Vermont Healthy Soils Coalition

At A Glance

Location: 

Sharon, Vermont

Primary Issue Area:

  • Land & Water
  • Climate Change & Energy
  • Environmental Health
  • Food
  • Living Economies
  • Climate Change & Energy

Active since:

2017

Core volunteers:

15

Community Size:

600,000

Our Purpose

The Vermont Healthy Soils Coalition, formed in March 2017, are mostly Vermonters, representing grassroots activists and enthusiasts, organizations and businesses that work with or for the land and water. We are land managers, farmers, gardeners, seed savers, citizen scientists, conservationists, authors, consultants, educators, healers, organizers, advocates … Our interest is in shifting the paradigm of how people interface with the land. We operate under the premise that we can restore land water cycles by covering Vermont's bare soil; nurturing photosynthesis, biodiversity and the biology underground. A social and cultural transformation founded in cooperation and collaboration will positively affect our communities, watersheds, backyards and public lands. Our work will advance critical collaborations, connecting existing movements to leverage each other's strengths, increasing our collective impact toward a resilient future for all. Our cross-cutting coalition serves a unique purpose of bringing together intersectional groups to advance conversations and break down existing barriers. We are building bridges between the silos of agriculture, public health, soil health, water quality, climate change, social justice, food justice, and community resilience. Our work is grounded in science, focused from an evidence-based research approach.