Vital Communities Seasons 2016: A Mid-Winter Dinner Celebrating Local Food

​Mike Moloney and Jean Conklin from the YFC office in White River Junction as well as Steve Taylor, YFC board member attended Vital Communities Seasons 2016 Dinner last night at the Hanover Inn in Hanover, NH. It was Vital Communities 10th Annual fundraising dinner celebrating local food, local farms and the work of Vital Communities in the upper valley of VT and NH.

Ellen Kahler, Executive Director of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) was the guest speaker. She provided an update on the past 5 years of the Vermont Farm to Plate Initiative and what it has accomplished. She also mentioned NH's Food Alliance, a similar effort in NH which is just starting.

Seated at the table with YFC for dinner were: Becka Warren, Valley Food and Farm Manager, Nancy LaRowe, Valley Food and Farm Coordinator, Beth Roy, Farm to School Program director, all with Vital Communities, as well as Amy Richardson, dairy farmer, Peter Allison, Director Farm to Institution of New England, Allan Reetz, Director of Communications, Hanover Coop as well as the owners of B&W Catering of Chester, VT. It was an excellent opportunity to network and enjoy a wonderful dinner of local food.

The four course dinner featured a Trilogy of Vermont Cheeses as the third course.

For a full menu and description, click here.