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We are pleased to present to you an overview of the Rutland Area Farm and Food Link’s 2012 activities and financial information. Our work

to expand economic opportunities for local farms and to increase the availability and affordability of local food is complex and dynamic.

It certainly keeps us on our toes!

With the support of many, many people:

WE ARE CHANGING THE FOOD SYSTEM.We are influencing the way local food is valued,

how people find it, and who benefits.

Our mission mandates us to look at the food system as a whole – both from the farmers’ perspective and the customers’ perspective. Holding

this dual purpose in mind, our programs work on both sides of this supply and demand equation.

We are proactive in our work as we:

Create connectionsBuild capacityEnsure equity

But it doesn’t end there. RAFFL has a leadership role throughout Vermont. We ensure Rutland County is part of the bigger picture by

connecting us to the Vermont Farm to Plate Network. In addition, through creative partnerships, RAFFL actively collaborates with a

number of organizations locally and statewide.

You can count on us to continue operating efficiently and effectively to create a positive future for agriculture in our region.

Bob Baird Board President

Tara KellyExecutive Director

A Message From RAFFL

RAFFLFo

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For the comm

unity

Locally Grown Guide

Everyday Chef

Grow a

Row

Farm to Workplace

Delivery

HarvestWatch

Column

LandLeasingSupport

What’s Growin’On Blog

Skill Building

Workshops

Events&

Gatherings

The Rutland AreaFarm and Food

Link

One on One

Assistance

FoodSystem

Education

What we do

Farm to Workplace

9 farms

7 work sites

participants

We helped

connect with

to bring

weekly deliveries of farm fresh food

Making local food convenient and accessbile for the communitywhile allowing farmers to reach new customers.

3 new in 2012!

pounds of produce

was gleaned and donated to

2012

2011

pounds

Thanks to

18 farms and 236

volunteerhours

Compared with

While

pounds of this produce was

offered packaged and frozen for

future use.

Grow a RowBringing fresh food to local charities while helping farmers

effectively manage excess product.

and food producers

1928,997

19

14,686

550

charities

and generate $40, 931 in sales.

Everyday Chef The Locally Grown GuideEducating the community on how to better utilize the foods of our

region and understand their inherent nutritional value.Connecting the region to our farmers and food providers through a comprehensive and informative directory.

190 people

19 cooking At

learned how to cook with seasonal

farm foods

demos

670samples

of local foodwere shared throughout the year,

And

along with recipes, tips, techniques, and nutritional info

through

350

recipe cards and informational handouts

And11,5

views on the Everyday Chef blog,

Everydaychef.org.

40

x 1000

guides were distributed throughout

Rutland County

highlighting

119 farms3 meat processors

16 restaurants14 inns

9 retail outlets24 specialty food providers

6 caterers.And

New Farmer Additional Highlights

15 articles in the Rutland Herald

started a weekly newspaper columnwith

one on one coaching sessions

matchmakers

Sponsored

attendeeseducating

on topics such asCSA management,greenhouse production,and farming equipment

And

that connected farmers and food producers with

potential buyers.

Organized

held

2 major fundraising events

We co-sponsored

3cooking

competitions highlighting local

food,

workshops

Held

Posted

times on the What’s Growin’ on Blog with useful information for area farmers,

8

207

27

196

2

Harvest WatcH

Friday NigHt Food FigHts

$31,383that generated

and rose another $1,827 through restaurant fundraisers at Roots and Three Tomatoes.

(thanks to the efforts of many kind hearted folks)

Manchester

Whitehall

West Haven

Shaftsbury

South Royalton

Grow a Row collectionsSummer workshopsEvents and outreachGrow a Row distributionsFarm to Workplace Everyday Chef

Map Key R A F F L ’ s R e a c h

Email Subscribers

636

2010 2011

870

2012

930

960Facebook Likes

Hilary AdamsKathy AllenDavid AndersonLindsay ArbuckleSenad ArucevicMary AshcroftWilliam AubrechtRobert BaderBob BairdJenna BairdRico BalzanoJonathan BarczykTom BartholomewLaura BaxterBrenda BeersCamp Betsy CoxEllen BevierLaurie BeyranevandKayla BiggsErin BodinEthan BodinDavid BrideGeof BrownMaegan BrownAshleen BuchananJoe BurtJennifer ChampineKari ChapinPenelope CheathamAnn ClarkSandy CohenHilary CoolidgeSherry CrawfordJohn DavidDale DimickSam DixonJosh DonabedianLisa DonohueChristine DoreCarrie DoughertyDennis DuhaimeSarah EdelmanAmanda EllisBarbara FenhagenSandy FinkJulie FredetteMonika Ganguly-KiefnerLisa GardenerStash GazynskiRob GeizlerOllie GelinasGinger GellmanElizabeth Gibson

