Creating a Network to Implement Vermont's Farm to Plate Strategy

Beth Tener of New Directions Collaborative and Curtis Ogden of Interaction Institute for Social Change were selected as the team to assist the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) in creating a state-wide Farm to Plate Network to collaboratively implement and monitor progress on the recently issued Farm to Plate Strategic Plan. The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, with input from 1,200 stakeholders, developed this comprehensive 10-year strategic plan to strengthen Vermont’s food system. The Farm to Plate Strategic Plan contains 33 goals and 60 high priority strategies that will lead to job creation, greater economic output, and increased access for Vermont and regional consumers to healthy, fresh food over the next 10 years. We will advise on the network governance structure and provide two network trainings to enable the momentum of the F2P Strategic Plan’s development to be carried forward into collaborative action among a diverse range of entities to achieve the goals.