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: 
http://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 and 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, take the time to meet Chris and his community of small farmers while enabling Vermont Farm Tours to be a driver in the sustainable agriculture movement.

Vermont Farm Tours has become an active culinary tour outfit that introduces over 500 guests annually to small farmers, cheesemakers, and winemakers in Vermont.

Working on a grant with Wild Gift leader, Amy Freeman and the North American Odyssey! Organizing a Wild Gift Trip August 2012 - The Farm & Food Weekend: make cheese, taste wine, meet small farmers! Chris is also an avid mountain biker, alpine skier, nordic skier, backcountry skier, and frequents the Green Mountain Club's lodges and lean-tos. Let him take you to his favorite spots!

 

 

Chris’s Wild Gift Blog Posts:

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