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Food Rescue and Donation Locations


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Having a catered holiday party? You can donate your leftover catered foods too! Check out this article about donating leftover food.

Resources and Law around donated food

Thinking about what you can do with still edible leftover food? Don't throw it out! 

There are a number of organizations in central Vermont that can take your produce or pre-consumer (untouched, prepared, but not yet served) foods and provide them to hungry members of the community!

Please contact below organizations beforehand. See bottom of page for more resources.


When donating food, it is important to remember that the donation is for human consumption and needs to be handled accordingly. If food looks or smells bad, is moldy, or has damaged packaging do not donate it – compost it! 
​Most types of food can be donated. There has NEVER been a lawsuit around food donations.
  • Check out ​Donating Food to Charity: Chew on this Law
  • The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act provides protection from liability for the donation of food that is ‘apparently wholesome’ without visible quality issues. 
  • The Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic prepared a fact sheet regarding federal liability protection and tax incentives for food donation. 
  • Donation Guidance for Businesses and Institutions 
  • Vermont's DEC resources for Donating Food
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Barre:

​​Barre Evangelical Free Church
17 S Main St
Barre, VT 05641
802-476-5344
 
Capstone Community Action 
20 Gable Place,
Barre, VT 5641
802-479-1053

Enough Ministries – Soup Kitchen
84 Summer Street
Barre, VT 05641
802-595-5277
 
The Galley  – Foodshelf
14 Washington Street,
Barre, VT 05641
802-479-9175
 
Good Samaritan Haven  – Foodshelf
105 North Seminary St.,
Barre, VT 05641
802-479-2294 - info@goodsamaritanhaven.org

Hedding United Methodist
40 Washington Street
Barre, VT 05641
802-476-8156

Salvation Army  – Foodshelf
25 Keith Ave.,
Barre, VT 05641

802-476-5301

Bradford:

Bradford Churches Food Shelf
172 Main Street
Bradford, VT 05033
802-222-5108

​Orange East Senior Center  – Foodshelf
176 Waits River Road,
Bradford, VT 05033

802-222-4782

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Chelsea: 

Chelsea Area Senior Center – Senior Meals
13 North Common Road,
Chelsea, VT 05038
802-685-2290
 
United Church of Chelsea
13 North Common
Chelsea, VT 05038
802-685-4429
Duxbury:

​Duxbury Elf's Shelf  – Foodshelf
4987 Vermont 100,
Duxbury, VT 05676
802-371-9906 - elfshelf@myfairpoint.net

East Montpelier:

​Old Brick Church
6 Church Street,
East Montpelier, VT 05651

802-456-1399
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Hardwick:
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Hardwick Area Food Pantry
39 West Church Street
Hardwick, VT 05843
Tel: 802.472.5940
 
Hardwick Community Dinner
113 West Church Street
Hardwick, Vermont 05843

​Montpelier:

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Bethany United Church of Christ – Community Meals
115 Main Street,
​Montpelier, VT 05602
802-223-2424

Christ Church – Soup Kitchen
64 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
802-244-8037

Unitarian Church of Montpelier – Community Lunch
130 Main Street,
Montpelier, VT 05679

802-433-1706
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Montpelier Food Pantry – at Trinity Church
137 Main St., Montpelier, VT 05602
802-262-6288

Montpelier Senior Meals  – FEAST Meals
155 Main Street, Montpelier, VT 05602
802-223-6357

Middlesex:

​Middlesex UMC Food Shelf
12 Church Street
Middlesex, VT 05602
802-229-9496
 
Plainfield:

Twin Valley Seniors Inc
– meals for seniors

4583 Route 2,
Plainfield, VT 05651

802-223-3322
 
Tunbridge: 

Tunbridge Church Community Food Shelf

2 Potash Road,
Tunbridge, 05077

802-889-3736

Websterville:


Websterville Baptist Church  – Foodshelf

143 Church Hill Road,
Websterville, VT 05678-0068

802-479-0141

Williamstown:


Williamstown Food Shelf

47 Methodist Lane,
​Williamstown, VT 05679

802-433-5453
 
Woodbury:


​Woodbury/Calais Food Shelf

49 Valley Lake Road
South Woodbury, VT 05681
802-472-6292
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Food Rescue Resources:

State of Vermont DEC/ANR - Food Donation in Vermont

EPA Food Waste Challenge - To help participants quantify and improve their sustainable food management practices.

PDF Guide for Business and Institutional Food Donations
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Vermont's National Gleaning Project 

Vermont Gleaning Collective
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Office  | 137 Barre St, Montpelier VT 05602-3618| 802-229-9383 | comments@cvswmd.org
ARCC  | 540 No. Main St, Barre VT 05641    | 802-476-1900  
Office Hours: M - F, 8 - 4 | ARCC Hours: M, W, F , 10:30 - 5:30 and 3rd Saturdays, 9 - 1

*CVSWMD Member Towns: 
Barre City, Barre Town, Berlin, Bradford, Calais, Chelsea, Duxbury, East Montpelier, Fairlee, Hardwick, Middlesex, Montpelier, Orange, Plainfield, Tunbridge, Walden, Washington, Williamstown, and Woodbury. 
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