rural vermont

Farm, Bike!
Chris H. Jun 25, 2010 Rural Vermont 0 comments
It's 7:15 am, mid-June, and a steady stream of bikers is rolling down Riverside Avenue into Burlington's Intervale: farmers heading to work. While this image may not be a new one, the number of non-farmers hopping on a bike to pick up produce or simply pay a visit to nearby farms is on the rise. Bike-centric farm events (and even a farm-centric bike business) are sprouting up all over Vermont. You might wonder just how many people are both into cycling and a fan of small farms? Lots, it turns out. Last year, more than 500 people attended the annual Tour de Farms, a fall ride with stops (and samples) at a variety of Addison County farms. In July, I’m teaming up with Local Motion and the Open...
Lift the Yoke Tonight at City Market!
FarmPlate Jan 14, 2010 Rural Vermont 1 comments
Local author and Vermont ag expert Ron Krupp leads a visual tour through his new book, Lifting the Yoke: Local Solutions to America's Farm and Food Crisis, tonight at City Market in Burlington. While many see the national food system as a failure, Krupp finds solutions in our own backyards. An activist in farm and food issues for nearly four decades, Krupp started the Brattleboro Farmers' Market in the early '70s, coordinated the Tommy Thompson Community Garden in the Intervale, worked with the Heartbeet farm in Hardwick and published "The Green Mountain Farmer," a monthly newsletter in the early '80s. He's also the author of The Woodchuck's Guide to Gardening, which received the Christian...