Volunteer with Rural Vermont - Host a Film Screening or Food Tasting - Become a Member - Join the Farm Policy Network - Take Action on Our Campaigns - Contact Legistators - Write Letters to the Editor - Intern with Rural Vermont - Take a Look at Our Wish List

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Get Involved

There are many ways to get involved with Rural Vermont and help us achieve our mission. Get involved my becoming a member and by giving financial support to Rural Vermont to help sustain our work. Join the Farm Policy Network and receive weekly action alerts, write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper, or call, email or write you legislators. Volunteer with Rural Vermont and help organize events and rallies, send mailings, make phone calls, table at events and lots more! Rural Vermont is able to make a difference because of your support and involvement. Get involved today by taking action on our campaigns.

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Contact Legislators

Let your legislators know you want them to support legislation that protects family farmers, a local food economy and sustainable agriculture. Tell them to support the issues you care about. To contact your legislators find their information at this site

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Write Letters to the Editor

If you email your letter to the editor and you are submitting it to more than one paper email each paper separately so they don’t see that you have already submitted your letter to a paper. Please try and track when your letters are published and clip and send the letters to:
Rural Vermont
15 Barre St. #2
Montpelier, VT 05602

For contact info for Daily papers please click here. For contact info for Weekly papers please click here.

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Join The Farm Policy Network

The Goal of the Farm Policy Network is to build an activist network that is informed and committed to moving Vermont towards sustainable, small-scale farming.

In order to achieve this goal we must shift Vermont's priorities -from an economic development model based on high tech industries, to a community development model based on Family farms. This can only be achieved by educating the public on the benefits of sustainable agriculture and by motivating citizens to take action.

Rural Vermont sends out a Farm Policy Network Activist update via email weekly during the legislative session and then bimonthly the rest of the year. These updates include upcoming events around the state, breaking news on our campaigns, and Action Alerts so you can stay involved.

If you are interested in joining our FPN Activist list please click here.

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Become A Volunteer

With limited staff, we benefit greatly from even the smallest volunteer committments. We are currently looking for volunteers who can come to the office in Montpelier to help out, volunteers anywhere who can make phone calls for us, and volunteers all over the state who can attend or poster/flyer for nearby events.

Contact Colin, our friendly volunteer coordinator, about helping out; phone and email info are at the bottom of this page.
If you have time, please download the volunteer survey and return the completed form to us by mail, fax (802-223-0269), or email.

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Become An Intern

We are currently seeking interns for the summer of 2008. Join our committed team and help to fulfill our vision for Living Soils, Thriving Farms and Healthy Communities.

To Apply-
Please send a letter, resume, writing sample and references to:
Rural Vermont
Attn:Internships 2008
15 Barre Street Suite 2
Montpelier, VT 05602
For more info click here

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Donate

Please take a look at our wish list and see if you have anything that we could use.

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Host a Film Screening or Food Tasting

Contact us (info at the bottom of the page, or Contact tab above) for information about hosting one of these events in your town! We'll send materials to make it easy for you!
View films that we have available for screenings