2012 Locally Grown Guide

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Join the Food Revolution Green Mountain College joins RAFFL in engineering a new food revolution. Here in Poultney, students of all ages from around the world are experimenting with sustainable farming systems. Research with a Real-World Impact. The Green Mountain College Farm & Food Project is supporting research to extend the growing season in Vermont. Distance Education with a Local Focus. Green Mountain College offers a new Master’s in Sustainable Food Systems (MSFS) program, a graduate level interdisciplinary exploration of sustainable agricultural production. Preparing Farmers of the Future. GMC’s Sustainable Agriculture & Food Production program for undergraduates presents food system through the liberal arts perspective and features an annual 12-week, 12-credit summer field and table intensive.

For More Information: www.greenmtn.edu or call 800-776-6675 www.greenmtn.edu/connect

Rutland Area Farm and Food Link Local Farms • Healthy People • Fresh Foods • Resilient Communities www.rutlandfarmandfood.org | info@rutlandfarmandfood.org P.O. Box 284, Rutland, VT 05702, (802) 417-1528

Our Vision RAFFL envisions a vibrant, interconnected, and organized year-round farm and food system that involves and benefits the entire Rutland region.

Our Values

•A strong and vibrant farm economy is essential to the enduring strength of our region.

•All people should have access to healthy, affordable, and nutritious food from local sources.

•The Rutland region’s long-term food security relies on the success of local farms.

•Community connections to local farms are important to the

preservation and appreciation of our region’s working landscapes.

•Community collaborations and partnerships are essential to achieving our mission.

Our Programs Community Education and Outreach • Annual Locally Grown Guide • Everyday Chef • Grow a Row - Fresh food collection and donation • Twilight in the Meadow Celebration

Farmer Assistance and Support • New Farmer Initiative & Mixers • Summer Workshop Series • One-on-One Technical Assistance • Mentorship Directory • What’s Growin’ On Blog

Economic and Market Development • Farm to Workplace - CSA delivery program • Flash Freezer pilot with Green Mountain College • Matchmaking - Connecting farmers with buyers • Strategic collaborations with statewide partners Groundworks Farm

TABLE OF CONTENTS Listings: •Farmers’ Markets............................pg 6-7 •Farms & Farm Stands.................pg 14-28 •Meat Processors...............................pg 28 •Restaurants & Cafes...................pg 32-34 •Farm Stays & Inns.......................pg 38-39 •Retail Outlets....................................pg 40 •Specialty Foods...........................pg 42-43 •Catering Services.............................pg 46

Articles: •Eat Local on a Budget........................pg 8 •Eating Locally as a Community........pg 9 •Everyday Chef Recipes..............pg 30-31 •Portrait of a Farmer..........................pg 36 •Seasonal Sally...................................pg 44 •Writing Contest entries....................pg 45 •Connecting Farms and Kids...........pg 47

Other Content: •RAFFL Organizational Info.............pg 4-5 •Products & Services Index..............pg 10 •Map.....................................................pg 12 •Community Garden info..................pg 18 •CSA Farm Shares.............................pg 37 •Pick Your Own Sites.........................pg 37 •Grow a Row info...............................pg 39

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Our Board

Our Staff

Mary Ashcroft Bob Baird Elizabeth Gibson Mike Horner Wendy Leffel John Pollard Marli Rupe Theresa Snow Carol Tashie Eleanor Tison

Tara Kelly, Executive Director Lindsay Arbuckle Jill Perry Balzano Joann Smith Kris Smiith

Design: Foulkes Design - Montpelier, VT Printing: Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield, MA This publication was printed using soy-based inks and recycled content. The Locally Grown Guide is an annual publication of the Rutland Area Farm and Food Link (RAFFL). RAFFL’s guide is not an endorsement of any of the individual businesses listed. Please accept our apologies for any inadvertent errors and alert us to make next year’s edition even better.

Farmers’ Markets

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Monday

Poultney Farmers’ Market

Granville Farmers’ Market (NY)

Downtown, at old railroad station, 2-5 pm Downtown at the old railroad station. Market starts June 4th. Market manager: Bob Anderson, 518-854-3750

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Tuesday

Rutland Downtown Farmers’ Market Depot Park, 3-6 pm.

EBT Cards accepted here. Market starts June 5th.

Whitehall Farmers’ Market (NY)

Boulevard Park, 1-4 pm. Every Tuesday afternoon in Boulevard Park, across from the canal. Market runs June-Oct. Market manager: Bob Anderson, 518-854-3750

Main Street, 9 am-2 pm, www.vtfarmersmarket.org The Poultney Farmers’ Market is a small, diverse market in downtown Poultney where you can find fresh veggies, fruits, baked goods, maple syrup, meats, crafts and more! Market runs end of June-beginning of Oct. EBT Cards accepted. Market manager: Kris Jacoby-Stevenson, 802-468-5805

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Friday

Brandon Farmers’ Market Central Park- Rte 7, 9 am-2 pm

Find fresh veggies, hand knit wool and mohair items, jewelry, crafts, paintings, VT maple syrup, honey, home baked goods, jams and jellies, fresh and dried flowers. Market runs Memorial Day Friday to mid-October. Our Harvest Fair will be on Sat. Oct. 6th. Market manager: Wendy Cijka, 802-273-2655

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Fair Haven Farmers’ Market

Middlebury Farmers’ Market

Offering a wide variety of local and Vermont products, free kids events or crafts weekly! Other family events at least twice a month for the season. Come see what’s new each week. Market runs 2nd Friday in June to Columbus Day weekend. EBT Cards accepted here. Market manager: Sherry Smith, 518-282-9781

Wednesday

MarbleWorks, south end by falls, 9 am-12:30 pm This market accepts EBT & Debit. Market runs mid-June to mid-October. Market manager: Pam Taylor, 802-388-0178

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Thursday

Castleton Farmers’ Market

Main Street, 3:30-6:30 pm. Market runs June 14-Oct. 4. Market manager: Lori Barker, 802-273-2241

Greenwich Farmers’ Market (NY) Kmart Plaza, 2-5:30 pm

Market runs June-Oct. Market manager: Bob Anderson, 518-854-3750

Manchester Farmers’ Market Adams Park, Route 7A, 3-6 pm

Grocery shopping has never been this fun! Enjoy an afternoon outdoors with local musicians, prepared foods, artfarm for the kids, and over 25 vendors each week bringing the freshest veggies, fruits, eggs, meats, cheeses, flowers, and preserved goods. Market runs June-Sept. EBT accepted. 6

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South end of Fair Haven Park, 3-6 pm

Ludlow Farmers’ Market

53 Main Street, front lawn of Okemo Mountain School, 4-7pm www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org Market runs Memorial Day weekend to Columbus Day weekend (market closes at 6:30 pm near the end of season due to dwindling light). Market manager: Jerry Milligan, 802-734-3829

Market Fair

Home Depot Plaza, Rutland Town & Route 4, Mendon 4 - 8 pm & Sat 9 am- 2 pm, www.marketfair.us Market Fair combines a new Farmer’s Market and fresh local produce with an old country Fair, featuring crafts, culture, food and music in an open air setting with easy access for vendors and free parking. Market Fair encourages real family togetherness with live music, entertainment and Wellness. Runs June 8 - Oct 13. Market manager: Marc Latzky, 802-558-6155

Pawlet Village Farmers’ Market

Rutland Downtown Farmers’ Market Depot Park, near Walmart, 9 am-2 pm www.rutlandcountyfarmersmarket.org www.vtfarmersmarket.org

