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Community gardens, CSAs, and farmers markets

Community gardens

•  supports access to resources to grow food, build confidence and connect with each other, including a .
• Catamount Farm CSA is operated through the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Community supported agriculture (CSA)

•  is a searchable database of CSAs.
•  is an interactive tool that can help you find the right NOFA CSA for your needs.

Farmers markets

• : Established in 1980, a marketplace of farmers, specialty food producers, and artisan crafts held every Saturday from late spring through autumn in downtown Burlington.

Farms

•  (Charlotte): Black-owned farm that also provides educational programming and serves artists, creatives, and performers. 
• (Burlington): 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission to strengthen community food systems.
• : A queer, multi-racial farm focused affordable housing, affordable land leasing, and culturally important food production.
•  (Burlington): Community garden, agricultural program run by . Read more about this farm in ����̽̽ Today's story Resettled in Vermont.
•  (Essex Junction): Seasonal pick-your-own produce and farm goods.
• (Colchester): Community farm for New Americans raising crops and livestock.
•  (Colchester): Fresh fruits, vegetables and greenhouse along with a bakery, gift shop, and seasonal corn maze.

Local groceries and markets

• (South Burlington)
• (Burlington)
• (Essex Junction): Featured in Feb. 2020 .
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•  (Burlington): Downtown and South End locations. .
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Regional and national chain grocery stores

•  (Colchester)
•  (Burlington, Essex Junction, Milton, South Burlington & Williston)
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����̽̽ Dining is committed to creating a campus where everyone has access to nourishing food that reflects their lifestyle, values, spiritual, and bodily needs. This page lists residential and retail locations on campus managed by ����̽̽ Dining and the ����̽̽ Bookstore. 

For information about diverse food offerings and religious dietary accommodations, alternative dining needs, specific meal-related concerns, or to request an individual consultation with the ����̽̽ Dining team's registered dietician, please view the .

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Residential dining

• Central Campus Dining (Central Campus Residence Hall) Located in the heart of campus, features rustic open-style stations serving menus that include every item you can imagine.
• Harris Millis Dining (Harris Millis Complex) This all-you-care-to-eat traditional dining hall features a variety of fresh food, including plant-based, vegan, and allergen-friendly menu offerings. 
• Northside (McAuley Hall) Nestled in the arts & creativity part of campus this dining hall features a variety of fresh food and grab-and-go items.
• Redstone Dining (Simpson Hal) Finding your favorite foods at Redstone Dining is easy with menu selections that include everything. Enjoy signature stations like FOUR with meals made without gluten, peanuts, tree nuts and shellfish. Visit to learn more.

Retail dining

• (Kalkin Hall) A coffee shop featuring coffee, espresso drinks, teas, cold beverages, snacks, baked goods, salads, and sandwiches.
• (Davis Center - 1^st floor) The C-Store has all the amenities a typical convenience store has — stop in for a quick snack, a light lunch, coffee, soda, ice cream, cold medicine, pain relievers, and all the essentials you need to happily get through your morning, afternoon, and evening.
• (Howe Library) A convenient coffee shop featuring coffee, teas, cold beverages, and snacks.
• (Given Medical Building) a modern bakery-café, offers fresh and nutritious meals with a delicious twist! The menu includes healthy salads, savory soups, flatbreads, pastries, coffee, espressos, cappuccinos, teas, and smoothies. 
• (Davis Center – 2nd floor) offering sandwiches made your way with sides and beverages to make it a whole meal.
• (Davis Center – 3rd floor) Swing through and grab your morning cup of coffee (with a fresh pastry), or grab a comfy spot by the fireplace and decompress between classes - this is your resident coffee stop.
• (Davis Center - 1^st floor) Offering wings, fried chicken sandwiches, chicken tenders, and fries. Enoy halal foods and vegan or vegetarian options. 
• (Davis Center – 2nd floor) A local favorite featuring burritos, tacos, and specialty wraps.
• (Simpson Hall) A mini market next to Redstone Dining, featuring bagels, breakfast sandwiches, fruit, yogurt, deli, grilled favorites, daily hot entree, snacks, grocery items, grab-and-go items, coffee, tea, and fountain/bottled beverages. 
• (Davis Center - 1^st floor) Offers customizable rice bowls, salads, and naanarito featuring American halal food with flavors from Mediterranean and middle eastern cuisines.
• (Davis Center – 2^nd floor) Home to Vermont Burger Co, serving up local beef burgers and Beyond burgers topped your way and hand-cut fries! Plus, a salad bar, signature salads, soups, beverages, baked goods, and a selection of grab-and-go items.
• (Living & Learning Complex) A local favorite creperie offering breakfast all-day, sweet, and savory crepes, salads, bagels, sandwiches, salads, baked goods, espresso, coffee, and beverages. 
• (Jeanne Mance Hall) A self-checkout grab-and-go station located in the first-floor lounge of Jeanne Mance. This location offers a selection of reheatable meals, snacks, and beverages.
• (Living & Learning Complex) Featuring multiple dining stations offering an array of options, including sushi, bagels and sandwiches made-your-way, burritos and tacos, rice and noodle bowls, express salads, and sandwiches along with selection of grocery items, bottled/fountain beverages.
• (Davis Center – 2nd floor) A popular fruit smoothie station and home to ����̽̽ ice cream! All the ice cream is produced with ����̽̽ milk from the University's CREAM program.
• (Waterman Building) A self-service market offering refrigerated and frozen meals, coffee, tea, cold beverages, baked goods, soup, grab and go sandwiches and salads, yogurts, snacks and more!

Vermont First

is a first of its kind program committing ����̽̽ Dining to increase local purchasing. Since its inception, our aim has been to increase market opportunity for local producers, stimulate job growth, and ensure the viability of Vermont’s working lands. ����̽̽ Dining does this through strategic purchasing shifts, collaboration with stakeholders, increasing consumer awareness, and training and enabling our operators to implement Vermont First objectives. Vermont First has been recognized as a best practice in farm to institution work for its transparent, rigorous tracking system and strategic alignment of institutional purchasing needs with local supply. 

Pro tip: Look for the Vermont First logo on signage in dining halls and on program calendars for opportunities to eat local and meet local producers on campus.

The Greater Burlington Area has more restaurants than we would ever be able to list. We've assembled eateries suggested and referenced by members of the university community, but it is by no means a complete representation of all there is to offer. Some other local resources that can keep you in the loop about new and cool spots are also listed below.

Restaurant guide 

Other restaurant resources: 

• Eat Vermont is on a mission to revolutionize local food in Vermont by making it easier to connect with local farms and restaurants through storytelling. or for a deeper dive into the people behind the food.