Chris Howell

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Basic Info
Wild Gift Class Year: 
2010
Work Focus: 
Sustainable Food & Agriculture
Location: 
278 North St
Winooski  Vermont  05404
United States
Current Occupation: 
Owner of Vermont Farm Tours
Website: 
www.VermontFarmTours.com
Blogs/Social Media: 
https://www.facebook.com/VermontFarmTours
https://twitter.com/EatFreshVT
https://plus.google.com/115778608583663215758
In the Spring of 2009, I launched Vermont Farm Tours, an eco-culinary tour outfit. Wild Gift supported my first year in business with the physical space to develop my ideas (the Wilds of Idaho), financial backing, and a network of peers and mentors. I remain involved with Wild Gift, serving as the Network Grants chair for the Wild Gift Network Council. But more importantly, I look forward to regularly connecting with the the wild places and people that Wild Gift has enabled me to become a part.
Impacts of My Work: 
Work with over 30 farms to show off their amazing products and stories
Introduce 500+ guests annually to the people and places making real food in Vermont
My Story: 

Vermont Farm Tours is a tour company that connects guests with the stories, places, and small FARMers that create Vermont's unique culinary landscape.

Eat real food with the person who made it on the soil it comes from!

The mission of Vermont Farm Tours is to connect its guests with the stories, people and places that give Vermont its eco-gourmet reputation. Vermont Farm Tours offers guided half day, day trips or longer custom tours. The tours immerse guests in the connection between taste, place, and producer.

Whether you’re already visiting Vermont and want to add a unique day trip to your itinerary or looking for an unforgettable destination experience, I invite you to meet me and my community of small farmers.  Your participation enables Vermont Farm Tours to be a driver in the sustainable agriculture movement.

Vermont Farm Tours has become an active culinary tour outfit that annually introduces over 500 guests to small farmers, cheesemakers, and winemakers in Vermont.  I am collaborating in a Wild Gift grant with Wild Gift leader, Amy Freeman and the North American Odyssey! to organize an August 2012 Wild Gift Trip  - The Farm & Food Weekend: make cheese, taste wine, meet small farmers!

I am also an avid mountain biker, alpine skier, nordic skier, backcountry skier, and frequent the Green Mountain Club's lodges and lean-tos. Let me take you to my favorite spots!

 

 

Chris’s Wild Gift Blog Posts:

Vermont Farm Tours receives Best of New England Award from Yankee Magazine!
February 13, 2012