We were glad to add our voices to the excellent testimony and vibrant buzz at the State House Wednesday, rallying stakeholders to support legislators to get behind a proposed $500,000 of additional tourism investment. This infographic overview of VT tourism presents the overall status. We are grateful for the formation of a dynamic new alliance […]
Stories from the Farm
Vermont’s Agritourism Potential
December 13, 2019 – 5:39 pm
The Rural Economic Development Working Group heard testimony Wednesday evening (including from Mari) as they develop their legislative program to grow and sustain rural communities. I write to embolden them as leaders and encourage all of us to reframe how we see Vermont’s potential. Green Mountain Girls Farm exists to contribute to a future within […]
By Laura
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Tagged agritourism, climate change, regenerative farming
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Finding Gratitude
November 21, 2019 – 11:28 am
Gratitude is a renewable resource and there is SO much to be grateful for, but it is often difficult to hold ourselves in that space. A blessing of this holiday season, is that it tends to pull us all back to those basics. As we finish matching our pastured turkeys with the folks they’ll feed […]
January in November?
November 16, 2019 – 6:48 pm
Triage seems overly dramatic. Squirreling away too proactive and everyday. How to describe the stimulating challenge of bringing everyone and everything in out of winter’s way? Did our ancestors read the skies and feel the press and know to scurry? Our team, like all sorts of folks who work outside, triangulated weather apps during lunch. […]
Chickens: What is the difference between fryers, broilers and stewers?
October 31, 2019 – 8:44 am
We have now have a variety of chicken in the farmstand so here is a quick cheat sheet. What is the difference between fryers, broilers, roasters and stew birds? Stewing Chickens—the easy one. Stew birds are usually laying hens that have passed their prime. They are older and their meat can be tougher, but more […]
By Laura
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Seasonal Transitions
October 24, 2019 – 11:58 am
Yes, that is the nice tidy phrase for lots of work on our farm! September was generously sunny and warm, making some of the work a bit easier, but still long, hard and did we mention heavy! And October has brought all sorts of weather (though no snow yet!). We have been plugging away to […]
Apples, Pears & Pollinators
September 5, 2019 – 2:36 pm
So for weeks we have been remarking about the apple and pear crops on the farm. It is a good year overall in Vermont we believe and our orchard care and nutrition efforts are also closer to on target! Recently, as we started picking apples at the Duchess of Oldenburg tree, we found a remarkable […]
Farmers, Chefs & Mixologists
August 22, 2019 – 4:42 pm
We are having so much fun hosting Chef Lee Duberman and Mixologist Richard Fink (of Ariel’s Restaurant fame) at the farm. Sauce preparations, marinades, ferments and so much more are underway! The colors, aromas, textures and flow of gratitude has been inspiring (ok and perhaps a smidge exhausting). Thanks to Lee’s creativity more than 50 […]
Open Farm Week 2019
August 1, 2019 – 1:57 pm
Thanks to our great colleagues at Vermont Tourism for highlighting our farm (beginning and end) in this video invitation to Open Farm Week. Come immerse yourself in those images as we kick off Open Farm Week with a Farm supper & Scrag Mountain Music Concert, that also launches a month of celebrating our 10th Anniversary! […]
By Laura
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Reflections on 10 years
August 1, 2019 – 1:31 pm
Ten years ago a massive hail storm arrived just after we had completed the harvest for the first week of our CSA share pick up. Prospects for week two of our year-round, full diet, free choice farmshare were in peril. But neighbors helped us rake inches of hail accumulation away from tender plants and Chip […]
By Laura
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Tagged 10 years, agritourism, celebration, events, farmstand, farmstay, history
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