Lotty Roozerkans
CAE Food Hub Account Manager
Just Cut Program
About
Just Cut, a program of the Center for an Agricultural Economy, is instrumental in making local produce accessible in K-12 schools, colleges, hospitals, and prepared food and co-op kitchens. With over a decade of production experience, Just Cut supports buyers who value local food, and appreciate the ease of lightly processed local produce. Just Cut brings a new market to regional farms by providing crop planning, forward contracts, and guaranteed high volume sales at fair market prices.
Learn more about Just Cuts' process in the diagram below.
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| Locally grown vegetables are purchased from VT farmers by Just Cut. Carrot Harvesting at West Farm, Cambridge Vermont. Photographer: Elizabeth Rossano | Just Cut minimally processes the vegetables at their facilities in Hardwick. Just Cut 1/2" Diced Carrots. Photographer: Kelly Bogel Stokes | Vermont First purchases the minimally processed vegetables that end up on your plate! Just Cut 1" Diced Potatoes Served as Breakfast Potatoes at UVM Dining. Photographer: Elizabeth Rossano |
Learn more at About — Just Cut
Our Commitment
We are proud to have grown our commitment to the Just Cut program over the years. UVM and Norwich University were the first accounts to receive weekly orders of Just Cut products. We have since expanded the program to St. Michaels College and Champlain College through our partnership with the Intervale Food Hub and most recently to the four Vermont State University accounts with the help of Black River Produce.
In 2025 our team worked with Just Cut to help develop a new value-added product, hummus. This project was truly a collaborative process and resulted in a product that was both a great fit for our accounts and for the Just Cut program. The hummus is now available as a standing order item to all our accounts.
“Just Cut has worked with Vermont First/Sodexo for over a decade and we're so grateful for our sales partnership with them. We love that they approach us with new and innovative ideas, such as hummus, and we look forward to supporting them with ongoing pre-cut and local product needs. We love that Just Cut hummus, featuring pre-cooked beans from Vermont Bean Crafters, is served all across the UVM campus and other Sodexo accounts - keep up the good work, Vermont First! “
Lotty Roozerkans
CAE Food Hub Account Manager
“Just Cut has worked with Vermont First/Sodexo for over a decade and we're so grateful for our sales partnership with them. We love that they approach us with new and innovative ideas, such as hummus, and we look forward to supporting them with ongoing pre-cut and local product needs. We love that Just Cut hummus, featuring pre-cooked beans from Vermont Bean Crafters, is served all across the UVM campus and other Sodexo accounts - keep up the good work, Vermont First! “