The Agrihood Collective
The Agrihood Collective (TAC) is a nonprofit founded by neighboring farmers and food business owners within a 1-mile radius of each other: Bread and Butter Farm, Killeen Crossroads Farm, Blank Page Café, and Chrysalis Landworks.
TAC offers a modern-day model for farmland access and farm community collaboration to protect and promote the positive impacts of farming in Vermont and beyond.
The collective is working toward a thriving and evolved form of land stewardship that
addresses the needs of farmers, land-based educators, food entrepreneurs, communities
and the ecosystems they’re embedded in.
Our founding project’s goal is to acquire 360 acres of agricultural land and an additional 13 acres to develop a farm infrastructure center that supports regenerative farming
ACCESS TO LAND
Land is increasingly unaffordable for farmers, with farmland only available in smaller acreages and farther distances from the communities they feed.
UNAFFORDABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
Soaring equipment costs are far outpacing food prices, adding unavoidable expense increases for farmers and challenging their production capacity.
FARMING AS A CAREER
High housing costs and current farmer wages make farm workforce livelihoods unaffordable and lead to a lack of long-term job security and farm business stability.
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
Extreme weather events have severe short- and long-term detrimental effects on farm viability.
Challenges With Traditional Farm Models
With a shared vision for creating more resilient local food economies, the Agrihood Collective is working in collaboration with existing organizations to offer solutions to the needs of modern farmers and the communities that rely on them.
ELIMINATE LEGACY LAND DEBT
TAC supports debt-free land ownership and enables equitable lease agreements that honor the long-term business decisions and soil-investment practices inherent in regenerative farming.
SHARED RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
TAC supports the development of affordable farm workforce housing and collective use of critical infrastructure and marketplaces for farm community growth and success.
PERMANENT REGENERATIVE STEWARDSHIP
Farmers, securing long-term leases, contractually commit to agroforestry and regenerative farm management that continuously improves food production resiliency in this time of extreme weather events.
CUSTOM COLLABORATIVE MODEL
TAC collaborates with farmers to support custom agrihood solutions that address the unique issues communities, and farmers are working to overcome.
What Sets Us Apart
HELP OUR FARMING COMMUNITY THRIVE
The mission of TAC is to strengthen local foodsheds through a non-profit model of shared lands and infrastructure.
This year, the Collective will purchase 373 acres in South Burlington to support regenerative agriculture and build comprehensive shared farm infrastructure.
WHAT YOUR MONEY WILL SUPPORT
Purchasing 373 acres of land for the following purposes:
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360 acres of farmland managed regeneratively in perpetuity
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Future housing land-based workforce can afford
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Shared infrastructure and resources for farmers
Please join us and donate today!
Contact our Project Directors for more information:
Brie Gelinas: brie@theagrihoodcollective.org
Robin Jeffers: robin@theagrihoodcollective.org
