POULTNEY — Green Mountain College announced Monday they received a $10,000 grant from the Windham Foundation for new food processing equipment for the college’s Solar Harvest Center commercial kitchen.
The purchase of small appliances and wares will allow the kitchen to offer services to farmers, produces and community groups that are not available elsewhere in Rutland County.
The renovation of the kitchen, which included a 10-burner, two-oven Garland range, a commercial dishwasher, a three-bay sink and a commercial-scale refrigerator, was completed last February, but small items like commercial-quality pots and pans, sheet trays, knives, cutting boards and food processing equipment were lacking.
Garland Mason, the agricultural markets research associate at the college, said the funding is essential to getting more the kitchen better equipped.
She said once the kitchen is completed, it will be a great resource for local food entrepreneurs to process fresh food efficiently and get their projects to the marketplace.
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