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06/07/2013
At Vermont Fresh Network, a nonprofit that assists and promotes relations between chefs and farmers, executive director Meghan Sheradin says there's a growing interest among chefs to grow their own vegetables. Restaurant gardens range from small herb plots to on-campus farms.
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06/06/2013
A local family farm that was the first to embrace cow power in the state is pairing up with Green Mountain Power again for another energy initiative.
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06/03/2013
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service reported last month that the number of woman-operated farms more than doubled between 1982 and 2007. Add primary and secondary operators, and there are nearly 1 million women in farming, accounting for 30 percent of U.S. farmers.
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05/28/2013
Milton Elementary school fifth-graders returned to the White House Tuesday to finish their work.
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05/28/2013
New law permits on-farm outdoor slaughter without a custom facility, but with regulated conditions, for 10 swine, three cattle, 25 sheep or goats, or any combination that does not exceed 3,500 pounds of live weight of livestock.
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05/27/2013
Hartland farmers Stephan Leslie and Kerry Gawalt (Cedar Mountain Farm) and their Fjords--Cassima and Tristan--were featured in the New York Times!
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05/27/2013
Food companies big and small are struggling to replace genetically modified ingredients with conventional ones.
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05/26/2013
Vermont Foodbank program utilizes highly perishable donated food products as learning tools for students enrolled in its Community Kitchen Academy to make meals distributed via food assistance programs.
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05/24/2013
More than 80 farmers, food processors, educators, nutritionists, planners, advocates, home gardeners, and consumers shared a meal of local foods and identified critical action steps for six focus areas within the Central Vermont food system.
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05/24/2013
Check out the 12 reasons Epicurious loves Vermont local food
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