The Intervale Center supports financially viable and environmentally sustainable agriculture. We manage 354 acres of farmland, nursery, trails, wildlife corridors and compost production 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.