July 24, 2008 Vermont Food Bank purchases farm to grow produce Play video

(Anya Huneke, NECN: Warren, VT) - The Vermont food bank is about to try out a new way of filling its shelves. The state's largest hunger-relief organization is buying a farm, and plans to grow some of the food it distributes.

When the Kingsbury farm in Warren, Vermont, came up for sale two years ago, members of this Mad River valley community saw an opportunity... and seized it.

A group of citizens and organizations, the town, and the Vermont land trust - a land conservation organization - bought the farm-- in hopes of finding a good owner for it.

So when the Vermont food bank expressed interest in the property .. the farm's future became clear. The food bank plans to turn this into a fully -functioning farm that grows produce for food shelves across the state -- which provide food to low-income Vermonters.