In January of 2021, Food Connects launched its first employee charitable giving initiative. After a round of nominations and voting, our staff chose SUSU commUNITY Farm to be the beneficiary of this initiative. 13 of our employees participated in this new giving program, totaling $1,222.00 for SUSU. Our team is inspired by SUSU’s grassroots, local efforts to address food and racial justice in our community. And we are excited to continue working with them, as both of our organizations grow.

SUSU commUNITY Farm is a Black and Indigenous stewarded farm in Southern Vermont. They offer life-affirming spaces for Black, Indigenous, People of color to thrive and experience safety while healing from the intergenerational trauma of systemic oppression. They are committed to bringing multiracial commUNITY together to build sustainable relationships based in reciprocity. They do this by supporting our people in connecting back to their traditional lineages and foodways, being guided by the wisdom of our ancestors, centering global majority-led and peer-supported culturally relevant programming, and building a statewide culture of liberation in Vermont.