Martin Kemple, Executive Director of Food Works at Two Rivers Center

Food Works at Two Rivers Center was founded in 1987 to address the root causes of childhood hunger by bringing hands-on food, gardening, farm and nutrition education to the Central Vermont community.

Today, Food Works at Two Rivers Center has emerged as leading nonprofit in the field of farm, food, garden and nutrition education by working to strengthen our local food systems and empower children, families and seniors to grow, prepare, eat and preserve their own foods.

We offer ongoing classes, workshops, summer camps, and farm-based educational opportunities, as well as a model nonprofit Food Hub that works with area farmers, including our own Two Rivers Farm, to distribute fresh, local food to businesses and institutions around region and to provide major food subsidies to many of the region’s under-served and at-risk populations.

Gardens for Learning Summer Camp

For the past 25 years, Food Works has retained its focus as a grassroots organization that develops community-based educational approaches to address the growing concerns of poor nutrition, diet, health, unsustainable land use, and declining food security.

Once a pioneers in this field, Food Works is excited to see our community’s interest and commitment to local food grow, and as an organization we recognizes that maintaining a secure, local food systems has become more important than at any time before, and we continue our work to build and strengthen those systems.

We hope that you’ll help support us in out efforts.

Farmhouse at Two Rivers Center

The Two River Center‘s historic 1836 Farmhouse and Barn are being fully restored to house a visitor’s center, community teaching kitchen, living history museum, an air-controlled root cellar, a resource library, meeting rooms, and offices. The silent phase of a $2.8 million Capital Campaign is currently underway to complete this restoration process.