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FAIR HAVEN — More than 30 vendors will gather on the Fair Haven Village Green this Saturday to celebrate the decades-old tradition of Fair Haven Grade School’s Applefest.

Champlain Orchards has long been a popular destination for pick-your-own-apples. Now, with the addition of a cider garden, the team at the Shoreham orchard will...

Peter Carreiro roared up in a white refrigerated truck, its sides emblazoned with his company's colorful logo: "Rise 'n Shine ...it's the milkman." It was...

At first glance, these ingredients may strike a reader as dissonant: anchovies and apples and vegetables? But when they go into Vermont's Sobremesa kimchi —...

It was peak lunch in the University of Vermont's Central Campus Dining hall on a recent Friday around noon. Students lined up for grilled cheese...

One of the most rewarding things a person can do in the dead of a Vermont winter is hunker down while losing yourself in a good book.

After retiring from professional cycling and moving to Vermont, Tyler Wren realized just how much cyclists and local farmers cross paths. Because they spend so...

Apple orchards Vermont wind down after unusually long fall season

From left: Hilma, twig, High Mountain Tropics and Local Hopper meads Golden Rule Meads tasting room on Elm Street in Middlebury couldnt be in a much better place. Addison County has long been the hive of beekeeping activity in Vermont. In their 2020 book The Land of Milk & Honey: A History of Beekeeping in Vermont, Bill Mares and Ross Conrad note that the states very first beekeeping association was established in Middlebury in 1875. They wr...

Published on NEWPORT –A small nonprofit based out of Newport that works with local farmers reached record sales the week of December 9, with over $17,500 in sales. Green Mountain Farm Direct (GMFD) is a regional food hub that connects over 30 local farms and producers to schools, institutions, restaurants, and grocery stores throughout the NEK. The program is reaching people who have been negatively affected by the pandemic while providing economic su...