School Street, green next to library, 4-7 pm Come here for fresh vegetables, meats and more. Market runs June-Oct. Find us on Facebook as Pawlet Village Farmers’ Market for specific dates. Market manager: Helen Wood, 802-325-3478

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Two market organizations combined in one location, producing one of Vermont’s largest and most diverse farmers’ markets. Over 90 vendors offer produce, meat, cheese, mushrooms, honey, maple syrup, cut flowers, herbs and plants. Bakers and specialty food producers serve delicious treats. Local crafts and artwork abound. EBT & Debit cards accepted. Rutland County Farmers’ Market manager: Judy Dark, 802-773-4813. Vermont Farmers’ Market secretary: Sherry Smith, 518-282-9781

West Pawlet Winter Farmers’ Market Fish and Game Club Building, 4-7 pm

We are a dining market with room for folks to eat freshly prepared, locally sourced foods from our vendors. Come try something tasty or buy cheese, pickles, crafts and more! Find us on Facebook for dinner specials each week. Market manager: Helen Wood, 802-325-3478

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Ludlow Winter Farmers’ Market

Our winter market is every Saturday from mid-November to beginning of March. Check our website for more details for 2012. Market manager: Jerry Milligan, 802-734-3829

Middlebury Farmers’ Market

Salem Village Farmers’ Market (NY)

Marble Works, south end by falls, 9 am-12:30 pm www.middleburyfarmersmarket.org The 2012 year will be our 37th consecutive season. We accept EBT and debit. The market operates every Saturday from the beginning of May to the end of October. We have about 50 vendors selling locally grown fruits and vegetables, dairy products, meats, plants, flowers, baked goods, honey, maple products, crafts, and more. Market manager: Pam Taylor, 802-388-0178

Middlebury Winter Farmers’ Market

American Flatbread Restaurant, in the Marble Works Shopping Area, 9:30 am-1 pm • www.middleburyfarmersmarket.org 2012 will be our fifth year in operation. It is held every Saturday in November and December, and every 2nd and 4th Saturday January through April. Our Winter Market generally includes meats, baked goods, late-season vegetables, pickles, jams, hot prepared foods, crafts, and eggs, cheeses, and other dairy products. EBT and debit accepted. Market manager: Pam Taylor, 802-388-0178

Mount Holly Farmers’ Market

The Belmont Village Green, 10 am-1 pm Market runs June 2-end of Sept. Market managers: Stephanie Smith, 802-259-2322 or Millicent Johnson, 802-259-2386

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Expand your local food options this winter and continue your relationship with farmers you support over the summer. Fresh greens, root vegetables, eggs, meat, wine, cheese, mushrooms, apples, popcorn, maple products, crafts, prepared foods and more. Market runs Nov-end of April. Check our website for 2012 Winter location. EBT & Debit cards accepted. Market manager: Greg Cox, 802-438-9803

Ludlow Teen Center at Goodman’s American Pie, Main Street, 10 am-1 pm • www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org

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Did you notice? Rutland, Dorset, Middlebury, and West Pawlet have WINTER farmers’ markets. Check them out! While we do our best to provide accurate information, please visit market websites or call the market manager to be sure of dates and times before trekking to a market for the first time.

Salem Village Park, Route 22, 10 am-1 pm

Market runs June-Oct. Market manager: Bob Anderson, 518-854-3750

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Dorset Farmers’ Market

Rte. 30 H.N. Williams Store (summer), J.K. Adams (winter) 10 am-2 pm, www.dorsetfarmersmarket.com A lively community gathering place to purchase local goods, eat local food, enjoy local musicians; all while enjoying summer in Vermont with good friends and family. Market runs Memorial Day to Columbus Day weekend outdoors at H.N. Williams General Store and through the winter indoors at J.K. Adams Kitchen Store.

Get your free listing in the Locally Grown Guide! RAFFL’s Locally Grown Guide is published annually each spring. Farms, restaurants, specialty food producers and other businesses with a clear connection to agricultural products grown in the Rutland Region are encouraged to list. Email guide@rutlandfarmandfood.org to be included.

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Eat Local on a Budget

By Lindsay Arbuckle, 2012 Locally Grown Guide Coordinator

More and more people are realizing that it is possible to support local farms on a limited budget. Here are some tips to stretch your food dollars!

Buy in Season

As in many goods and services, food often costs less when it is abundant. Instead of buying the first peas or zucchini, wait a couple weeks until there is a glut of the crop and the price is often lower.

Look for “Seconds”

Many farmers are willing to sell their less-than-perfect crops, often called “seconds,” at a reduced price. The easiest way to find out is simply to ask! Remember that some advance notice is best. If you want to make tomato sauce to freeze or can, ask around at the farmers’ market a week prior so that farmers can bring their seconds for you the following week.

Join a CSA

CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) shares, also called farm shares, allow you to save up to 30% compared to retail prices. To find CSAs in our region, see page 37.

Find a Work Share

Some farms offer food or reduced price CSA shares in exchange for help on the farm or at the market. This is one of the most fulfilling ways to eat better and save money. You get some exercise, enjoy the outdoors, learn about growing food, meet your local farmers, and reap the rewards come dinnertime.

Grow Your Own

Even with limited space, you can grow food. Cherry tomatoes, lettuce greens, and herbs like oregano and basil are great places to start. These foods grow well in pots on your porch or doorstep. A packet of seeds or a baby plant will only cost you a few dollars and can provide you with food through the season. Or, try a community garden plot and save up to $500 each year by growing in a 10’ by 10’ plot. For more info on Rutland’s community gardens, see page 18.

Pick Your Own

Have fun on a farm and save lots of money by picking your own berries, apples, pumpkins and more. For a list of local You-Pick sites, see page 37.

Buy bulk

You can buy bulk without going to Costco. Consider buying a side of beef, a bushel of tomatoes, or bulk grains and herbs from your local food co-op. Or join a natural foods buying club. Find out more about buying clubs at www.unitedbuyingclubs.com.

Glean When You Can

Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops, after a farmer has harvested. Farms and large gardens almost always have extra, and if you’re willing to pick it, it won’t go to waste. Great times to ask your farmer friends about this include when the harvest is exceptionally abundant or right before the first hard frost in the fall. Or sign up with RAFFL to become a gleaning volunteer!

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Artwork by Grace Brigham

Cook Your Own

Though cooking takes time, it almost always saves you money. Processed foods are often less healthy and they are also expensive. Instead of a $3.00 bag of chips, pop 50 cents worth of local popcorn. Spend one day each week cooking rice or dry beans, roasting meat for sandwiches, cutting up fruit and veggies, or grating cheese. Make big batches and freeze leftovers. After a while, this can feel routine!

Eat Grass-Fed and Pastured Meat

There are plenty of ways to eat delicious meat on a budget. Look for less expensive cuts like ground meat or stew meat. Even better, invest in a small chest freezer and buy half of a pig or join a chicken CSA. This can offer significant savings and allows you to shop from your freezer! Grass-fed meat offers much better nutrition and flavor compared to meat from animals raised in industrial, factory settings. If you don’t feel like you can afford local meat all the time, consider eating smaller portions or eating meat less often.

Gather Wild Foods

In Vermont, we are lucky to have delicious wild foods including wild leeks and fiddlehead ferns in the spring, blackberries in the summer, apples in the fall, and exotic mushrooms at various wet times of year. You can even eat “weeds” like lamb’s quarters, purslane, and dandelion greens, which often can be found in your own backyard—for free! Remember, you should always have 100% certainty when picking and eating wild foods to ensure that they are safe and edible!