Sara GilbertGrace ChurchJessalyn GustinDea HallYuki HallJeri HarrisMarsha HemmElizabeth HinterbergerEmily HoppingHarvey HornerEthel HornerMike HornerPat HunterMartha Johnson Olivia Kelly HinterbergerThomas Kelly HinterbergerTrevor Kelly HinterbergerRebecca KernsKim KnollenbergKelly KraemerStephanie KroonPenelope LakeKaitly LawrencceWendy LeffelJudy LourasChris LourasJoe MarkNancy MarkSteve MartinGarland MasonTaffy MaynardDenise McGinleyJennifer McKannaRobert McMahonKiki McShaneJanis McWayneCarolyn MeubRosemary MoserMuriel NicklasIsabelle NolanMargo NolanFrank O’ClassenEvan OellerichMary PerottiJill Perry BalzanoSteve PetersPhilip PicotteJohn PollardAllison PutnamMelina QuinnDavid Rice

Becky Rizzi Joe RizziMarli RupeJon SatzSusannah SaxmanJohn SchrammLindsay Sedore

2 0 1 2 V o l u n t e e r s

Connected

88,469times with peoplethrough posts on

Facebook

Michael SharrySarah Ashley SimmonsAnn SingiserRandal SmathersTheresa SnowHillary SolomonMeadow SquierAbe St. GeorgeKatya StrohlCarol TashieElizabeth TheriaultEleanor TisonLyz TomsudenAdam VandermindenSarah WallenEmma WeatherhoggKyle WeatherhoggTracy WeatherhoggTyler WeatherhoggLiz WeberAbby WeissmanHannah WellerAnnabelle Westling WilliamsConnie YoungstromJeremy ZietzNicole Zub

V o l u n t e e r scontributed

3 , 5 0 1 H o u r sby the end of 2012

1 8 4

Financial

Individual Support31%

31%

Total Expenses

$282, 317

Program70%

Fundraising16%

Management & General 14%

FoundationGrants 37%

GovernmentGrants 15%

Individual Support 22%

In KindDonations 14%

Corporations 5%

Total Income

$260, 455Earned Income*14%

$10,9882006

$67,3612008

$162,7762010

$260,4552012

Growing Annual Revenue

2006 - 2012

Total Liabilities $15,015

Total Equity $17,659

Total Assets $32,674

Report 2

2011 $47,008

2012 $56,879

2010 $25,765

Individual Contributions Trend

*Earned Income = Locally Grown Guide Ads, Farm to workplace Fees, and Workshop Fees

012

A Dozen Eggs Bake Shoppe Alchemy Gardens Amee Farm Angela Miller Ann Clark Bill & Carolyn Meub Birnn Chocolates Blue Ledge Farm Brown's OrchardCabot Creamery Café Provence Café Terra Castleton CrackersCelebration Rentals Chris Nyberg Clarendon Hardwood Bowls Clark Farm Cold River Band Collaboration 133 CoZi Repro Creed IceCrowley Cheese CVPS D. Lasser Ceramics Davine and Jerry Brown Denise McGinley and Ramsey Yoder Dorset Inn Dorset Theatre Downtown Grocery Dutchess Farm Earth, Sky, Time East Creek CateringElaine Nordmeyer Evening Song Farm Fab.com Fat Toad Farm Five Elements Salon and Day Spa Foggy Meadow Farm Foley Services FoxFire Energy Furniture in Recovery Garden Time Garland's Agway Green Mountain Coffee RoastersGreen Mountain College Green Mountain Marketing and Advertising

Groundworks Farm Handcrafted by Eric Oesterle Hick's OrchardInn at Weston Joan Aleshire John and Lorena Schramm Kate Manning Kathryn Milillo Killington Avenue Deli Killington Resort Lake Champlain Chocolates Land Rover Experience Driving School

