Addison County Relocalization Network (ACORN)

06/03/2026

Today’s the day! ACORN’s first ever Summer CSA is kicking off 🍓 We have one spot left!! Don’t miss out on this summer staple♥️

This week’s share includes some amazing goodies:
milk
frozen blackberries and sis’wich
mix pack
chèvre
yogurt
eggs
granola
turnips and salad mix

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

Businesses! Do you want to help Vermonters access fresh, local food? DO you want to support a local nonprofit benefiting small farms? Become a sponsor of the Tour de Farms! ❤️

This is ACORN's biggest fundraiser, helping us fund programs like Farmacy: Food is Medicine and the Food Hub. By supporting this event, you are directly helping members of our community AND appealing to a locally minded audience.

The sponsorship commitment deadline is July 1, 2026. Reach out to us with any questions!

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].