Preserve Your Own

You can save up to 75% on home-canned or home-frozen foods. You’ll taste the difference compared to store-bought packaged foods. Some of the easiest foods to freeze are corn cut off the cob, sliced bell peppers, and whole tomatoes or berries. Canning beginners can start with pickles, jams or applesauce and expand into salsa and ketchup. Other methods of preservation include lacto-fermenting, drying, or storing crops in a root cellar.

Waste Less

The average American wastes 15% of the food that they buy. That’s $15 wasted for every $100 spent! Reduce this by using leftovers in soups or wraps, freezing leftovers for a later date, making broth out of veggie scraps and meat bones, or saving stale bread to grind into breadcrumbs.

Making it Work: Eating Locally as a Community By Bailey Schreiber

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ast May, I made my way to a small farm outside of Rutland to work for the season as an intern. For nine months I helped seed, plant, weed, tend and harvest veggies for our weekly markets. I proudly sold, alongside other equally prideful vendors, produce grown locally and responsibly. I was taught how to grow fertile soil, delicious veggies, a successful business and a thriving community centered around healthy foods and farms. I first sought experience on a farm, not for a pastoral or romantic experience. I wound up on a farm, in part, because I couldn’t otherwise afford to feed myself the kind of produce I consider healthy and fulfilling. To buy and prepare locally, organically and sustainably grown is, unfortunately, a luxury some consumers cannot afford. During my time in the Rutland area, in the fields and behind our farmers’ market stand, I was occasionally reminded of this fact. One Saturday, I stood behind a few tables at the farmers market, full of freshly picked produce. It was late summer and our fruitful harvest and hard labor was evident in the spread of vegetables laid before me. As I stood watching, two women walked beneath our tents and started shopping. One handed me a few tomatoes, a bunch of chard and a bag of salad mix. I weighed the tomatoes and gave her a total: Eleven dollars. Her hand stopped on its way to her wallet. She stared at me and in her eyes I saw disbelief and indignation: “They tell you to eat local. How can anyone afford it?” She handed me the cash, took her produce and walked off before I had the time to form an appropriate response. At first, I was annoyed and a little hurt. This woman did not know the amount of time and labor that went into growing that chard, to cutting and cleaning the salad mix, to delicately selecting the ripest of tomatoes. She, and many of our customers,were not aware that if the farm was to seriously consider the costs of producing such goods, her total would have been even higher. However, because we are competing with a heavily subsidized system of global agribusiness, we are forced to keep our prices relatively low. Even still, the same purchase made at the supermarket likely would have totaled a similar dollar amount. Maybe I should have shared with her my limited understanding of the actual social, environmental and health costs of large-scale agriculture. These costs – waterways polluted with pesticides, fertilizers and antibiotics, salmonella and e. coli outbreaks, the obesity epidemic and rising health care costs, to name a few – greatly outweigh the benefits. What looks like a good deal to the consumer turns out to have high hidden consequences. The “they” my customer spoke of are people like me, organizations like the Rutland Area Farm and Food Link, and publications like this, who urge

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people to eat locally and sustainably grown food even though it may be a little more expensive than the food found in grocery store chains. Ultimately, what I wished I had shared was that I understood: this stuff can be expensive. I wanted to tell her how, while I grew up eating microwave dinners, Egg McMuffins, school lunches and candy, I find it now far more fulfilling to know that what I am feeding myself, my friends and my family is safe and healthy. I wanted to find a way to share with her how empowering it is to have an understanding of where your food comes from, to know that what you are feeding yourself, family and friends is safe and healthy, and how wonderful it is to share the common love of food with your community. What I discovered that day, that I had not been taught during my time at the farm or the market, was how to answer this question, and how to commiserate without apologizing. I love the Rutland area community for its contagious excitement about food and farming, for the connections that are constantly made between farms and families, for the effort to educate ourselves and each other to expand our understanding of where and how our food is grown and produced, and for the dedication to bring good food to empty tables. However, we must constantly remind ourselves that the fight to reform our food system is far from won, and that the battles we face will be easily won if we fight together as one community. If the question that is asked is not, “How can anyone afford to buy locally?” but instead, “Can we afford it, as a community?” the answer, I believe, is a definite, “Of course.” Together, we can make it work.

They tell you to eat local. How can anyone afford it?

Bailey Schreiber traveled eastward in the spring of 2011 from her Wyoming home to Foggy Meadow Farm, where she learned about growing vegetables, running a small business and contributing to a community focused on healthy farms and food. www.rutlandfarmandfood.org

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PRODUCTS & SERVICES INDEX The farms and businesses in this Guide produce a wide array of agricultural products. The items listed below are only some of them. If you are looking for a product or service, use this index to identify which farms offer it, then refer to their full listings for specific information. Index numbers correspond with listing numbers.

Products MEAT

BEEF 2, 6, 14, 20, 22, 43, 46, 47, 48, 54, 57, 71, 75, 76, 77, 81,

95, 99, 104, 111, 113, 115

GOAT 9, 32, 104 LAMB 7, 39, 65, 67, 72, 76, 102, 104, 115 PORK 9, 10, 15, 21, 22, 26, 42, 46, 47, 57, 67, 71, 73, 75, 76,

81, 82, 97, 104, 105, 111, 115 POULTRY 4, 10, 21, 32, 35, 40, 42, 46, 47, 55, 68, 71, 73, 80, 82, 83, 96, 97, 104, 105, 118 RABBIT 32, 35, 104

FRUIT

Apples 3, 16, 22, 27, 45, 62, 66, 67, 86, 89, 96, 97 Blackberries 23, 62, 92, 118 Blueberries 23, 29, 45, 53, 56, 58, 62, 67, 75, 89, 103, 118 Cherries 22, 45, 89 Cider 3, 16, 19, 22, 45, 66, 86, 118 Melons 3, 19, 21, 42, 49, 68, 74, 75, 86, 103, 106, 116 Pears 22, 36, 45, 75, 89, 97 Plums 22, 45, 89 Raspberries 12, 23, 27, 49, 58, 62, 64, 67, 75, 86, 89, 92,

96, 103, 118

Strawberries 12, 27, 49, 58, 75, 86, 89, 94, 101, 103, 116, 118

VEGETABLES, HERBS & FLOWERS

Asparagus 62, 67, 86, 89 Beans (dried) 23, 42, 46, 67, 68, 96, 118 Corn 3, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 38, 43, 45, 75, 89, 92, 96, 108, 111,

116, 118

Flowers 1, 8, 10, 13, 19, 22, 42, 49, 61, 62, 68, 75, 82, 84,

86, 88, 89, 94, 96, 103, 106, 108, 116

Herbs (Culinary) 1, 10, 19, 21, 22, 29, 30, 31, 34, 42, 62,

68, 75, 82, 84, 86, 88, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 101, 103, 106, 108, 116, 118 Herbs (Medicinal) 1, 30, 49, 75, 93, 94, 97, 103 Vegetables 1, 3, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 31, 34, 36, 38, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50, 58, 61, 62, 67, 68, 70, 75, 83, 84, 86, 88, 92, 94, 96, 101, 103, 106, 109, 111, 112, 114, 116, 118

PLANTS & FOREST/FIELD PRODUCTS

Bedding Plants 1, 10, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 36, 62, 66, 68, 70, 82, 84, 92, 93, 94, 96, 106, 108, 111, 116 Christmas Trees 10, 59, 66, 78, 86, 89 Compost: 7, 21, 35, 49, 93, 96 Hay 14, 21, 32, 51, 67, 95, 110 Lumber/Firewood 14, 49, 57, 66, 67, 77 Nursery Crops 8, 74, 94, 97

