FOOD HUB NOVEMBER 2023 SCHEDULE

Changes to Order and Delivery Dates:

  • Weds, 11/15: Orders are due early for all Thanksgiving week deliveries.

  • Mon, 11/20: Special delivery day.*

  • Tues, 11/21: Special delivery day.*

  • Tues, 11/21: Orders due for delivery Monday, 11/27 (Inventoried Items only, regular Mon customers only).

  • Weds, 11/22 - Fri, 11/24: CLOSED, no deliveries.

*Ask your sales representative if you’re unsure which day you’re getting your delivery.

HOW DOES THIS AFFECT CHEESE SPECIAL ORDERS

  • Mon, 11/6: Orders are due by 11AM for deliveries 11/15-11/20.

  • Mon, 11/27: Orders are due by 11AM for deliveries 12/6-12/11.

  • Mon, 11/27 - Fri, 12/1: No Cheese Special Orders deliveries.

WHAT ABOUT BREAD?

ORCHARD HILL BREADWORKS

  • Mon, 11/20 - Fri, 11/24: No bread deliveries.

  • Tues, 11/21: Orders due by 12PM, for delivery on Weds, 11/29, and Thurs, 11/30.

  • Mon, 11/27: Orders due by 10AM, for delivery on Fri, 12/1 (per regular schedule).

THE BREAD SHED

  • Mon, 11/20 - Fri, 11/24: No bread deliveries.

  • Tues, 11/21: Orders due by 12PM, for delivery on Weds, 11/29.

  • Mon, 11/27: Orders due by 11AM, for delivery on Thurs, 11/30 & Fri, 12/1 (per regular schedule).

WHAT ABOUT CHAMPLAIN ORCHARDS ORDERS?

  • Weds, 11/15: Orders due by 11AM for deliveries 11/17, 11/20, 11/21, & 11/27

  • Tues, 11/21: Orders due by 11AM for deliveries 11/29 & 11/30

WHAT ABOUT TORTILLA ORDERS?

  • Weds, 11/15: Orders due by 11AM for deliveries 11/20 & 11/21

WHAT ABOUT YALLA ORDERS?

  • Tues, 11/14: Orders due by 11AM, for deliveries 11/20, 11/21, & 11/27

  • Tues, 11/21: Orders due by 11AM, for deliveries 11/29 & 11/30

WHAT ABOUT KITCHEN GARDEN ORDERS?

  • Mon, 11/13: Fresh produce Orders are due by 11AM for deliveries 11/15 - 11/21  

  • Weds, 11/15: Canned, jarred, bottled, and dried item orders are due by 11AM for deliveries 11/17-11/21


QUESTIONS?

Contact sales@foodconnects.org

2023 FOOD CONNECTS LABOR DAY SCHEDULE

Friday, September 1: 

  • 10:00 AM: All orders are due to FC Sales Team for deliveries on Wednesday, September 6 and Thursday, September 7. 

  • Vermont customers who usually receive Monday deliveries will receive their deliveries FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.

Monday, September 4: The Food Hub Office and Warehouse will be closed, and there will be no deliveries.

Tuesday, September 5: Massachusetts customers who usually receive Monday deliveries will receive their deliveries TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5.

Pre-orders/Special Orders:

* Bread and Yalla Orders: Bread and Yalla orders for Friday, September 8 and Monday, September 11 will be due by 11:00 AM on Friday, September 1. There will be no Orchard Hill bread available for Wednesday and Thursday deliveries.

* Cheese Special Orders: Cheese special orders will be due by 11:00 AM on Friday, September 1 for delivery the week of September 13.

*Mi Tierra - Orders for delivery the ENTIRE week of 9/4/23 must be submitted Friday 9/1

Questions? Contact Sales@FoodConnects.org

2023 FOOD CONNECTS INDEPENDENCE DAY SCHEDULE

Friday, June 30: 

  • 10:00 AM: All orders are due to FC Sales Team for deliveries on Wednesday, July 5 and Thursday, July 6.

  • There will be no Orchard Hill bread available this Wednesday and Thursday and no Bread Shed this Wednesday.

  • Vermont customers who usually receive Monday deliveries will receive their deliveries FRIDAY, JUNE 30th.

Monday, July 3: The Food Hub Office and Warehouse will be closed, and there will be no deliveries.

Tuesday, July 4: Massachusetts customers who usually receive Monday deliveries will receive their deliveries TUESDAY, JULY 4.

Pre-orders/Special Orders:

* Bread and Yalla Orders: Bread and Yalla orders for Friday, July 7 and Monday, July 10 will be due by 11:00 AM on Friday, June 30.

* Cheese Special Orders: There will be no changes to the cheese special order schedule.

Questions? Contact Sales@FoodConnects.org

2023 FOOD CONNECTS MEMORIAL DAY SCHEDULE

10:00 AM Friday, May 26: All orders are due for Wednesday, May 31 and Thursday, June 1.

Monday, May 29: The Food Hub Office and Warehouse will be closed and there will be no deliveries.

Tuesday, May 30: If you usually receive a delivery on Monday, this week’s order will be delivered today.

