
The Fairfax Community Library celebrates and encourages culinary endeavors and the cultural connections we have and form around food.
The Library strives to provide food- and body-neutral materials and resources about cooking, baking, preserving (canning, drying, fermenting, freezing), or brewing and distilling.
Page Contents: In Our Collections | Resources – Nutrition | Cooking, Baking & More | For Culinary Entrepreneurs
In Our Collections
Content forthcoming–check back often!
Resources
Nutrition
Nutrition can be confusing and contentious, but being nourished by the food you eat and the water you drink, as well as the things you do (like culinary arts), is important.
Community Nutrition by the University of Vermont (UVM) Extension
“University of Vermont Extension provides timely, research-based information and education to help Vermonters acquire skills to make informed choices about food, to promote healthy living and to support economic and social wellbeing.”
Food-Neutral Resources by Dieticians 4 Teachers
“Supporting educators to teach about food and health safely.”
Sunny Side Up Nutrition
“We’re Anna and Elizabeth, two moms who are also Registered Dietitians and child-feeding experts with over 20 years of experience each supporting families and raising our kids. We are passionate about keeping diet culture out of parenting and supporting parents to make food simple and stress-free.”
Vermont Food Cycle Coalition (FCC)
“The Food Cycle Coalition (FCC) is comprised of organizations and individuals committed to building healthy and resilient communities where no one is hungry and no resource is wasted. Diverting food and other organic materials from the landfill will help increase food security, create jobs, reduce fossil fuel dependence, reduce greenhouse gases, protect waterways and soil, sustain local food systems, and build stronger communities.”
Vermont State Parks Cooks from Vermont State Parks
”Welcome to Vermont State Parks Cooks, an exciting new program geared towards helping you enjoy cooking over your campfire at Vermont’s 55 beautiful state parks. All summer, we’ll be sharing creative recipes that can be prepared with minimal equipment, and which make use of the bounty of ingredients made and grown by the state’s farmers and food producers.”
Cooking, Baking & More
Baker’s Hotline at King Arthur Baking Company (KABC)
“Your bread fell flat. Your cookies crumbled. Who do you turn to? The King Arthur Baker’s Hotline. Our professional bakers are ready to guide you through any baking challenge. Call (855) 371-2253, email, or chat online—we can help.”
Note: KABC is not a non-profit, but this resource is too useful to pass by.
Common Threads
Mission is “to champion improved community health through the power of food and nutrition
“Common Threads aspires to reach every community through the power of cooking and food as medicine.”
Cooking Matters
“Cooking Matters provides resources to help parents and caregivers develop their skills when shopping for and cooking healthy foods on a budget.”
Spend Smart. Eat Smart. by Iowa State University Extension & Outreach
“You can eat healthy and stick to a tight grocery budget.
“With a little planning, savvy shopping, and tasty recipes to cook at home, you’ll be well on your way. The Spend Smart. Eat Smart. Team is here to help!
For Culinary Entrepreneurs
Home-Based Food Licenses & Exemptions from the Vermont Department of Health (VT DOH)
Selling Homemade Food in Vermont from the Institute for Justice (IJ)
Vermont Farm to Plate
“Farm to Plate is Vermont’s food system plan being implemented statewide to increase economic development and jobs in the farm and food sector, improve soils, water, and resiliency of the working landscape in the face of climate change, and improve access to healthy local foods for all Vermonters.”