Leeson Glass Leonard Zivitz Ludlow Wine and Cheese Mark Bittman Martin and Marsha Hemm Max Weintraub Mendon Mountain Orchards Michael Pollan Mieke Fonteyn Mike and Kathy Gecha Mike Coppinger Misty Knoll FarmsMisty Meadows WaterMKF Properties Mountain Top Inn Mr. Twitters Nancy Marshall Northshire Bookstore Okemo Valley Golf Course Paramount Theater Paul & Marsha Fonteyn

In Kind Donations of goods and services 2012 Donors

122Generous individuals

and businesses contributed

$2500+Joan AleshireKathy and Bob AllenCommunity Agricultural Center

$1,000 - 2,499AnonymousAnonymousRoots the RestaurantMike Horner and Sandy FinkTom Johnson and Ina SmithGil Livingston & Amy WrightBill and Linell LohsenBill and Carolyn MeubBrian and Jill NolanStephanie O'Brien and Roger ParadisMelinda QuinnRick and Beth SwartzVermont Country Store

$500 - 999AnonymousRobert and Bonnie BairdCastanea Foundation Inc.Community Health Centers Of The Rutland RegionBarbara FenhagenPaul and Marsha FonteynPaul and Ingrid GalloJoan Gamble and Chip PaisonRhonda GraceSherman and Pat HunterIDirectJulia and Greg KunkowskiMark and Tricia LawrenceTom and Michelle OpsahlRhonda RobertsRutland Regional Medical CenterEd Safford and Yvonne BrunotJohn and Lorena SchrammStephen and Ann SingiserThree Tomatoes TrattoriaJeffrey TempleBob and Vicky Young

$200 - $499Robert and Nancy BeauchampAlan Betts and Karen JamesMel and Lynn BoyntonGeof BrownH. Martin and Sharon BrownFran Bull Fitzgerald and Robert BlackSeth and Sherry ClarkMichael CoppingerWanda and Larry CourcelleNan Dubin and Tony MasuckRhonda Edwards and Hank DimuzioPat and Jack FaceyStan Fishkin and Nancy MarshallGagnon Lumber, IncAnne and Tom GallivanLisa GardnerElizabeth and Lenny GibsonRheba and John HaleyMarsha and Martin HemmTom and Tricia HuebnerDavid IngermanMichelle and Mike JacobyLynn Johnson and Jack ShackelfordMartha Johnson & Richard BondareffKinney MotorsFran Knapp and Mick GardinaKathleen and Wayne KrevetskiLang McLaughry Spera Real EstateChris and Judy LourasJune and John LourasJohn Malcolm and Sue LaPorteNancy and Joe MarkHull and Taffy MaynardDenise McGinley and Ramsey YoderMike Galvin and Kiki McShaneDon and Shirlee NicklessPhilip PicotteGrant and Jo Reynolds

Paul Gallo Penwarden Photography Phyllis and Michael Wells Pico Mountain Pratico's Landscaping Purple Burdock Quickprint of RutlandRadical Roots Farm Red Clover Inn Rick Rudd Right Mind Farm Robert C. Williams Roots Restaurant Rusty DeWees Rutland Area Food Co-op Rutland Regional Planning Commission Saltwater Cowboy Sandy Cohen Sarah Owens Shelburne Museum Snow Angel Tavern Solarfest South Wind Farmstead CheeseSpotted Dog Family Farm Telescope Casual Furniture Thomas Dairy Three Tomatoes Trattoria Thrive Center of the Green Mountains Tilli's Custom Hats Tropical Aquaculture Two Dog Farm U.S. Bankruptcy Court Uli and Jochen Stotmeister Vermont Land Trust Vermont Shepherd Vermont Wooden Spoon Co. Vero Beach Opera Virginia Russell Weston Playhouse White House Productions Wilburton Inn Wood Prairie Farm and Family Garden Woods Market Garden

$37,682in kind donations to

RAFFL in 2012

Susan Sargent and Tom PetersDelma and George SchoepplerSusan Schreibman and Bill GrossGianna SkatesJerry and Elizabeth SojournerRobert Stein and Kathryn MililloRob SteingressDan and Esther SwettJerry and Nonnie TarrTrust Company Of VermontPhyllis and Michael WellsChic and Sue WhitingStan and Rene WilburRC and Annabelle WilliamsWendy WiltonMark and Connie YoungstromSally and Leonard Zivitz

