The morale of the bunkhouse and the morale of the workers is really important, and it would be deflating to see their wage go down,” Barney Hodges of Sunrise Orchards said.

Women and Our Woods Vermont creates spaces where women can come together to share successes, frustrations and memories from their land stewardship. Recently, a group gathered at Meach Cove Farms in ...

Rural Vermont is more than a “forest block” as defined by planners via GIS maps and rulemaking. Rural Vermont is a human institution created by generations of men and women who loved the land and ...

After a nerve-racking summer during which she feared she’d be deported, a Guatemalan dairy worker whose employer has described her family as critical to his farm’s operations has been granted a ...

Maple Farmers is a collective of small family farms around Vermont that craft syrup in small batches the traditional way — ...

A 10-minute walk from the State House, members of Rural Vermont are supporting legislation that keeps the working farmer in mind. The farmer advocacy group has been lobbying for new bills — and ...