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DAIRY & EGGS

Cheese 9, 24, 25, 98, 159, 167 Eggs 4, 10, 13, 21, 22, 24, 28, 32, 33, 40, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48,

53, 54, 55, 62, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 82, 92, 96, 99, 104, 108, 109 Milk 11, 21, 32, 33, 38, 47, 54, 59, 62, 69, 71, 87, 98, 105, 171

MUSHROOMS & SPECIALTY FOODS

Baked Goods 4, 16, 22, 45, 66, 76, 103, 114, 156, 157, 158,

165, 168, 172

Jams & Jellies 10, 22, 62, 66, 75, 76, 86, 89, 92, 108, 114,

118, 163

Mushrooms 1, 40, 105 Pickles 1, 10, 13, 19, 21, 76, 89, 92, 106, 108, 114, 163, 164, 169

HONEY & MAPLE

Honey 4, 14, 66, 83, 88, 89, 104 Maple Products 5, 13, 14, 17, 41, 43, 48, 53, 59, 64, 67,

69, 75, 82, 86, 92, 95, 96, 100, 107, 111, 119

WOOL & FIBER PRODUCTS

Wool & Fiber 51, 52, 60, 63, 65, 79, 85, 90, 100, 102, 117

Services CSA Shares 1, 10, 13, 19, 21, 28, 31, 36, 42, 43, 49, 68, 70,

73, 75, 84, 94, 111, 116

Pick-Your-Own 10, 12, 22, 27, 43, 45, 56, 58, 61, 64, 66,

67, 78, 111, 116

Hay & Sleigh Rides 43, 69 Petting Zoo 43, 69, 114 Education Programs 1, 13, 29, 31, 33, 65, 66, 67, 69, 85 School Groups 1, 6, 10, 13, 21, 22, 29, 31, 32, 36, 41, 43,

45, 46, 54, 62, 66, 67, 69, 78, 84, 96, 111, 116 Livestock Breeding 2, 14, 25, 32, 65, 115, 117 Wedding Site 22, 43, 110, 128, 136, 141, 143, 144, 166

Looking for unique products? Check out these! Rice (Breezy Meadows) Pesto (Caravan Gardens) Peaches (Champlain Orchards) Pet Food (Sunset Farm) Chipotle Peppers (Alchemy Gardens) Popcorn (Yoder Farm) Veal (Larson Farm) Currants (Riverside Farm & Someday Farm) Grapes (Sourwood Mountain Orchard) Worm Castings (Beaver River Association)

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Looking for farms and food? This map roughly defines our region. For exact locations of farms and other businesses listed in our Locally Grown Guide, check out our exciting new online map at www.rutlandfarmandfood.org/local_guide.html The online map was created this spring by students from Professor Van Hoesen’s GIS class at Green Mountain College (GMC). Find directions to a farm, link directly to business Bristol websites, or create a day-long route of farm stands to visit. Thank you GMC students! VT New Haven

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Each business listing in the Guide has a number. Use this number to find particular products or services in our Index on page 10. = Farm Stands or On-farm Sales

= Farm Tours (by appointment)

Alchemy Gardens • 1 West Rutland, VT • 802-492-2087 alchemygardens@gmail.com • www.alchemygardensvt.com

Baird Farm • 5

Rutland-native Scott Courcelle & Lindsay Arbuckle grow delicious, nutritious organic vegetables, herbs & starter plants. We farm because we love the lifestyle and growing food for our community. We sell at the Rutland Farmers’ Market, local co-ops, restaurants and a new CSA in 2012. Call or email to visit the farm!

Maple sugaring has been a family tradition on our scenic hillside farm for four generations. We also raise about 100 dairy heifers on our 500-acre working farm. We welcome you to our gift shop in our 1840 farmhouse. It is open year round everyday 8 am-5 pm. Mail order also available.

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425 Hier Road, W. Rutland, VT • 802-438-4900 suebru@sover.net • www.andersonhill.com Sales of natural “Belted Galloway” beef and breeding stock.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Apple Hill Orchard and Farm • 3 Jct. 103 & 7 B, N. Clarendon, VT • 802-438-5068

Growers of a wide variety of apples and produce. Apple harvest begins in the end of July and continues through October. Vegetables include sweet corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, pumpkins, and more. Apple pies.

65 West Road, North Chittenden, VT • 802-483-2963 bairdfarm@comcast.net • www.bairdfarm.com

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2579 Eastham Road, Shrewsbury, VT • 802-492-3350 lbbiddle@vermontel.net • beavermeadowfarmvt.com 18th Century Shrewsbury farm selling grass-fed farm-raised beef and boarding rescue horses and retired equine friends.

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Beaver River Association • 7 Pawlet, VT • 802-325-2203 riwiggler@aol.com • www.wormkits.com

Grass based grazing operation raising lamb, hops for beer brewing. We also produce compost, worm castings, and red worms for composting.

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163 Wescott Road, Whitehall, NY • 518-499-1198

13 Beauvais Road, Orwell, VT • 802-948-2434 karenhescock@hotmail.com

Ayers Egg Farm • 4

Our main business is farm fresh brown eggs. Been in egg business over 45 years. Self service for over 40 years. Year-round at farmers market in Rutland over five years. Very pleased to have something to do and be able to do it.

Bloomers • 8

Bloomers grows a wide variety of flowers and ornamentals to be used as cut flowers and nursery stock. We provide flower arrangements for events, landscape design, installation and maintenance, and fruit tree pruning.

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Blue Ledge Farm • 9

2001 Old Jerusalem Road, Salisbury, VT • 802-247-0095 blueledge@hotmail.com • www.blueledgefarm.com Since 2000, we are a seasonal, grass-based, family-run goat dairy farm and cheese operation. We produce seven types of artisanal, award-winning, all-natural fresh and aged goat’s milk cheeses and one cow’s milk cheese. We also sell eggs, goat meat, and whey-fed pork.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Boardman Hill Farm • 10 399 West St, Rutland, VT • 802-438-9803 coxveg@hotmail.com

Find bedding plants, vegetable starts and hanging baskets in spring, organically grown fruits and vegetables from our farm in the summer and our own pork, chickens and turkey throughout the year. We sell at area farmers’ markets year-round, our farmstand, local co-ops, restaurants and through CSA.

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224 Gulf Road, Tinmouth, VT • 802-235-1323 Organic milk sales.

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Brown Boar Farm is a family-owned and operated business committed to raising wholesome, all-natural food in an environmentally friendly way.

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Open by appointment. All natural pork and heirloom vegetables Suckling and whole hogs of varying weights for pig roasts Smoker available for rental 55 Lamb Hill Road, East Wells, VT 05774 802-325-2461 • info@brownboarfarm.com

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Breezy Hill Berry Farm • 12 697 North Road, Castleton, VT • 802-468-8948

Here at Breezy Hill, we maintain 4 plus acres in berries. Starting about June 10th, we offer pick your own strawberries, followed by summer and black raspberries, mid July-fall raspberries, followed by pumpkins and gourds. Bring your family to enjoy sweet juicy berries. Hours 8-6 daily.

