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Cider-makers forage for old wild apple flavor

ROCHESTER, Vt. – With a vigorous shake of a tree limb, small wild apples rain down onto a plastic tarp at an old farmstead in Vermont. David Dolginow, co-founder of Shacksbury Cid...

DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

University of Vermont enshrines healthy living in bricks and mortar

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Pledges by college students to eschew drugs and alcohol are old hat. Now they’re meditating, working out, practicing yoga, eating healthfully, and at least one school, the ...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education

Farms drawing diners who eat near fields that produced food

CAMBRIDGE, Vt. What was once a smattering of farms offering expensive dinners within view of the fields where the food was raised, has sprouted into popular summer and fall events...

DATE: Aug 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Author: Attacks on him illustrate campus ills

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – An author of a book discussing racial differences in intelligence who was shouted down by protesters at Middlebury College when he gave a guest lecture and was confronted b...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Improved technology saves maple syrup producers time, energy

UNDERHILL, Vt. – Maple syrup doesn’t get that rich flavor and color in an instant. It’s a long process from tree to bottle. But an improved technology could keep maple sugarers fr...

DATE: Mar 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Northern New England gets buried in snow, and skiers love it

BURKE, Vt. – The gods have answered the call of skiers, snowmobilers and dog mushers, dumping mounds of snow in northern New England following little snow last season during the warmest wint...

DATE: Feb 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Farm to table: A bit tricky in winter, but in high demand

MONTPELIER, Vt. – Demand driven by the farm-to-table movement knows no seasons, so farmers in colder areas of the country increasingly use greenhouses and similar structures to meet winterti...

DATE: Jan 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fish and chirps? Crickets make leap in demand as a protein

WILLISTON, Vt. – At Tomorrow’s Harvest farm, you won’t find acres of land on which animals graze, or rows of corn, or bales of hay. Just stacks of boxes in a basement and the summery song of...

DATE: Jan 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Congressional members question ‘milk’ label

MONTPELIER, Vt. – Got milk? Twenty-five bipartisan members of Congress say if it’s from soybeans, almond or rice, it should not be labeled as milk. Democratic Vermont Rep. Peter W...

DATE: Dec 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food