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The future of an iconic 583-acre former dairy farm in Charlotte is again at a crossroads several months after the unexpected death of its latest...
Will Raap has questions. "I'm gonna sorta use the Socratic method," he began, sitting in a conference room deep in a barn at Charlotte's former...
An iconic former dairy operation in Charlotte will become a center for Vermont's new agricultural economy, says entrepreneur Will Raap.
Shawn Gingue checking on this season's wheat crop at NEK Grains Shawn grew up doing chores on the family farm. He always thought he'd be a dairyman like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, whom he called Grandpère. He's lived in Waterford for all of his 40 years except the seven when he and one of his brothers ran their own dairy in Fairfax. In 2014, the brothers returned to the home farm "to invest and modernize," Shawn said. "But the milk price was just not going to support that." It was a tough decision to sell the herd, but the re...
Photo courtesy of Caspian Oyster Depot Photo courtesy of Caspian Oyster Depot JUSTIN AND SOPHIE Wright are the duo behind Caspian Oyster Depot, a pop-up fresh fish and local provision market in Bristol. Photo courtesy of Justin and Sophie Wright Hopefully you’ve had the pleasure of ordering and enjoying the fresh fish that’s being delivered to Bristol’s Main Street every week. Wait, what? Fresh fish in our beloved, alas land-locked, Vermont? Yes. But there’s a catch. Justin and Sophie Wright — the married duo who opened Caspian Oyster Depot as a pop-up fish and local provisions m...