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160 Northrup Road, Middletown Springs, VT josh@breezymeadowsorchards.com www.breezymeadowsorchards.com Breezy Meadows is a permaculturally, organically, and biodynamically inspired farm in the wilds of Tinmouth. We grow rice, mixed vegetables, cut flowers and maple syrup. We offer summer CSA shares and sell at the Rutland Winter Market. Call or email to schedule a farm visit.

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Located on a 267 acre historic estate, Brookside Estate, established 1789. The farm gained fame in the 18th century raising Merino sheep and later as a breeder of Morgan horses. A working farm is now being re-established, raising Belted Galloway cattle, organic hay, fruits and vegetables, harvesting sap from our sugarbush for maple syrup and honey from beehives.

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Brown Boar Farm • 15 55 Lamb Hill Rd., Wells, VT • 802-325-2461

Cerridwen Farm at GMC • 21 Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT • 802-287-2944 drownb@greenmtn.edu • www.greenmtn.edu/farm_food.aspx

Brown Boar Farm is a family-owned and operated business committed to producing wholesome, naturally raised food in an environmentally friendly way. We have taken a “whole farm” approach by raising heritage pork, beef and heirloom vegetables, offering consumers and fine restaurants a delicious alternative to commercial farm products.

We are a 22-acre educational, diversified, sustainable farm with a focus on the environment and fossil-fuel free farming. We have a CSA that runs from June to October offering eggs, milk, and veggies. We also sell eggs and milk on farm.

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Brown’s Farm Stand • 16 2504 South St., Castleton, VT • 802-468-2297

3597 Route 74 West, Shoreham, VT • 802-897-2777 julianna@champlainorchards.com www.champlainorchards.com

We are a Fifth generation farming operation. Visit our farmstand for vegetables, apples, cider, maple syrup, honey, pumpkins and made-from-scratch cider donuts, pastries and pies. We make wreaths for the holidays, and Christmas Trees grown in Cannan, VT are sold from the farmstand.

Overlooking Lake Champlain, we specialize in growing ecologically and organically grown fruits. We offer PYO apples (50+ varieties), raspberries and more. Look for our fruits, cider, pies, cider syrup, hard & ice cider and other products at our on-farm market, grocery stores and co-ops.

www.brownboarfarm.com

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A hundred year family owned and operated farm producing maple syrup, maple candy, maple cream, maple sugar and smiles.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Carabeau Family Farmstand • 18 59A East Road, Tinmouth, VT • 802-446-3123

Our farmstand is open August through October. Our blue ribbon sweet corn is picked daily during the season. Ask about our freezer specials. In the fall, we offer many varieties of winter squash, pumpkins, corn stalks and ornamentals.

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Route 103, 1/2 mile N of Cuttingsville, VT • 802-492-3377 caravangardens@gmail.com Caravan Gardens is a family operated vegetable farm also growing culinary herbs and flowers at our farmstand. We use organic practices for soil health and vitality and welcome visitors to our gardens. Two CSA styles and a farmstand provide freshness, convenience, and selection.

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370 Adams Road, Fair Haven, VT • 802-265-4496 cedaracres@earthlink.net • www.cedaracresorganic.com Cedar Acres is a small family owned farm that specializes in raising organic 100% grass fed Angus beef. We currently supply beef to the Shelburne Supermarket. We are certified organic by VOF which assures that our beef contains no antibiotics, hormones and we use no pesticides, herbicides, or commerical fertilizers.

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1647 Tadmer Road, Wells, VT • 802-325-3203

We grow and produce exclusively for our 35 year old farmer’s market business, primarily in Rutland and Poultney. We have early season and extended season crops as well as main season crops. Berries mid-June - Oct 30th. A wide range of maple syrup, maple sugar and extended maple products and mail order. Over 80 varieties of jams and jellies.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Consider Bardwell Farm • 24

1333 Rte. 153, West Pawlet, VT • 802-645-9928 farmers@considerbardwellfarm.com www.considerbardwellfarm.com We are a goat dairy farm and cheesemaking operation specializing in artisanally made and aged cheeses made from raw milk. We make both goat and cow milk cheeses. All of our pasture and hay land is certified organic and we practice intensive rotational grazing. You are always welcome for a visit!

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165 Sawyer Needham Road, Whiting, VT • 802-623-6600 On the dairy farm where we grew up, Sherry, Cindy and Jim Crawford milk 50 registered Ayrshire cows and make raw milk farmstead cheese. Vermont Ayr, a natural rind alpine style semi-hard cheese, and Lemon F’Ayr, a waxed mild gouda-type cheese are made in small handmade batches.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Davis Hogs & Dirt • 26

280 Sugarbush Lane, West Rutland, VT • 802-779-5625 We raise and sell 100% grain fed, happy, healthy swine. We have chops, roasts, bacon, hams and 10 flavors of sausage in both bulk and links (Sweet, Hot, Garlic & Herb, Chorizo, Maple, Breakfast, Chinese, Andouille, Fresh Polish and our # 1 seller, Smoked Kielbasa.)

Douglas Orchard • 27

1050 Route 74 West, Shoreham, VT • 802-897-5043 Douglas Orchard is a 4th generation farm. We grow mainly apples but we do PYO strawberries and raspberries as well.

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87 North Road, Castleton, VT • 802-468-5893 dutchessfarm@gmail.com We have been growing very fresh vegetables since 1986, using organic inputs and sustainable practices such as cover cropping and crop rotations to maintain soil health. We do a CSA share program and sell at the Rutland Farmer’s Market and at the Rutland Co-op.

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212 Mt. Independence Rd., Orwell, VT • 802-948-2840 eflightfarm@gmail.com • www.effarm.com Eagle’s Flight Farm is a 54 acre eco-diverse property on the shores of Lake Champlain. We focus on permaculture principles and organically grow a wide range of vegetables and herbs. The produce is primarily used to create delicious vegetarian meals for visitors. We offer workshops, farm stays and host small groups.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Enchanted Flora Farm • 30 517 Creek Road, Rutland Town, VT • 802-558-5073

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Enchanted Flora Farm was established in 2001. We specialize in growing pesticide & chemical free veggie starts, annuals, herbs, hanging baskets and Vermont hardy perennials. Beginning in 2011 we will be offering “Alpine & Rockgarden” species. Our products are available down at the farm, Noble Ace Hardware, Rutland Co-op, and at Saturday Rutland Farmers’ Market.

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Eat Better. Pay Less. Groundworks Farm 2012 Summer Season Vegetable, Chicken, Meat, Egg and Cheese Shares available NOW and filling up fast.

Evening Song Farm • 31

1451 Route 103, Cuttingsville, VT • 802-358-0011 eveningsongcsa@gmail.com • www.eveningsongcsa.com We grow a diversity of seasonal vegetables without the use of chemicals specializing in unique, heirloom, visually appealing, and flavorful varieties using biodynamic and organic growing methods. This season is our “recovery year” from losing our land to Irene, so our usual CSA and farmers’ markets offerings will be scaled back. Contact us to pre-order high quality, heirloom vegetable starts for your home garden, or to inquire about our CSA option this season. Thank you for your support as we re-build a farm.

www.GroundworksFarm.com 802-310-4951. info@groundworksfarm.com

A year round diversified farm in Pittsford, Vermont

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1520 Park Hill Road, Benson, VT • 802-537-2979 jojoerobert@yahoo.com • www.falkenburyfarm.com Falkenbury Farm, a great place to enjoy a peaceful visit to the country. Get fresh eggs, rabbit or just drop by to say “hi.” Stay a few days in your own 3 bedroom guest house. Homestead farm raising beef, dairy, pigs, chickens, turkeys, rabbits and lots of goats.

