MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - With the growing interest in local food, Vermont has come out with a new interactive website to help link people to nearly 400 food experiences around the state.
DigInVT.com is designed to promote agriculture and tourism.
Visitors to the website can learn about locally grown Vermont products and the farmers, producers and chefs who make them.
The website was developed by the state of Vermont, the Vermont Fresh Network and the Vermont Agriculture and Culinary Tourism Council, which is made up of 13 food producer groups, nonprofit associations, tourism organizations and state agencies, who want to promote tourism that focuses on experiencing culture through its food.
The site was developed with funds the Vermont Agriculture Innovation Center and John Merck Fund.
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