One moment please...
VFN Food Producer Membership Form

Renewing?  Please fill out the short list of required fields and only anything that has changed or you'd like to update (description, contact name, address, etc.).  Unfortunately, the form does not auto-fill your previous entries.

Please check the partners - we add to the list monthly!

New members:  Please fill this form out as thoroughly as possible.  Much of this information populates your directory listing.

 

*
If you have been a member previously, choose Renewing here (even if your membership has lapsed)
*
Basic Contact Information
*


*

First Name
Last Name

*



We send twice-monthly updates with events, webinars, workshops, etc. relevant to VFN members. Please add e-mails of any staff (beyond the admin contact already listed) who should receive this update.



Address Line 1
Address Line 2
City
State/Province
ZIP/Postal Code

Address Line 1
Address Line 2
City
State/Province
ZIP/Postal Code
Public Directory Information
Additional contact & business details for the public directory

For display in a public directory listing - several sentences to describe your business (third person preferred).
Includes seasonal hours; does not include occasional special events
DigInVT.com is the collaborative food & agritourism website managed by VFN. If you are open to the public the default is to be listed here (listing is free), please check if you would like to opt out. Everyone, regardless of having a Place listing, will have an opportunity to list special events or activities that bring people to your farm / business.


E-mail for customers to contact

Please include full website link. Example: http://vermontfresh.net/

Please include full website link. Example: https://www.facebook.com/VermontFreshNetwork/

Please include full website link. Example: https://www.instagram.com/diginvt/

Please include full website link. Example: https://twitter.com/diginvt

Please input the hours you are open to the public - leave blank if not applicable.
*
Please check all that apply - this is a primary search field for the directory.
Check all that apply:

This will appear in the Business-to-Business Directory at VermontFresh.net

IMPORTANT: Landscape/horizontal only, please. Larger images will be cropped and resized to fit 800px wide by 450px high. Smaller images will not display well. Please do not send files over 1MB.
Business Directory Information
This information is for the members-only part of the directory and intended to help producers search and navigate the restaurant / chef market.
Check all that apply:



If your distributor is not the primary contact for buyers, please include name, title, preferred contact method, preferred contact times.
For specialty food businesses and farms running a store that bring in product from *other* farms:
Membership Criteria

Businesses must meet the following criteria to qualify for partner membership.

1. Farmers: Must sell products to at least one VFN member chef / restaurant and be located in Vermont or within 30 miles of Vermont.

2. Specialty Foods / Food Processor: Must either purchase regularly from 4 VFN partner farmers or source primarily locally grown or raised ingredients.

"Primary Ingredient" means more than 50% (not counting water) by weight, volume, or value. If you have no single primary ingredient, more than 50% of ingredients (weight, volume, or value) must be from Vermont (+30 miles).

Answers to the following questions are for office use only and not published. If you don't currently meet Partner Member criteria, a Supporting Member option is also available - the cost will be discounted from dues if you join as a full Partner Member within the year. 


**This is only required if you do NOT have 4 partnerships with VFN farmers**

If you have dedicated locally sourced selections within your products, please indicate which
Check all partners that you regularly purchase from - include this even if you are using the primary ingredients for qualification, if you want your partners recognized in the VFN directory. We update this list monthly with new members.
Please select all VFN partners that you regularly sell to. We verify these partnerships. We update this list monthly with new members.

*everyone receives a window sticker
Optional Marketing Survey

The number one request we hear from VFN Partner Members is that they want more marketing assistance. We're happy to oblige, but "marketing assistance" covers a lot of topics and a lot of types of assistance. To help us better understand our members' interests in this area, we've designed a short, 5 minute survey. It's optional but this is shaping your member benefits so we hope you'll take a few minutes to answer! (Survey will open in a new window, link also available on the Member Resources page at VermontFresh.net)

Membership Dues
Please see the membership levels below. If you joined as a Supporting Member in this year, you are eligible to discount $50 from your fees - for example, new businesses that joined as supporters before they opened. Please use the custom amount field to enter the correct discounted fee. Membership dues cover one year from the month when Partner Membership begins, please note that they are not refundable.
*
$
VFN Conference Program

We welcome donations to our Conference Program, which provides funds for Vermont food system professionals to attend nationally significant conferences and gatherings, then share what they learned throughout the network back home in Vermont. 

$