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www.farmandwilderness.org

Farm and Wilderness is a non-profit educational farm. Our first priority is to feed our summer camps, but we also sell milk at local co-ops, as well as eggs. Our farm is certified organic, we sell livestock as well. Everything is in limited quantities.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Foggy Meadow Farm • 34 2494 Lake Rd, Benson, VT • 802-537-4754

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Foggy Meadow Farm lies on 160 acres in Vermont’s lower Champlain Valley where we produce a wide array of naturally grown vegetables and herbs on five acres. We attend farmers’ markets every week of the year, work continuously on improving food quality and production capabilities, and are particularly focused on expanding fall root crop and winter greens production so we may better serve our customers.

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Fresh Tracks Game and Poultry Farm • 35 1725 Rt. 22A, West Haven, VT • 802-265-8276 langisanctil@netzero.com • www.vermontqualityrabbits.com We offer fresh Rabbit, Squab, Poussin, Turkey, Duck. We raise 100% of what we sell on our farm and process in our state inspected facility weekly for quality and freshness that’s unsurpassed.

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490 Delorm Rd, Leicester, VT • 802-989-7223 gildrienfarm@gmail.com • www.gildrienfarm.com Gildrien Farm is a small, diversified farm run by Jeremy and Caitlin Gildrien. We offer a 20 week long CSA and sell produce at the Middlebury Farmer’s Market. We’re farmers because we love food, our community, and the natural world. We believe that good food, raised well, can improve personal and environmental health while strengthening the local economy.

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2076 East Street, Bridport, VT • 802-758-2476 Gleason Grains is a small farm and stone milling business, providing flours and wheat berries to Vermont for 28 years. We are located in Bridport. Our bread and pastry flours are available in whole wheat and sifted. The sifted flours have about 50% of the bran removed, retaining the germ. 18

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Want to garden but don’t have space? Try a community garden plot! The Rutland Recreation and Parks Department coordinates two community garden sites in Rutland City. Southeast Community Gardens

Located off of Allen Street across from Rutland Regional Medical Center, 40 plots, Plot size 4’ x 20’

Northeast Community Gardens

Located off of Woodstock Avenue across from Rutland High School 49 plots, Plot sizes range from 10’ x 10’ to 20’ x 40’ Both gardens include water on-site and a shed for shared tools. New city resident users can reserve a plot starting March 1st and new non-resident users can reserve plots starting April 1st. The cost for a plot ranges from $15 - $40 depending on size, with an additional $25 clean up deposit. The plots are tilled each year and depending on weather are open starting late April and closed down by late October. For more information or to reserve a plot, contact Cindi Wight at: cindiwight@comcast.net or 802-773-1853.

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The Grabowski Farm has been in the sweet corn and vegetable business since 1956. The farm is located on Rt 4A between West Rutland and Casleton. Look for the big red barn. The milk from our dairy is distributed by Thomas Dairy in Rutland. GAP Certified.

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Raise lambs for wholesale markets. Raise purebread Romney sheep for replacement stock. Wool and eggs, too.

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Green Mountain Mushroom • 40 1105 Lower Michigan Rd, Pittsfield, VT • 802-746-8691 info@tweedvalleyfarm.biz • www.tweedvalleyfarm.biz

Our farm offers Shiitake Mushrooms and Jumbo Brown Cortunix Quail. The mushrooms are grown in greenhouses in our barn. The Quail are fresh or frozen depending on the time of year. We also offer Quail eggs. You can find us in the summer at the Woodstock Market on the Green and Summer and Winter at the Rutland Farmers Market.

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Green’s Sugarhouse, with over 5000 taps, is a family business nestled in Finel Hollow where our family has been producing quality maple products like pure maple syrup, maple cream, maple candies, granulated maple sugar and more for over 200 years. Mail order, website, free brochure, open all year. Please call first.

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Groundworks Farm • 42 697 Elm Street, Pittsford, VT • 802-310-4951 info@groundworksfarm.com • www.groundworksfarm.com Groundworks Farm is a year-round diversified CSA farm located in Pittsford, VT. We offer produce, meat, egg, and cheese shares year round. Find more about us on our website: www.GroundworksFarm.com or stop by the farm!

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5280 US Route 7, S. Wallingford, VT  05773 • 802-446-3967 Historic Harmony Farms (c. 1766) offers eco-grown produce, herbs, flowers, fruit & more. Ice cream, farmstand, bakery, equine rescue center, farm animals on site. Farm tours, educational programs, “how toâ€? classes and hands-on farming available. Sledding in winter! Call ahead to plan a special family farm day! Open year-round.

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741 Prospect Hill Road, Rutland, VT • 802-775-2624 info@hathawayfarm.com • www.hathawayfarm.com Hathaway Farm is a 3rd generation family farm that raises really tasty, all natural beef. Certified free of added growth hormones & antibiotics, our Hereford & Angus beef cattle are raised the all-natural way. We make maple syrup & products. From late July through October we open our corn maze.

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149 Boardman Hill Rd, Center Rutland, VT • 802 353-5983 Helebapotatofarm@netzero.net Specializing in heirloom & specialty potatoes, we grow 50 varieties on 6 acres of the family farm. We use vintage tractors and antique equipment to plant and cultivate. Products are hand dug.

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Hicks Orchard and Slyboro Cider House • 45 18 Hicks Road, Granville, NY • 518-642-1788 hicksorchard@gmail.com • www.hicksorchard.com New York’s oldest U-Pick orchard featuring summer berries, apples, fresh cider, fall activities and farm winery!

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3139 Route 4, Killington, VT • 802-747-8571 www.hinterlandfarmvt.com We grow a variety of organic vegtables, including mixed greens and tomatoes starting in mid-May until mid-December. We raise all natural beef, pork, and turkeys that we sell year round. Our farm stand is open mid-June to mid-October.

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Kilpatrick Family Farm • 49 9778 State Route 22, Granville, NY • 518-217-8595 michael@kilpatrickfamilyfarm.com www.kilpatrickfamilyfarm.com

Your source for local, naturally grown produce. We are a small, family-run farm located in Upstate NY on the Vermont border. We are a four season farm that sells crops 52 weeks of the year, through farmers’ markets, our Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA), and fine area restaurants.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Kingsley’s Farmstand • 50 729 North St., Brandon, VT • 802-247-6315 wvkingsley@comcast.net

A large variety of farm fresh vegetables grown on 9 acres and sold at my farm stand located on Route 53, Forest Dale, VT. Stand is open 7 days a week from June 1-Oct. 31.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Kingston Place Farm • 51 Benson, VT • 802-537-3167 jdeere74@juno.com

Kingston Place Farm, est. in 1797, is a 310 acre certified organic farm. We grow and sell organic feed hay as well as merino wool from our flock of sheep.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Kirby’s Happy Hoofers • 52 977 Forest Dale Road, Brandon, VT • 802-247-3124 debbie.kirby@kirbyshappyhoofers.com www.kirbyshappyhoofers.com

We are a small hobby farm making handknit items and yarn from the Angora goats.

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Holden Heritage Agriculture • 47 11 River Road, North Chittenden, VT • 802-483-9981

elliottfamilyvt@comcast.net

Krueger-Norton Sugarhouse • 53 780 Button Hill Road, Shrewsbury, VT • 802-492-3653 knsh@vermontel.net • www.vermontel.com/~knsh

Holden Heritage Agriculture is a fifth generation farm producing food the way God intended. Our family farm offers free range chicken eggs, pastured poultry and pork, grass fed beef and raw milk. During the growing season locally grown produce from the Holden Valley is available.