Pre-orders/Special Orders:

* Bread and Yalla Orders: Bread and Yalla orders for Friday, June 2 and Monday, June 5 will be due by 11:00 AM on Friday, May 26.

* Cheese Special Orders: Cheese special orders for the week of June 5 will be due by 11:00 AM Friday, May 26.

Questions?

Contact Sales@FoodConnects.org

Important Customer Information About the NEW Food Connects Ordering & Payment Platform

On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, Food Connects will launch an entirely new online ordering and billing platform at shop.foodconnects.org! 

We have been working hard behind the scenes to build a more user-friendly website with helpful product photos, easy re-ordering functionality, extensive searching and sorting capabilities, and many other new benefits.

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Producer Spotlight: Singing Pastures

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By Kristen Thompson

Food Connects is proud to work with farmers and producers who grow and craft food in a way that’s sustainable for our food systems, communities, and the planet. That’s one of the reasons we love working with Singing Pastures! Singing Pastures is a regenerative farm that the Arbuckle family started in response to the unsustainable ways large industrial farms produce meat. We talked to the Founding Farmer, John Arbuckle, about Singing Pasture’s regenerative approach to agriculture and their delicious Roam Sticks made from hickory-smoked pork.

Food Connects Fresh Bites: March 2023

March Newsletter

The Evolution of a Food Hub: Celebrating the Growth of the Food Connects Food Hub, Part I

Producer Spotlight: Short Creek Farm

Food Hub Special Schedule: April 2023

Food Connects Goes to the Vermont Statehouse for Farm to School Awareness Day

Staff Spotlight: Food Hub Procurement Coordinator Katie Endicott

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The Evolution of a Food Hub: Celebrating the Growth of the Food Connects Food Hub, Part I

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By Lissa Harris

As we reflect on ten years of Food Connects, we're inspired by the growth our Food Hub has undergone. But the Food Hub wasn’t always a Food Connects program. So how did the Food Connects Food Hub come to be? Here’s part one of the history of the Food Connects Food Hub.

Meet Our Food Hub Procurement Coordinator—Katie Endicott

Food Connects welcomed Katie Endicott as its Food Hub Procurement Coordinator this year. She provides crucial administrative support for the Food Hub Procurement Team, ensuring smooth and efficient order cycles and purchasing flow. We are thrilled to have her on the team and are excited to share more about her!

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Producer Spotlight: Short Creek Farm

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By Kristen Thompson

Food Connects was thrilled to onboard Short Creek Farm as a new vendor in 2022. Based out of Northwood, NH, Short Creek Farm crafts unique and delicious sausage, salami, and bacon, as well as fresh cuts of meat from their own pasture-raised meats and heritage-breed pork from other family farms in the U.S. We had a chance to ask Co-Founder Jeff Backer more about the farm and its delicious products.

Food Connects Goes to the Vermont Statehouse for Farm to School Awareness Day

By Tom Brewton & Kristen Thompson

On February 8th, our Food Hub Institutional Sales Associate, Tom Brewton, visited the Vermont Statehouse to support Farm to School Awareness Day. He testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee and the House Agriculture, Food Resilience, and Forestry Committee, requesting support for the Farm to School and Early Childhood Program and the Local Foods Incentive Grant.

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Producer Spotlight: Champlain Orchards

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By Kristen Thompson

Food Connects works with producers to bring good local food to retailers and schools in our region. Champlain Orchards has been a vital partner in bringing great-tasting local fruit to both students and stores. Based in Shoreham, VT, Champlain Orchards is one of the oldest continuously operating orchards in Vermont, growing over 175 varieties of apples, peaches, pears, plums, cherries, nectarines, and berries.

We had the opportunity to hear from Bill Suhr, Founder and Orchardist at Champlain Orchards, about their delicious products and the importance of EcoCertified Fruit.

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Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union Partners with Food Connects

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By Tom Brewton & Kristen Thompson

Stephanie Gates became the Food Service Director of the Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union (BRSU) in February 2021. She reached out to us in September 2021 with a strong interest in sourcing local foods for her students. We talked to Stephanie to learn more about her work to promote local food through BRSU meal programs in partnership with Food Connects.

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A Day in the Life at the Food Connects Food Hub Part IV: Sales Trips

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By Kristen Thompson

It’s early March of 2022, and after a long hiatus during the height of COVID-19, the Food Connects Sales Team is finally hitting the road with producers. I meet Beth Lewand, Food Connects Food Hub Sales Associate, and Linda Rubin, the woman behind Frisky Cow Gelato, at Linda’s house in Keene, NH. We’re driving out to meet potential customers in the Bradford and Southeast New Hampshire service area—one of our Thursday delivery routes. 

Food Connects Fresh Bites: November 2022

November Newsletter

Collaboration Brings Local Food Boxes to Killington Grand Resort Hotel Employees: Part II

Producer Spotlight: Champlain Valley Creamery

Food Hub Special Schedule: November-December 2022

VT Law & Graduate School Spotlights Food Hub Director, McKenna Hayes