Farmers' Kitchen—Sprouting Up
When visitors come through the door of our grow room, they often inhale deeply and exclaim how nice it is to see and smell green growing things bursting from trays, especially in the heart of winter....
View ArticleWhy Mid-Scale Farming Is Important in Vermont
Vermont’s vibrant farm economy is made up of all sizes, scales, and types of farms—something that’s beneficial, because a high diversity of scale and business model is critical to improving the...
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Cafeteria Cooking: A New Era in Vermont Schools
We all know that “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” Similarly, as any parent knows, you can put good, healthy food on kids’ lunch plates but that’s no guarantee they’ll...
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Farm-ecology
How one Vermont farm is addressing climate change and pollinator loss. My husband, John, reminds me every so often that in a world of seven billion people it is a privilege to own land. This is a good...
View ArticleMushroom Grower, Man of Peace
Amir Hebib’s journey from war-torn Bosnia to the markets of Burlington Sitting with Amir Hebib in his living room in Colchester, sipping herbal tea made from his own spearmint and lemon balm, you get...
View ArticleGetting One’s Goat
New farm connects newly arrived Americans with fresh goat meat Although Vermont is known for its goat’s milk cheeses, it hasn’t always been an easy place to find local goat meat. To acquire a goat,...
View ArticleHoney Homeyness
Exploring how Vermont honeys have their own “taste of place.” I suppose every beekeeper feels that the place where “their” bees forage is the capital of taste, for it’s true that honey can capture the...
View ArticleGrowing Unusual Veggies
Just because we live in northern New England doesn’t mean we have to subsist on carrots and potatoes. These familiar vegetables grow well for us despite our cool nights and relatively short summers....
View ArticleSet the Table with Seaberries
I’d never actually seen a sea buckthorn plant or eaten any of its berries until I moved to Vermont. Already familiar with sea buckthorn in my skincare products, I was inspired to learn more. And when...
View ArticlePublishers' Note Summer 2014
We’re turning 7 this summer! It’s amazing to think that Local Banquet has had the privilege of chronicling the local and sustainable food movement here in the state as it has grown up. Of course we...
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