A Note to Our Community

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We want to take a moment to acknowledge what is happening around the country right now. Some of you may have noticed that we’ve been quiet this week. We have been taking time to continue to educate ourselves around racial injustice in this country while allowing space for Black voices to be heard.

We recognize that there is a long way to go in creating an anti-racist country and self education is part of the process. We also recognize that actions need to follow words. We will be donating 15% of our sales this Sunday, June 7, to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Feeding our community is our mission, and on Sunday we hope to feed you and your families, and through that process, give financial support to criminal justice reform, economic justice, educational equity and voting rights.

We are still learning how to be allies and recognize that this is one step out of many. We acknowledge that we will make mistakes along the way and we will learn from them.

Below is a list of Black-owned businesses in Vermont to support and nonprofit organizations working in racial justice. Please email us at info@philoridgefarm.com if you have others to add to this list.

Black Businesses to Support in Vermont

Cafe Mamajuana, Burlington, Vermont

Stafford Creamery, Stafford, Vermont

ZAFA Wines, Burlington, Vermont

Groundswell Change, Vermont

JAG Productions: African-American Theatre in Vermont, White River Junction, Vermont

Pizzeria Verità, Burlington, Vermont

Conscious Homestead, Winooksi, Vermont

South Mountain Catering, Waitsfield, Vermont

Kismayo Kitchen, Burlington, Vermont

Manchester Maintenance, Manchester, Vermont

Nonprofits to Support

Clemmons Family Farm, Charlotte, Vermont

Upper Valley Racial Literacy Fellowship

New Farms for New Americans

Pine Island Community Farm

The Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust

Black Church Food Security Network

Black Dirt Farm Collective

Black Urban Growers (BUGS)

Castanea Fellowship

Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive (CoFED)

Black Farmer Fund

Soul Fire Farm

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