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Hunger Free Vermont: VT Earned Income Tax Credit and 3SquaresVT: Do You Qualify? 01/21/2014

Faye Conte, 3SquaresVT Advocate with Hunger Free Vermont is joined by Grant Peterson, Senior Stakeholded Relationaship Tax Consultant with the IRS, speak to the tax issues you should be aware of. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Hunger Free Vermont: Learning Kitchen Program 12/17/2013

Sumra Harper-Deas, RD, Anti-Hunger & Opportunity Corps - VISTA, provides an overview of Hunger Free Vermont's 'Learning Kitchen Program', with a component on holiday eating on a tight budget. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Hunger Free Vermont: The Heat or Eat Dilemma 11/19/2013

Host Angela Smith-Dieng, 3SquaresVT Advocacy Manager at Hunger Free Vermont, speaks with Richard Moffi, Fuel Chief at the Department for Children and Families, and Travis Poulin, Director of Chittenden Community Action at CVOEO on Food and Fuel Assistance available to help when money is tight for Vermonters. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont . www.vermontfoodhelp.com

Common Good Vermont: Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food 10/24/2013

Kathleen Merrigan, Former Deputy Secretary of the USDA, will focus on local food and food insecurity during her visit to Vermont hosted by the Vermont Community Foundation.

Named by Time magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2010, Merrigan has been a consistent champion for families, farmers, and the environment throughout her career, launching the USDA’s “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food,” overseeing the development of the USDA Organic standards in an earlier role at the USDA, and working for Senator Leahy as senior staff to the Senate Agriculture committee.

Merrigan will offer her perspective on where Vermont fits in the national picture on these issues, which are central to the Community Foundation’s Food and Farm Initiative.

Hunger Free Vermont: Senior Nutrition Programs 10/15/2013

Faye Conte, 3SquaresVT Advocate with Hunger Free Vermont, discusses impacts on Senior Nutrition Programs in light of the Federal Shutdown and debt ceiling stand-off. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Hunger Free Vermont: School Breakfast = Health & Success 09/17/2013

A discussion on the importance of school lunch, with panelists: Kathy Alexander, Director of the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union Food Service Cooperative, and past President of the School Nutrition Association of Vermont; Brooke Gannon, Registered Dietician and Child Nutrition Consultant with the Agency of Education Child Nutrition Programs, and Anore Horton, Child Nutrition Advocacy Manager, Hunger Free Vermont

More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Hunger Free Vermont: Feeding Students to Promote Learning: School Meals 2013-14! 08/20/2013

Host Doug Davis, Director of the Burlington School Food Project and President of SNA-VT, speaks with Steve Davis, Director of Nutrition & Food Services for the Colchester School District, Steve Marinelli, Food Service Manager for the Milton Town School District and President-Elect on SNA-VT, and Senator Sally Fox on the importance of submitting school meal applications. Legislation was passed last session, making school lunches free for all low income studnets. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Spotlight on Issues: Food Deserts 08/05/2013

Hosted by Sonja Schuyler, State Board Member, speaks with Linda Berlin, Director, University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture on developing food networks and how to improve the farm to consumer connections while improving nutrition. More information at www.vtfoodatlas.com/atlas www.uvm.edu/~susagctr/

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Hunger Free Vermont: The Importance of Meals/Snacks at Child Care Centers 07/16/2013

Dorigen Keeney, Program Director at Hunger Free Vermont, is joined by Deputy Commissioner of Vermont Department of Children and Families, Reeva Murphy, and Sarah Adams-Kolitz, Director, Erinn Simon, Cook, both of the Burlington Children's Space, on the importance of food in child care centers. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Hunger Free Vermont: Summer Meal Program 06/18/2013

Amanda Caron, Child Nutrition Advocate with Hunger Free Vermont, is joined by Nancy Lewis, Child Nutrition Consultant with the Vermont Agency for Education, and Steve Marinelli, Food Service Director for the Milton Town School District, to discuss the Summer Meal Program. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont or www.schoolmealsvt.com 802-865-0255.

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!