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All Vermont residents should have access to nutritious local foods they can afford, and Vermont farms should all be profitable. However, many people in our state struggle with the rising...
Resources
Consumers are concerned about where their food comes from, yet may not realize that the majority of local grain-based products (e.g., flour, bread, baked goods, beer, and spirits) are not...
Over a quarter of Vermont farms (1,833) sell directly to consumers through farmers markets, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), and other “direct market” channels.1 Direct markets are critical because they allow...
For generations, Vermont has been defined by dairy, an industry that has an economic impact of $2.2 billion annually and adds nearly $3 million in circulating cash daily. Wherever you...
Stories
On a sunny spring day earlier this year, hundreds of brown trout were swimming in their large tanks on Curtis Sjolander’s Mountain Foot Farm in Wheelock.
Monument Farms Dairy began in 1930 as a home delivery route run by Richard and Marjory James in the Weybridge area.
Yes, there is a knoll—and it’s misty. At least it was on the day this past October when I visited Misty Knoll Farms, Vermont’s largest chicken producer.
This farm's wind turbine is evidence of farmer Nick Meyer’s focus on meeting his goal of greater self-sufficiency.