locally grown food
in their products and services.
The UVM Slade Hall
Food Directory
could keep you in local food for weeks.
The
Upper Valley Localvores of VT/NH also keep an excellent
resource directory.
Mad River Valley Localvores have a
recipe database geared towards Vermont food.
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