Resources & Stories

Resources

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The Clemmons Family Farm is one of the largest African-American-owned historic farms in Vermont today.
Our challenge is to find a path forward in Vermont agriculture that allows for food production while protecting water quality. Agriculture dominates Vermont’s working landscape in many parts of the...
Vermont is facing a dramatic shift in the agricultural sector due to economic and demographic changes. The key to the maintenance and development of the farms that form the backbone...
At a time when Vermont farms are facing downturns in prices and markets — and most are challenged to be profitable — farms are also set to transfer to new...

Stories

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On a sunny spring day earlier this year, hundreds of brown trout were swimming in their large tanks on Curtis Sjolander’s Mountain Foot Farm in Wheelock.
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Monument Farms Dairy began in 1930 as a home delivery route run by Richard and Marjory James in the Weybridge area.
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Yes, there is a knoll—and it’s misty. At least it was on the day this past October when I visited Misty Knoll Farms, Vermont’s largest chicken producer.
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This farm's wind turbine is evidence of farmer Nick Meyer’s focus on meeting his goal of greater self-sufficiency.