Food Shelf

The collaboration between the Charlotte Food Shelf and Champlain Valley Union High students began three years ago when food…

Though the Charlotte Food Shelf relies heavily on donations from the Charlotte community, it also completes a large monthly…

The food shelf is happy to announce that Peter Fenn, owner of Fenn and Company, has volunteered to do…

(This story has been edited to have the correct name as the contributor.) First, the good news. The food…

First of all, a little bit about the Vermont Foodbank. The Vermont Foodbank, headquartered in Barre, is the state’s…

In Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” the narrator says of Scrooge (after he’s been visited by the spirits of…

Things were busy at the food shelf the Saturday morning before Thanksgiving. By noon, things had calmed down considerably….

No matter how you may feel about the state of the union these days, one thing we Charlotters have in common is that we have always come together as a community to support our local food shelf.

You’ve probably heard of the Farm Bill, the largest piece of federal legislation for food and farming. The Farm Bill greatly impacts access to nutritious food for the millions of people in our country facing food insecurity and hunger.

As we move into fall, with cooler weather and the colorful display of our foliage and the many changes a new season brings, we embrace a time of transition. There are also many transitions occurring at the Charlotte Food Shelf.

Now when you begin to read this and soon find there seems to be no rhyme or reason for putting these recipes together on a page, I can assure you I mean to connect them.

Summer is in full swing. Despite record high temperatures and torrential rains, the Charlotte community continues to support those who experience food insecurity, and our food shelf has many exciting works in progress.

The Charlotte Food Shelf is deeply saddened by the death of our friend and colleague, Louise McCarren. In equal measure, we are grateful to have known and worked alongside her.

Throughout Vermont demand at food shelves is soaring. This is attributed, in part, to higher food costs, an end to pandemic emergency allotment aids that boosted SNAP benefits, inflation, rent or mortgage costs, the opioid crisis and the effect of summer’s flooding on homes and businesses.

Collaboration, creativity and generosity are the words that come to mind in describing the successful efforts of the Charlotte community and food shelf volunteers to help those in need during these winter months.

We have much to be thankful for. This community is sustained by the generosity of its members.

As we head into this season of Thanksgiving, we are grateful to and mourn the passing of our dear friend and longtime volunteer, John Lavigne.

This feels like a season of change and of preparation. Autumnal foliage first dapples the land, then deepens. Lines of migrating geese slice through our skies with a honking cacophony that marks their purposeful journey.