Vermont Community Garden Network announces new board members

News Release — Vermont Community Garden Network
Jan. 20, 2015

Contact:
Jess Hyman, Executive Director
(802) 861-4769, [email protected]

BURLINGTON – The Vermont Community Garden Network is pleased to announce the addition of two new board members for 2015, Beth Cullen and Joe McHugh.

Cullen is the owner of Root Consulting, co-chairs the Vermont Farm to Plate Marketing and Consumer Education working group, and is the membership coordinator for Slow Food Vermont. McHugh is Director of Online Marketing at Gardener’s Supply Company, an avid gardener whose first garden was at the Rock Point Community Garden in Burlington, and a former member of the Richmond Planning and Conservation Commissions.

Cullen and McHugh join a talented board, which includes Erin Buckwalter of NOFA-VT, Donna Renaud of Wallace W Tapia, P.C., Grace Matiru of UVM Dept. of Community Development and Applied Economics and Dewey House for Civic Engagement, Daria Holcomb of Fletcher Allen Health Care, Fred Schmidt, Director Emeritus of the UVM Center for Rural Studies, Susan Stasny of Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, and Ryan Torres of the Greater Burlington YMCA.

Buckwalter is the new board president, replacing Kit Perkins who completed her service on the board in 2014 after helping lead the organization through a successful name change and statewide visioning process.

The Vermont Community Garden Network is a statewide non-profit dedicated to the growth and success of community and school gardens. VCGN provides training, technical assistance, resources, and networking opportunities for garden leaders across the state and hands-on garden education for youth and adults in Burlington. We believe in the power of growing food together to strengthen food security and build community!

Learn more at www.vcgn.org and join us on Facebook and Twitter at VTGardenNetwork.

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Vermont Community Garden Network announces new board members