Posts filed under: Food & Farm
Raised beds are a great way to minimize effort and maximize enjoyment of vegetable and flower gardens....
Celebrated Library of Congress poet laureate Donald Hall, who lived at Eagle Pond Farm in New Hampshire, once remarked that on his birthday every year he got to choose the...
Herbs are attractive in the garden, easy to grow and a pleasure to use. Many common herbs can also be brewed into delicious herbal teas....
A visionary Charlotte farming venture that has drawn attention as a way Vermont might rehab agriculture off the bench and back into the economy’s starting lineup has come to a...
A bill to help small farmers diversify their products with a new grant program crossed over from the House to the Senate, but not without a significant cut in the...
As lawmakers aim to make universal school meals a permanent measure, they are also looking to make sure more of those meals are made with local food. ...
April finds the Food Shelf in full swing, planning ways to augment the supply of fresh food, clothing and assistance for community members in need....
During the summer lots of goats died at a farm in Charlotte’s West Village. After residents intervened, the situation appeared to have been fixed about six months ago....
Are the midwinter blues beginning to get to you? Are you searching out your windows for the first snowdrops? Longing to see friends you’ve missed for these past months?
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Philo Ridge Farm offers butchering workshops...
When there’s a nice thick blanket of snow on the ground and you can hear the wind whistling through the walls of your home, it’s time for a rib-sticking sort...
Most people are familiar with community food shelves....
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets announces $200,000 in grant funds to strengthen Vermont’s specialty crop industries and producer associations....
Looking through seed catalogs, my mind leaps ahead to the growing season....
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) and the Charlotte Grange are like two sides of the same valuable coin....
As the days grow cold, our community is sustained by the warmth and generosity of its members and the traditions that are woven into the fabric of our shared lives....
When I was a child growing up in southern Vermont, my family would frequent a local restaurant that had paper placemats with a map of the state of Vermont depicted...
As our wonderful local farmsteads are thinking of shutting down for their winter break, I have been enjoying the very last fruits of summer....
My gardening friends always comment at this time of year: “Have you noticed the light has changed?”...
The taste of fall was in the air at Philo Ridge Farm, but it was just the merest flavor of autumn, as the day was still summery enough for meeting...