Farm-to-trunk food giveaway today

Vermont Standard

9/3/20

KILLINGTON — Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest mountain resort in Eastern North America and a POWDR company, announced a Farm-to-Trunk Community Grocery Giveaway happening on Thursday, Sept. 3, from 3 to 6:00 p.m. or until all 700 bags have been given away, at Pico Mountain, 73 Alpine Drive, Mendon, Vermont. The 100 percent locally sourced grocery giveaway is in partnership with Vermont Farmers Food Center (VFFC) and funded by a $50,000 donation from the Killington Play It Forward Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation to VFFC and Thomas Dairy.

The event is for those in local communities facing food insecurities including, but not limited to. Killington, Rutland, Mendon, Bridgewater, Pittsfield, Plymouth and Woodstock.

“/We realize farmers have lost much of their distribution network with restaurants in the state running at reduced capacity, so we’re excited to partner with Vermont Farmers Food Center and provide products purchased directly from local Vermont farms,” says Mike Solimano, president and general manager of Killington Resort and Pico Mountain. “By supporting our local farms and those experiencing food insecurities, we hope to strengthen our community and inspire others to take action.”