In the News

Curious to learn more about the work that we do? Click through the links below to read, hear, and view our work through our most recent media coverage.

Media Archive

Positively Vermont – 1/26/26 – Dennis McMahon talks with T Hanson, VGN’s Co-Executive Director. Airing throughout February on Town TV topics include gardening education success stories and VGN’s history celebrating 25 years in the community.

StoryCorp –11/21/25 – Carolina Lukac and Jean Hamilton – We were honored to be invited to share a conversation on NPR’s StoryCorp, featuring stories from frontline workers during the Covid pandemic. Carolina, VGN Co-Executive Director, and Jean Hamilton, a long-time collaborator, reflect on spending covid days focused on food access, the evolution of collective gardening, and the magic of seeds.

Across the Fence – 11/19/25 –  Why Should You Apply for a SARE Grower Grant? – In 2025, VGN was awarded a Community Farming grant from SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education). Carolina, VGN Co-Executive Director, talks about our 18-month long grant project focused on training and developing educational materials around season extension, climate resiliency, and culturally meaningful crops. Listen to the entire capsule or fast forward to minute 5:32 to hear our story.

Vermont Public – 9/15/25 – In a collective garden, those tomatoes belong to everyone – From Burlington to Quebec, this article shares the joys and challenges of collective gardening. 

VT Digger – 9/12/25 – Loss of SNAP-Ed program leaves gaps in Vermont’s food assistance network – From 2022 to 2025 we ran nutrition education programming through a multiyear SNAP-Ed grant. 

ABC22 WVNY-TV – 8/24/25 – Co-Executive Director T Hanson was interviewed by Lauren Maloney on What Matters This Week

Seven Days – 4/16/25 –  A ‘Teaching Greenhouse’ Opens in Winooski with Educational Events – Celebrating the Grand Opening of the Greenhouse at Landry Park. 

The Skinny Pancake – 3/30/2023 –  Collective Gardening: Easy! Joyful! Lotsa Food! – a YouTube video capturing the essence of collective gardening at Seedsong Collective Garden in Burlington.