April Smith, Credit Analyst, and Desi Smith, Office Assistant, attended the 11th Annual Flavors of the Valley on Sunday, April 15th at Hartford High School. Billed as the premier expo for locally grown food in the Upper Connecticut River Valley, this event, organized by Vital Communities featured approximately 53 vendors. This year’s site sponsors were Co-op Food Stores, Mascoma Savings Bank, Three Tomatoes Trattoria, Upper Valley Co-op, Edgewater Farm, Cedar Circle Farm, King Arthur Flour, and the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food. The event was held from 11:00-3:00 and attended by over 1,000 people and provided the opportunity to meet local farmers and chefs, buy local food, as well as sample tasty tidbits. This year's vendors included: Blue Ox Farm, Canaan Farmers Market, Cedar Circle Farm and Educational Center, Cedar Mountain Farm, Cobb Hill Cheese, Cherry Hill Farm, Community Garden at Enfield Shaker Museum, Co-op Food Stores, D Acres of New Hampshire, Edgewater Farm, Farm Plate, Flora Fauna Farm, Green Mountain Flour, Hogwash farm, Home Hill Inn and Restaurant, Hulbert Outdoor Center, Hasper Murdoch's Alehouse at Norwich Inn, Killdeer Farm, King Arthur Flour, Kingdom Creamery, Luna Bleu Farm, Mariam’s African Restaurant, NH Cheesemaker’s Guild, NH Dept. of Agriculture, NOFA-VT, Oak Wood Farm, One Chicken-at-a-time Farm, Ottauquechee Natural Resource Conservation District, Peach Blow Farm, Piermont Plant Pantry, Red Kite Candy Company, Rural Vermont,
Springmore Farm, Sugarbush Cheese and Maple Farm, Taylor Brothers Farm, The Gardening Guy, Thompson Goat Farm, Three Tomatoes Trattoria, Transition Town White River Junction, Turkey Hill Farm, Upper Valley Farm to School Network, Upper Valley Food Co-op, Upper Valley Land Trust, Upper Valley Strong, Valley Food and Farm, Vermont Butter and Cheese Company, Vermont Chocolatiers, Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company, Vital Communities, Walpole Creamery, White River Junction Community Gardens
