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Here is a VPR interview from Vermont Edition with Vermont Trade Winds Farm in Shorham and Ken Hastings for Cornwall, both sugar producers in the state. Read to find out how the early sugaring season is affecting maple producers. http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93562/sugarmakers-earlier-than-usual-reflect-on-their-cr/ One of our major tasks as farmers or food consumers is to educate the public to the heretofore-undisclosed fact that the world’s energy and chemical- intensive industrial food system is the major cause of global warming. That is the central message of this rather detailed essay. We go into depth and [...] How the Food Industry Eats Your Kid’s Lunch An increasingly cozy alliance between companies that manufacture processed foods and companies that serve the meals is making students — a captive market — fat and sick while pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars in profits. At a time of [...] From the Union of Concerned Scientists: As farmers market shoppers have long known, buying food directly from the people who grew it is a great way to add freshness and flavor to your table and more fruits and vegetables to your diet. But locally grown food is not only good for your taste buds—it creates jobs, keeps money [...] |
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Lack of snow may not hurt the sugaring season
Fears that a lack of snow would hurt the success of the maple season are unfounded, experienced sugar makers say.
Read more here.
http://www.mapledaily.com/vermont-sugar-makers-reaching-an-early-boil.html