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Thu, 01/14/2021 - 3:11pm meganj By:  John Flowers BETHANIE FARRELL IS on pace to give out 1,000 free meals to hungry Addison County folks by the end of this month. Her charitable effort is called the Giving Fridge, which sells donated plants, flowers, honey and other items to raise money for meals that are prepared by local restaurants, using a lot of local ingredients. Independent photo/John Flowers MIDDLEBURY — Bethanie Farrell has always felt a call to help others. It’s in her DNA, a ritual she learned as a young girl growing up in the Midwest. She’d accom...

Published on NEWPORT –A small nonprofit based out of Newport that works with local farmers reached record sales the week of December 9, with over $17,500 in sales. Green Mountain Farm Direct (GMFD) is a regional food hub that connects over 30 local farms and producers to schools, institutions, restaurants, and grocery stores throughout the NEK. The program is reaching people who have been negatively affected by the pandemic while providing economic support for small local businesses and farms working hard to produce quality food for Vermonters. The ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BELLOWS FALLS — Rockingham Help & Helpers announced that the Vermont Everyone Eats program, which provided free restaurant to-go meals, is returning. Picking up where the program paused in December, community members can collect meals for their household and up to three other households at Parks Place Community Resource Center (44 School St, Bellows Falls) on Wednesday evenings from 5 to 6 p.m., and Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. Meals are also distributed through Our Place, the Bellows Falls Senior Center, Westminster Cares, and the Graf...

COVID-relief program on track to deliver 400,000 restaurant-prepared meals. Photos by Jennifer Sensenich Vermont Business Magazine  Vermont Everyone Eats organizers and partners gathered at one of the program’s weekly distribution points to highlight the impact the COVID-relief program has made in the eight weeks since its launch.  In August, the Vermont Legislature provided $5 million in CARES Act funding to create this program that engages restaurants to prepare meals for Vermonters hit by the pandemic. “Just three months since funding was granted, VT Everyone Eats “Hubs” have la...

PPP Update As the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) opens the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) application portal to lenders, ACCD is encouraging businesses to explore applying for the more than $284 billion has been allocated to this program nationally. Friday, the portal was opened to lenders with $1 billion or less in assets for First and Second Draw applications. The portal will fully open on Tuesday, January 19th to all participating PPP lenders to submit First and Second Draw loan applications to the SBA. Businesses can learn more learn more about First and Second Draw loans at ...