Our maple syrup, sugar, and pure maple-walnut fudge are made on our organic family farm. We’re off the grid and use solar, wind, and wood for energy. Our syrup is packed in reusable canning jars. More info on our website. Visit us or phone us to order - we ship worldwide.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Huckleberryhill Farm • 48

Chadburn Lane (off Tarbellville rd), Belmont, VT 802- 259-2629 huckleberryhillfarm@gmail.com • www.huckleberryhillfarm.com Nestled in Mt. Holly’s Mill River Valley, we raise seasonal vegetables, organic eggs, grass-fed beef, feed/mulch hay, and maple syrup. We can also help you with field mowing, rototilling, pruning, and many more landscape jobs.

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69 South Street, Wells, VT • 802-645-1957 larsonfarmvt@myfairpoint.net • www.larsonfarmvt.com

At Larson Farm, aka Morningside Stables, we produce and sell rich, fresh unpasteurized Jersey milk and free-range eggs. Our 100% grass-fed Angus beef is USDA-inspected and available by the cut or share. All available at the farm.

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Laughing Child Farm • 55 3209 Vt Rt 30, Pawlet, VT • 802-325-2054

laughingchildfarm@gmail.com

We are a small family farm specializing in eggs from pastured chickens. We also have a small garden and raise pastured meat birds each summer. Our goods are available on farm and additional eggs can be found at Rutland Area Food Co-op and Castleton Village Store.

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694 Upper Cold River Road, Shrewsbury, VT • 802-773-2554 www.vtpampie.com We grow an acre of “hill country” blueberries. Open during season for PYO by appointment only. We also manufacture “Pampies Handkakes,” an apitherapy skin balm that our grandchildren call “the boo-boo eraser” made of three basic ingredients: beeswax, olive oil, and propolis. They soothe rough and damaged skin!

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Lewis Waite Farm • 57

Lewis Hill Lane and Waites Lane, Jackson, NY • 518-692-9208 nancy@LewisWaiteFarm.com • www.lewiswaitefarm.com We raise 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef cattle and pastured pigs on our certified organic pastures and woodlands. We sell all normal cuts of beef and pork processed at a small family run USDA butchering facility. We attend the Saratoga Springs and Dorset Farmers Market and sell on-farm by appointment.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Liebig Berries • 58 West Pawlet, VT • (802) 645-0888

Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and vegetables. Open June-October. Picked or U-Pick.

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Certified Organic Dairy. Sell bulk milk to Organic Valley. Make maple syrup and grow Christmas Trees. Tours by appointment.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Little Brook Fiber Farm • 60

170 West Road, North Chittenden, VT • 802-483-2674 littlebrookfiberfarm@gmail.com www.littlebrookfiberfarm.com At Little Brook Fiber Farm, our sheep produce outstanding handspinning fleeces. Lambs are tip shorn and then coated for the entire wool growing season. Freshly shorn fleeces are available every spring. We also produce yarn, roving, and wool batting. Our flock consists of Cormo, Blue Faced Leicester, and Romney crosses.

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Little Lake Orchard • 61 North Street, Wells, VT • 603-568-7748 littlelakeorchard@gmail.com • www.littlelakeorchard.com Little Lake Orchard is a start-up farm and orchard located on the North Street hill overlooking Little Lake. For the 2012 season we will have PYO cut flowers, pumpkins and winter squash available. Look for organic strawberries in 2013 and heirloom apples is 2014. PYO available daily, July-October. Call for hours.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mackey Mountain Medley • 62 440 Jones Road, Poultney, VT • 802-287-9064

Mackey Mountain Medley is a diverse family farm located in South Poultney Vermont. We specialize in hardy, organically grown perennials and herbs and have been propagating them for over 20 years. In addition to potted plants-- including vegetable starts, we also sell a variety of produce, fresh eggs, and decorative grapevine wreaths. Look for us at the Poultney and Castleton Farmer’s Markets.

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Maple View Farm Alpacas • 63 185 Adams Road, Brandon, VT • 802-247-5412 mvfalpacas@earthlink.net • www.mapleviewfarmalpacas.com Maple View Farm Alpacas, located on 100 scenic acres in western Vermont just north of Brandon, breeds and sells high quality alpacas. Our breeding program focuses on the genetics to produce both excellent conformation and fleece and utilizes award-producing herdsires. Farm store features alpaca fiber, yarn and products.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mapleside Sugarhouse • 64 153 Emu Lane, Mt. Holly, VT • 802-259-2462

Maple products and pick your own raspberries.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Marble Meadows • 65

2870 US 7 South, Wallingford, VT • 802-446-2830 suesmysercarey@hotmail.com • www.marblemeadows.com Marble Meadows, a family owned and operated farm, raises registered Cotswold sheep. We specialize in needle felting our wool into sculptures of birds, animals, and pets. We also offer needle felting classes, kits, and supplies. Contact us for Cotswold breeding stock, fleeces, and roving. Find us online or at the Woodstock and Rutland Farmers’ Markets.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mendon Mountain Orchards • 66 16 US Route 4, Mendon, VT • 802-775-5477 Mendonmt@yahoo.com • www.mendonorchards.com

Best known for homemade apple pies and turnovers, a wide variety of apples (including heirloom varieties), non-pasteurized cider, plus apple cider vinegar. Pick-Your-Own apples starting early September. Bedding plants and hanging baskets in our greenhouse. Visit our orchard and store daily, year round. Find us at the Saturday Rutland Farmers’ Market.

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Tangled Roots Farm

Merck Forest and Farmland Center • 67 3270 Route 315, Rupert, VT • 802-394-7836

www.merckforest.org

Our mission is to demonstrate the benefits of sustainable and innovative management of forest and farmland. Visitors can hike over 3,100 acres year-round, rent rustic cabins for overnight camping, and tour our 40-acre organic farm. We also manage a 12,000 tap sugaring operation. We offer educational programs and workshops throughout the year.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mighty Food Farm • 68

549A Cedar Hill Rd., Pownal, VT • 802-823-0102 farmers@mightyfoodfarm.com • www.mightyfoodfarm.com Certified organic mixed vegetable, egg, and strawberries. Full year CSA membership, farmers’ markets, wholesale.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Milky Way Organic Farm • 69

1486 Route 133, Ira, VT • 802-235-2246 milkywayorganicfarm@comcast.net www.milkywayorganicfarm.com Milky Way Organic Farm—There’s always something fun going on! We specialize in unique farm activity packages designed for your special needs: Birthday Parties, Family Get-Togethers, Educational Programs, Interactive Farm Tours, and more.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Morgan Mountain Organic Gardeners • 70

71 East Street, Middletown Springs, VT • 802-235-2059 morganics@vermontel.net • www.morganmountaingardeners.com We are both an organic landcape company and organic winter vegetable producer. We grow a variety of lettuces, carrots, kale, and beets. Morgan Mountain produces high-quality local vegetables in the dead of winter.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mount Holly Dairy-Aire Farm • 71 1004 Hortonville Rd, Mt. Holly, VT • 802-259-2386

We sell raw milk from grass-fed Jersey cows, and eggs from free-range chickens. We take orders in the spring for meat— chickens, turkeys, beef and pork—to raise them for our customers to eventually eat.

1 in 7 Vermonters struggles with hunger Never Better Farm • 72

507 West Street, Middletown Springs, VT • 802-235-3812 neverbetterfarm@vermontel.net Never Better Farm is a self sustaining sheep farm. Our lamb is milk and grass-fed. You may buy the whole lamb, half lamb, or call for available cuts from our freezer. We sell a fine quality, mild flavored lamb. Our son raises happy, free-ranging chickens and sells “happy eggs.”

