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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. 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, […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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. […] To see this article in a pdf file, as it appears in print, please click HERE and scroll down. Michael J. Daley “The Dirt on Compost” is a new guidebook from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) intended to provide residents with the information they need to comply with Vermont’s Universal […] Highlighting USDA’s Commitment to Renewable Energy and Lower Energy Costs for Rural Americans Washington, D.C., December 18, 2023 – On Tuesday, December 19, U.S. Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small will visit Weare, New Hampshire, where she will visit a local business and meet with local producers and community leaders. There, she will […] To see the article as it appears in print, please load the pdf file HERE. David Fried Here in the north country, we have a good chance to live a simple life. We have a lot of examples of this. The frogs sit on a floating leaf for much of the day. The […] |
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