The food bank provides a monthly five-day supply of groceries to families in need. Also offers fresh produce and bread three days per week.

Community Kitchen is a Vermont Foodbank culinary job training program operated at the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf. Each 14-week session of Community Kitchen includes 10-12 students. Students learn culinary skills and undergo ServSafe training, a nationally recognized certification program essential to safety in food production and storage.

In addition to job training, Community Kitchen rescues produce, meat and other foods that would otherwise be wasted from restaurants, farms and food service companies. Students work with instructors to cook the food and produce meals that are then cryovac-sealed and sent out to the Soup Kitchen and Burlington Emergency Shelter.

Supporters and partners include:

Vermont Foodbank
Argosy Foundation
Ben and Jerry’s
Burlington Labs
City Market
Cheese Traders
Chittenden Bank
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Healthy Living Market
IBM
The Kelsey Trust
LZ Francis Foundation
Myers Container Services
Northfield Savings Bank
St. Michael’s College
Seventh Generation
Shelburne Supermarket
Tarrant Family Foundation
 United Way of Chittenden County