Our Story

The Burlington School Food Project (BSFP) is Vermont’s largest Farm to School program (www.farmtoschool.org), encompassing the entire Burlington School District, and is widely recognized as a model program for the rest of the state and country.  BSFP is a collaborative project of City Market/Onion River Co-op, Friends of Burlington Gardens/Healthy City Youth Initiative, Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project, VT FEED (Food Education Every Day), and the Burlington School District, in affiliation with the Burlington Food Council and the Burlington Legacy Project. 

 The district-wide effort employs a farm to school coordinator for its food service program and benefits from the varied input of multiple community partners and many dedicated community volunteers. Originally funded with a USDA Community Food Project Grant in 2003, the city has been able to continue and expand on the work that the grant seeded for 4 years now past the grant’s original ending date of 2006.

 MISSION

BSFP connects students and their families with whole, fresh, and local foods to improve their health and the health of our community.

 GOALS

1) Build the capacity for Burlington to better meet the food needs of students.

2) Increase awareness of and encourage healthy food choices for children and their families.

3) Improve Burlington School District access to food from local farms.