Why work with the Intervale Food Hub? 

When you buy local products or participate in a service with the Intervale Food Hub, you support intentional community food system building and resiliency. Our program is built on these priorities: 

Food Security and Resilience 

• We work to build a more resilient local food system by strengthening the viability of local farms and producers to continue feeding and nourishing our communities in the face of the climate crisis.  

• Our sales & services work directly supports our food access programming through shared infrastructure and resources, food purchasing, and an overlap in operations. 

• In addition to deepening our existing relationships, we prioritize working with producers, customers, and partners that support or are BIPOC, women, queer, or otherwise socially disadvantaged. 

• Our programming is focused on the greater Burlington area. However, with increasing climate disasters, we engage in regionally focused partnerships and collaborative relationships to work towards a resilient supply chain and a food-secure state. 

Market Access 

• We operate year-round to provide reliable and new market opportunities for our 80+ farmers, value-added producers, and distributors.  

• Our producers receive 80% of our wholesale revenue. Our goal is to financially support the farms and small businesses at the foundation of our food system, while also funding our market access work, such as navigating high-barrier institutional markets, on behalf of producers.  

• Our services, including cross-docking, storage, and space rentals, provide farmers and value-added producers with broader access to regional markets as well as low-cost cooler, freezer and warehousing space to support local business development.  

Just Purchasing Standards 

• We are deliberate in our purchasing from Vermont farms, to ensure maximum freshness while also considering our carbon impact and food miles. 

• As a program of the Intervale Center, it is critical to consider the implications of growing practices as they affect Vermont’s land, water, and ecosystem functions. We remain flexible knowing that operations are not a “one size fits all”, while simultaneously maintaining high standards for farmers who are stewarding the land.  

• We work with many producers who provide processed goods as it is a way to reduce food waste, support small businesses and makers, produce culturally relevant foods, and support farm viability by purchasing products that would otherwise not sell as a “raw” ingredient. 

• It is our mission to center equity and prioritize working with communities that have been systemically oppressed. When purchasing from us, your dollars go towards farmers that are from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, new and beginning, those that prioritize equitable management structures, and are small-to-mid scale.