Learn How Vermont’s Giving Fridge is Feeding Neighbors in Need

Inspired by her own healing journey, this Vermonter set out to heal her community. In this season 6 segment of Weekends with Yankee (episode 607), we are in Middlebury, Vermont, to meet Bethanie Farrell, founder of the Giving Fridge, an organization dedicated to supplying high-quality food to low-income individuals experiencing food insecurity. Healthy, nutritious meals are supplied by gracious local restaurants, which are reimbursed by the Giving Fridge through plant sales, grants, and donations. In this segment, we talk to Bethanie to learn about the health struggles that inspired her to help others as well as her dreams for future expansion.

About Weekends with Yankee

Produced by GBH, Boston’s preeminent public media producer, Weekends with Yankee is a Telly Award–winner in theTourism/Travel category and was recently nominated for Best New Series and Best Travel Program by The Taste Awards. Series funding for Weekends with Yankee is provided by New Hampshire Division of Travel & Tourism Development, Maine Office of Tourism, Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism, The Barn Yard, American Cruise Lines, and Grady-White Boats.