Tom Stearns loves seeds. When asked what it is about seeds that makes him so passionate, he replies, “I see seeds as one of the best educational tools. For me, I’ve seen myself as an educator more than anything else. I see my work focusing on helping people rebuild their local food systems. Seeds are […]

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As Campaign 2008 is shaping up, it appears to me that we are in for a good one, at least in Presidential politics. We have two strong Democrats vying for the nomination at this writing, and it looks like we will have a good old-fashioned convention fight. This is a good thing, despite the opinions […]

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Wine is bottled poetry.
–Robert Louis Stevenson

Sometimes it takes a crazy idea to get something started—an off-the-wall idea like growing wine grapes in Vermont—the land of milk and maple and cheese–but certainly never wine grapes in a climate with such short summers and long, frigid winters.

Enter Harrison and Molly Lebowitz who, in 1996 founded […]

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Echoes of Shakespeare, Gilbert and Sullivan, adaptations of tales from children’s classic literature, and more will reverberate through the hills of Vermont as the 2008 summer season blooms. Vermont’s theatrical companies will offer performances in renovated barns, public buildings and even in the out-of-doors with only the green hills and blue skies for a backdrop.

Unadilla […]

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