Edible Brattleboro's overarching goal is to improve accessibility to healthy food for all. We envision a community where abundance and beauty thrive in edible landscapes, while improving the overall health and resilience of our community. To manifest this vision, with the help of volunteers, we: (1) GROW annual and perennial vegetables, fruit/nut trees and berry bushes in help-yourself gardens and a recently installed food forest on a town-owned lot, accessible to all for free; (2) PREPARE soups using donated ingredients from local farmers and gardeners, the VT Foodbank, as well as ingredients that we purchase and/or harvest from our gardens; (3) PRESERVE food by canning, dehydrating and most recently, freeze-drying; (4) DISTRIBUTE food through our seasonal Share the Harvest Stand, the local food shelf and other local organizations that support those in need; and (5) EDUCATE others about all of the above in free classes and workshops in order to help build local food sovereignty and resilience. We do this work because we recognize a growing need for access to healthy whole food.