$100 - $199Linda and Robert AmelangAnonymousMary AshcroftBaker Distributing Corp.Jim and Freddie Ann BohligBruce BouchardSteve and Laurie BrittainSteve CadwellSarah ChristieAnn ClarkBetty ClarkSandy CohenDavid and Clare CoppockAmey DeFriezNorma DelfosseSusan and Michael DickReggi Ann DubinSusan FarrowJudy FindeisenPat ForbesFriends Of Treasurer Wendy WiltonG. Housen and Company, IncNanette GilmourKathy HallCheryl and Dick HansonLillian JacksonBill and Sandy KuehnDiane and Gary KurekLake Sunapee BankWhitney and Philip LamyLaValley Building SupplyWanda McGannKemi McShane

Janis McWayneAmy MenardBetsy and Baird MorganNaylor and BreenChris and Jackie NybergHerbert Ogden & Catherine ThomasOMYAJohn PollardProctor GasRon and Sarah PulcerLisa and Van PurcellLinda ReisCathy Reynolds and Doug FonteinTed and Carolyn ShattuckChuck and Cathy SmidMegan and Gregory SmithJudy and Will StevensThe GE FoundationJohn ThomasJohn TougherPaula and John ValenteAnn VannemanVermont Land TrustVermont State Employees Credit UnionVermont Sustainable Jobs FundRick Wilson and Ali JesserIngrid WisellPolly WrightEva Zivitz

$1 - 100Rachel and Andrew AlexanderAmy AllenHarold and Jessica AndersonAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymous

AnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousThe Baird'sAnn and Gary BannisterKelley Beckwith and Charles StevensTerry and Wheatley BergenGene Bertsche and Rosemary MoserBlack River ProduceEllen and John BodinJosh Brill and Meadow SquierJosh and Pamela BurlingameKenneth & Frances Bushee Maria Buteux ReadeDiane ClainGary and Sharree ColePaul CollettiTherese and Cortland CorsonesAnn and Joe DeBonisTara DevineSteve and Joan DeVinnySam DixonPeg DombroJoe and Lisa DonohueBob DrachmanNancy EddyPeg ElmerJoseph and Barbara GiancolaGrabowski FarmVern GrubingerMark and Licia HamiltonJeri HarrisChuck and Gail HelferCaren and Robert HelmCheryl and George HookerHarvey and Ethel HornerIda Mae JohnsonCandy Jones - Massage TherapySue KattJames and Merle KellyRandy and Bonnie KellyChris S. Keyser and Jane R. KosmiderAmy and Joseph KieferDick and Pam KilburnSarah Kinter and Thomas CurchinWilliam and Kate KruesiElisabeth Kulas and Mike KlopchinGregg Kurek and George BrownTheresa and Steven Kyhill

Barbara and David LacyThe Lapp FamilyWalt and Trude LaufWendy LeffelKathy and Steve LetendreBettyAnn Limpert and Dick HoweSusan and Robert LloydJason MartinAmy MastrobattistaJon and Kimberly MathewsonRita and Francis McCaffreyRob and Janet McClallenVictoria and John McInerneyBonnie McLellanJames McNeilPat MenduniMargaret MertzPeter MillerChristine MorrisonAugustus Nasmith Jr.Mary NoerpelDick and Elaine NordmeyerNorthshire Information Inc.Olive Branch GourmetJacob Park and Rhonda SchlangenPatrie's Rasberries On The PrairieLaurie PhillipsShelley and Sonny PoremskiChris and Ray PowersRebecca PurdomHerb RussellRutland County Bar BabesJeanne SampsonHeather ShayKristin SmithJohn and Susan StagerJ Ross and Nancy StevensonShana StewartBrigid Sullivan and David HoehLarry and Betty SullivanCarol Tashie and Dennis DuhaimeEleanor Tison and Mark DaileyKit WallaceKen and Laura WelchMegan Wherry and Mathew MennerMelissa and David WhitmoreHelen Whyte and Ross McIntyreTrudy Wilder and Thomas MillerMary Lou Willits and David WrightAlex Wylie

