Interview: Doug O’Brien of the Vermont Foodbank

Vermont Food Bank Executive Director Doug O’Brien says the organization has been seeking an opportunity to grow its own food as part of a long-term strategy for helping stave off hunger in Vermont’s neediest communities. O’Brien speaks with VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb about the purchase of the Kingsbury Farm.
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Program helps bring produce to Vermont Foodbank

Every farm has crops that it either can’t harvest or can’t sell, and the food then goes to waste. But a Lamoille County woman found a way to save the fresh food and distribute it to local food shelves. Now, as VPR’s Amy Noyes reports, the Vermont Foodbank plans to take the idea statewide.