Our Featured Commitments

Commitments are one tool that the Vermont First program uses to strategically drive local and regional food purchasing. We define local and regional purchasing commitments as a guarantee to purchase a pre-determined volume of a local or regional food at a set frequency (i.e. weekly, monthly). This commitment model helps create predictable demand for suppliers, builds trust and regular communication with our distributors, allows us to strategically forecast food purchasing and generate educational/marketing materials to tell our story.