In memory of Mark BlucherKenneth & Frances BusheeTherese and Cortland CorsonesWanda and Larry CourcelleTara DevineSusan and Michael DickPeg ElmerJoseph and Barbara GiancolaElizabeth and Lenny GibsonCheryl and George HookerBill and Sandy KuehnDiane and Gary Kurek

Gregg Kurek and George BrownJohn Malcolm and Sue LaPortePat MenduniDick and Elaine NordmeyerPatrie’s Rasberries On The PrairiePhilip PicotteRutland County Bar BabesSusan Schreibman and Bill GrossShana StewartBrigid Sullivan and David HoehTrudy Wilder and Thomas Miller

In honor of

Joan AleshireBarbara Fenhagen

Marcy and Laird CoveyKristin Smith

Lornie and Mike ByromKristin Smith

Kim and Steve SpensleyKristin Smith

115

New

Donors

in 2012

Could be you!

How you can help in 2013

• Consider making a tax deductable donation at rutlandfarmandfood.org

• Volunteer your time, skills, or resources to one of our programs

• Make an in kind donation of equipment, food, or other materials

Thank you!

Who we areTara focuses on strategic thinking, program planning, administrative management, statewide cooperation, local collaboration, and fundraising. Tara has been actively involved in community development for over fifteen years. She is both a founding member of RAFFL and the organization’s first executive director. She is full-time with RAFFL in addition to managing her other community and family commitments.

Garland manages the RAFFL’s New Farmer Initiative. With a small start-up farm of her own and a background in animal science, Garland is passionate about assisting

beginning and aspiring farmers and helping to maintain Rutland County’s working landscape. Garland had

previously worked with RAFFL coordinating Grow-a-Row, RAFFL’s food access and gleaning program from

2010-2012.

Steve manages RAFFL’s communications and marketing, as well as the Everyday Chef program, where he teaches people how to cook with and

eat seasonal and healthy foods. With a background in education and a passion for food, he loves to show people how accessible it is to cook and

eat well. In his free time he bakes, writes, travels, works in his vegetable garden, and cooks, of course.

Elizabeth manages the organization’s public awareness initiatives as well as the volunteer & internship program. She has masters degrees in public health and social work and her true passion lies in working with communities around health, nutrition and sustainability. In her spare time Elizabeth reads a lot about growing food and experiments as much as possible in her garden.

Jill is currently overseeing production of RAFFL’s 2013 Locally Grown Guide. Jill has been involved in local agriculture as a farmer and a writer for more than 10 years. She and her husband are starting Little Lake Orchard in Wells where they raise fruit trees, field crops, pigs, and a small child.

Joann is RAFFL’s go-to systems person. With years of experience working on computers and databases, Joann’s

role at RAFFL is to provide support on administrative details from data management to research on a part-

time basis. She’s into the locally grown and hand made movement, ranging from growing her own vegetables to

making pottery.

Tara Kelly,Executive Director

Garland Mason

JillPerryBalzano

Steve Peters

Elizabeth Theriault

Joann Smith

Past Staff

Kris Smith

2011 - 2012

Lindsay Arbuckle

2010 - 2012

Board Members

Bob Baird, PresidentJohn Pollard, Vice PresidentElizabeth Gibson, Treasurer

Eleanor Tison, SecretaryGeof BrownMike HornerNancy MarkMarli Rupe

Meadow SquierCarol Tashie

(2012 - 2013)

Partner

Everyday ChefPEG TVRutland County Nutrition CoalitionDowntown Rutland PartnershipRutland Area Food Co-opGrow a RowThomas DairyWellsmere FarmGreen Mountain CollegeSalvation FarmsHannafordsFarm to WorkplaceCVPS / GMPGEHeritage Family Credit UnionRutland Mental HealthRutland Regional Medical CenterRyan, Smith and CarbineVELCOVermont Country StoreNew Farmer InitiativeLand for GoodNOFA VTUVM Extension

Organizations Foundations/ Organizations

City of RutlandAlma Gibbs Donchian Foundation

High Meadows FoundationJames T. Bowse Community Health Trust

Jane B Cook 1983 Charitable TrustJohnson Family Foundation

Vermont Sustainable Jobs FundWindham Foundation

who make our work possiblewho collaborate on our programs

we wouldn’t be where we are today without them

Phone: (802) 417-1528Email: info@rutlandfarmandfood.orgWebsite: www.rutlandfarmandfood.org

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