It's the last week to snag a Fall CSA Share!

This is your last week to sign up for our first fall CSA! As a CSA member, you'll pick up a fully loaded box of local dairy, eggs, protein, vegetables, fruit, grain/bread products, value-added foods, and more. Save a trip to the grocery store and enjoy the convenience of our staff-curated, 100% local CSA.

For 11 weeks starting Sept. 9 - Nov. 18 (with a double share for Thanksgiving!), this program is a great fit for small families or food-loving couples. Please sign up by Sept 4.

Learn more on our website or read our FAQ.

Shout out to these NEW customers of the ACORN Online Market:

• Kamp’s Kitchen
• Lincoln Community School
• Shiretown Marketplace

The first apples of the season are here. Snack on sweet, crunchy delights from Champlain Orchards, Woodman Hill Orchard and Cobble Knoll Orchards.

Support businesses and organizations who are buying local!

SUMMER IS OVERLFOWING on the market and FALL IS HERE early! In addition to garlic, tomatoes, tomatillos, green beans, eggplant, potatoes, cucumbers, herbs and greens, we have apples and various squash! The market is open every Friday at noon through Monday at 10am. 

We're looking for a few last volunteers for our largest fundraiser of the year!

ACORN's Tour de Farms is Saturday September 19, and we are looking for a few farm stop volunteers! Enjoy chatting with community, handing out samples, and tasting yummy treats, all while supporting ACORN!

If you are interested, please sign up here.

We are also looking for volunteers to help with SAG wagon/ bike maintenance. Volunteers will drive their own pickup trucks or vans to circle the route while bikers participate in the ride and assist with minor repairs. This includes changing a flat tire, putting chains back on, and related tasks. ACORN can provide maintenance tools if needed. Volunteers are encouraged to enjoy snacks at each farm and will receive a Tour de Farms t-shirt and our eternal gratitude!

If this sounds like something you might be interested in, please contact Alyssa at alyssa@acornvt.org or 802.222.0866.

Become a Fundraiser Rider

And enter to win a locavore's dream basket!

The Tour de Farms is ACORN's biggest fundraiser of the year, and as federal grants dry up, it has become an even more important source of revenue for our food access programs.

Register as a fundraiser rider to make an even bigger impact on ACORN's food access programs! Every dollar goes toward making a just and robust local food system!

The top fundraiser will win a locavore's dream gift basket filled with artisan treats and gift cards including:

• 2 free tickets to the 2027 Tour de Farms
• Limited Edition Tour de Farms jersey
• Custom Tour de Farms Bivo Water Bottle
• Custom Tour de Farms Kula Cloth
• Villa Hoop Earrings from Rackk and Ruin
• Gift Card to Vermont Cookie Love
• Gift Card to The Alchemist
• Socks from Darn Tough
• Sampler packs from local food and beverage purveyors
• And more!

There are also gifts for the Top Four runner-up fundraisers. Become a fundraiser here.

Thanks to our community partners including Bivo, Kula Cloth, Rackk and Ruin, Vermont Cookie Love, The Alchemist and Darn Tough for their generous donations!

Support the Composting Association of Vermont

There's still time to support Composting Association of Vermont's Climate Ride Team!

Six people are biking through the Berkshires this weekend (August 28-39) to raise money and awareness for CAV.

Cheer them on and support us in reaching our $5K goal if you can (we're getting close)! Check out their roster and learn more here!

What We're Reading

• Why Are Berries Everywhere, in Every Season? Driscoll's (NY Times)
• Local Food Incentive Program Continues to Grow School Purchasing of Vermont Foods (VT Agency of Education)
• Scaling local food: A literature review on the organization, benefits, and challenges of food hubs (Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development)
• A national scandal: millions of U.S. workers rely on Medicaid and SNAP (Marion Nestle)
• Concentration in agriculture: a big problem getting bigger (Marion Nestle)

Our 16th Local Food and Farm Guide is Out!

Find this directory of 250 local farms and food producers at the Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, or your local grocer, hardware store, gym, cafe and farm stand.

If you don't live in the area, click here to read the guide online.

Throughout the Year, Buy Local

ACORN's Online Market is loaded with tomatoes, apples, garlic, meat, dairy, and more!

• September 1: Break a World Record at the Honky Tonk Hoedown
• September 1: A Conversation with Paul Hawken at Shelburne Farms
• September 1: Vermont Specialty Food Assoc. Annual Meeting in Pittsford
• September 1: Watch "No Exit: Inside a Botched ICE Raid in Vermont"in Rutland
• September 13: Rabbit On-Farm Slaughter & Processing Workshop at Merck
• September 16: Breaking the Lawn: Sowing Resilience in the Subdivision (Vergennes)
• September 16: Adventure Dinner to Benefit the Vermont Cheese Council at Shelburne Farms
• September 19: ACORN's Tour de Farms in Middlebury
• September 19 - October 4: Women's Water Walk near Albany, NY
• September 20 - 27: Climate Week in NYC

In community,

Lindsey, Abby, Alexandre, Alyssa, Hyla, Jess, Lisa and the ACORN Board

FINAL SHOUT OUT

Honoring Dolly: ‘I just see a need and if I can fill it, then I will.”

info@acornvt.org / www.acornvt.org