Elizabeth at the Hunger Mountain Coop making oat scones whilst sporting a rather stylish Eat More Oats hat - hot !

The Oatmaster handing the profits of eatmoreoats.com to Melissa Baptiewright of the Vermont Foodbank. A very satisfying moment. Some facts about the Vermont Foodbank :

• Vermont ranks 13th in the US states for food insecurity
• The Vermont Foodbank is the only foodbank in Vermont
• It serves roughly 20% of Vermonters, about 120,000
• Roughly 6.5 million pounds of food was distributed in '06
• The goal is to increase this to 14 million pounds
• For every $1, three pounds of food is distributed
• About 20,000 people receive assistance from the foodbank's food shelves and meal sites in any given week
• About 10,000 Vermont households are served per month
• Food shelf case loads have grown by 23% since 2003
• About 11,500 Vermont children are being aided by the foodbank - a 21% increase in 2 years
• The foodbank has 30 fulltime employees
• It also has 1000 volunteers, equivalent to 12 fulltimers
• It has over 250 partners around the state, and belongs to the America's Second Harvest organization
• The foodbank not only distributes nutritionally balanced packages of foods, but also cooks and distributes hot meals - 'Heat and Eat' - especially for elderly
• To donate, see Vermont Foodbank, or go here

Spotted an Eat More Oats bumper sticker - in action!

Today the first profits from sales of eatmoreoats bumper stickers came in. This money will go directly to the Vermont Food Bank!