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Negotiators agree to Vermonters Feeding Vermonters funds, improve local food shelves and reallocate farm-to-school money
Summary
Conference negotiators on H.493 agreed in principle to fund Vermonters Feeding Vermonters ($500,000), boost local food shelves, include CACFP, and reallocate some farm support into farm-to-school and a Medicaid backfill.
On Oct. 11, 2025, conference committee negotiators said they had reached tentative agreement on several food and nutrition items in the H.493 budget adjustment, including $500,000 for Vermonters Feeding Vermonters, $1 million for local food shelves, inclusion of CACFP funding previously discussed under childcare, and a reallocation of certain farm-program dollars into farm-to-school programming.
Negotiators said the parties had already agreed to the $500,000 for Vermonters Feeding Vermonters and that the…
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