The Intervale Center supports financially viable and environmentally sustainable agriculture. We manage 354 acres of farmland, nursery, compost production, trails, and wildlife corridors along the Winooski River in Burlington, Vermont, and we share what we do and what we learn with others around the state and throughout the world.
Our Mission
To develop farm-and land-based enterprises that generate economic and social opportunity while protecting natural resources.
The Big Picture
As people disconnect from active lifestyles, nutritious food, and the natural world, they become less healthy. Community fabric becomes frayed. Food producers struggle financially while people nearby consume highly processed food products with minimal nutritional value manufactured in distant facilities.
At the Intervale, we are trying to reverse this cycle. Reconnecting people, food and nature helps to preserve natural resources and create a roadmap to a secure food system and a sustainable future.
Our Goals
Our goals are to grow viable farms, preserve productive agricultural land, increase access to local, organic food, compost and other soil amendments, and protect water quality through organic waste management and stream bank restoration.
News & Events
NEED PLANTS FOR YOUR GARDEN?
You can support a good cause while getting quality and affordable plant starts for your garden at the Healthy City Plant Sale on Saturday May 17 or 24th from 10-2! Read about available plants and other details here.
support your local farm-join a csa today !
Several farms at the Intervale offer CSA programs, click here to learn more about CSA's and how to join one!
team healthy city winS BEst in show at jr iron chef!!!
Watch a video about the event--and notice team Healthy City in their hot pink headbands!
summer is coming!
Thursdays at the Intervale, our free community and music event series, starts June 19. Click here for schedule and sponsorship info.
Intervale center/compost update
Read the latest news about ICP here.
2007 VT Producer and Consumer Surveys
Read the preliminary producer report and the consumer report.