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Now More Than Ever, Volunteer

Image by Kristin Baldeschwiler from Pixabay

Strangely, our busy-body media are remarkably silent on the subject of volunteering. Guess it’s hard to get a gut reaction hearing about people doing what needs to be done just because it needs doing. Reality check: volunteers are the glue that keeps civil society functioning.

If your […]

Concerned about the Rising Costs of Food?

Embrace Gardening: Start Growing Your Own in 2025

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N.R. Mallery

There has never been a better time to embrace the joy of growing your own food. Whether you have a large backyard or just a small balcony, gardening is more accessible than ever. But this movement isn’t just about fresh produce—it’s […]

Elmore Roots: Walking the Earth Together

Photo by Joyce Dutka

David Fried

Plants come in all sizes and shapes. They are even more diverse than people. My mom travelled the world and sent back photos of interesting trees and interesting people. She had one-woman shows of her framed photos of people in China, Ecuador, Egypt, Norway, and […]

Being with Pears

Watercolor Painting by Joyce Dutka

David Fried

There is something almost spiritual about picking fruit from a pear tree.

You look up into the tree and it is looking back at you. It is connecting heaven and earth. The tree gathers its energy from deep within the earth.

Grazing Sheep Beneath Solar Panels Benefits Sheep and Farmers

Sheep grazing under solar panels. (Wikimedia Commons, https://bit.ly/AgrivoltaicsSheep)

George Harvey

Most of my life, I have lived in rural settings. When I was five to fifteen years old, I lived in the corn belt in Illinois. I have lived among mixed farms in New Hampshire. I have worked on a farm, […]

Grant Funding Available for Ag and Forest Businesses in VT

The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (FPR) was awarded a 2024 Wood Innovation Grant from The United States Forest Services (USFS). The funds support Working Lands Businesses with up to $25,000 per project to install or upgrade AWH systems. FPR has $300,000 in grant funds to distribute to agriculture and forest products businesses […]

Yellow You Can See the Farthest

Watercolor painting by Joyce Dutka

David Fried

Today the sky is the bluest blue after a bit of spring cool rain. I can lie on my back and get lost in this blue. Maybe this is why when a friend is a real friend, they are called “true blue.” The same […]

Sulforaphane, the Amazing Antioxidant You Never Heard Of

Sprouted broccoli seeds are a great source of antioxidants. Sprouts have as much as four to eight times the nutrition than the adult versions. (Oregon State University)

Larry Plesent

Breathing, moving, eating, being. The very act of living borrows electrons from otherwise stable unions creating notably unstable atoms with an extra […]

A Choice to Step Outside or Not

Painting by Joyce Dutka

David Fried

The bumblebee is pulled by a thirst to pollinate flower to flower, just as her ancestors were, in an ancient dance. I reach up into the pear tree and fix my eyes on the one pear I really want to pick and bring […]

Agriculture Answer to Eliminating Fossil Fuels is Right Under Our Feet!

Moonshot Farm has two 3000 square foot greenhouses where flowers are grown directly in the floor soil. (Courtesy photos)

Joanne Coons

A geothermal system was installed to maintain the proper temperature to grow the flowers.

Sometimes proven technology is the solution to doing things a little differently and a little better. […]