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North Branch Farm & Gardens • 73 1652 Lincoln Road, Ripton, VT • 802-388-2059 n.branchfarm@yahoo.com • www.greenmountaingrown.com Our farm is on the mountain in Ripton. We raise chicken, duck, turkey, eggs, and pork. Our animals are raised outside with plenty of room to roam. They are raised on mountain forage, grass, and organic grain. We also do landscaping, gardening, and tree work. Run by Kate Corrigan & Sebastian Miska.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Northeastern Vine Supply • 74 1428 River Road, West Pawlet, VT • 802-287-9311 andy@nevinesupply.com • www.nevinesupply.com

Northeastern Vine Supply has been serving Northern grape growers with premium cold hardy grapevines, extensive planting consultation & custom propagation since 2002. Our Rutland County nursery produces 75,000 grapevines annually for mail order & pick up. Orders must be placed by phone, email or on our website.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Old Gates Farm • 75 Castleton, VT • 802-468-5805 oldgatesfarm@gmail.com • www.oldgatesfarm.com

We are a small, family farmstead specializing in pastured pork, beef, and eggs, and naturally grown vegetables.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• On the Edge Farm • 76

881 Wayside Rd, Woodstock, VT • 802-457-4511 danacpape@yahoo.com • www.ontheedgefarm.com We are a small diversified farm raising all-natural, hormone and antibiotic free pork, lamb and beef. We also make pies, jams, pickles and chutney. Our happy chickens lay nice brown eggs. Visit us at our store year-round on Route 12 N, 3 miles out of Woodstock Village. Bring your cooler!

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Parsells Family Farm • 77

719 Sawyer Hill Road, Mount Holly, VT • 802-259-2838 We farm on a 74 acre hill farm. We raise spring piglets, freezer hogs and roasters with BBQ rental. We sell yearling calves and beef for slaughter. In addition we have dry fire wood and rough sawed native lumber.

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www.cobravt.com 56 Howe Street Bld H Rutland, VT 05701

Shelby Jones, Owner 802-772-7011 cobravt@me.com

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97 Stewart Lane, Cuttingsville, VT • 802-492-3323 dcreay@vermontel.net www.nh-vtchristmastree.org/paxtongreens/ We welcome families to visit and cut their own Christmas trees from Thanksgiving to Christmas. We have fresh wreaths of several sizes available at all times, and warm cider when you return from the field. We ship wreaths by Fedex to the lower 48.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Picker Hill • 79

313 Marshall Phillips Road, Brandon, VT • 802-247-6302 Knit with wonderful wool and mohair yarn from our angora goats and sheep. Also have roving for spinning and angora from our rabbits. They love visitors.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Pine Hollow Poultry • 80

102 Route 7B South, North Clarendon, VT • 802-446-2243 pinehollowvt@gmail.com

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Radical Roots Farm • 84 Creek Road, Rutland VT • 802-775-4994 radicalrootsfarm@gmail.com • www.radicalrootsvt.com Radical Roots Farm is a diversified vegetable farm located on Creek Road (aka Dorr Drive) in Rutland. Dennis Duhaime and Carol Tashie sell at Rutland’s summer and winter farmers’ markets, to local restaurants and schools, and at their farmstand. CSA shares available. While not certified, they use all organic practices.

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Rancho Descansamos • 85 312 East Wells Rd, Wells, VT • 802-325-2566 chivas@vermontel.net • www.localharvest.org/store/m16804 A beautiful, multi-generational goat farm in the rolling hills of Wells, VT. We raise Angora goats and create luxurious Mohair rovings and yarn. In March and September, there are shearing demonstrations and raw fleeces for sale.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Red Sky Farm • 86

Pine Hollow Poultry brings farm raised chickens, ducks, and turkeys to markets and restaurants in Southern Vermont. We raise pastured poultry on locally sourced grains without hormones or antibiotics. We raise Freedom Ranger chickens, exclusively. This French heritage breed is slow growing, well-suited to traditional rearing and so delicious.

613 Route 73, Orwell, VT • 802-948-2566 pfarmer@shoreham.net

Pine Woods Farm • 81

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We are a small 5 acre farm located in Orwell off 22A on Rt.73 east of the village of Orwell. We offer a wide variety of mixed vegetables, sweet corn, pumpkins, fall ornamentals, dried ornamentals, Christmas trees, wreaths and kissing balls, homemade ice cream, local maple syrup and honey.

2749 Route 153, West Pawlet, VT • 802-645-9965 porchhillk@comcast.net • www.pinewoodsfarm.com

Red Wing Farm • 87

Owner-operators Jon and Karen Folger specialize in the production of humanely raised grass-fed beef. They also raise heritage breed pigs on pasture and supplement with grain and whey.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Plew Farm • 82

1691 VT Route 155, East Wallingford, VT • 802-259-2250 plewfarm@gmail.com • www.plewfarm.com Located in Mount Holly, Plew Farm provides natural pasture raised poultry and pork. We are an all natural farm and feed only fresh pasture and organic feed. We also offer locally grown organically raised bedding plants.

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Poultney Pure Organics Farm • 83 1205 Thrall Road, Poultney, VT • 802-884-8141 guywarman@hotmail.com • www.poultneypureorganics.com Two years in with Organic Certification on farm veggies. This year moving into meat sheep, chickens, and turkeys, all pasture-fed with hopefully certified organic. We also have honey, hops, and delicious syrup from property trees. New greenhouse for blueberries and tomatoes through winter months.

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392 Frank Lord Road, Shrewsbury, VT • 802-492-2019 I milk Jersey cows and sell raw milk. The cows are organic, grass-fed, well cared for and well treated.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Right Mind Farm • 88

1281 US Route 7 S, Wallingford, VT • 802-446-9446 edward.c.safford@gmail.com Right Mind Farm is a small, diversified vegetable farm. We produce a diverse array of naturally grown vegetables, herbs, cut flowers and honey. We sell primarily at the Rutland Farmers’ Market. Please contact the farm for on-farm sales, information, or to arrange a visit.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Riverside Farm • 89

12144 State Route 4, Whitehall, NY • 518-282-9781 sherry12887@yahoo.com 4 generation farm growing organic fruits and vegetables for farmers’ market sales. We frequent Fair Haven, Poultney, and Rutland markets in the summer and the Rutland Winter Market all winter. We carry a full line of jams, pickles, and relishes made with our own fruits and vegetables, and baked goods too!

RossKnoll Farm • 90 East Wallingford, VT • karlross@vermontel.net We raise Shetland and Jacob sheep for fleece, hides and meat. Both breeds are “unimproved” and have excellent wool properties, but historically the Shetland was at least as much a meat animal and the Jacob tended to be an all-purpose “show” animal (due to its unique horns and coloration).

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Schinski’s Farm • 92

4959 VT Route 31, Poultney, VT • 802-342-9185 kavenya@aol.com Schinski’s Farm stand is located outside Mach’s General Store in Pawlet, VT. The farm offers a wide variety of organically grown, fresh picked vegetables. We sell Vermont’s own wood-fired maple syrup, farm fresh eggs, and canned goods such as three varieties of pickles, dilly beans, salsa, pasta sauces, relishes, and jams.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Second Nature Herb Farm & Horticultural Services • 93 35 Mill Pond Rd., Wells, VT • 802-645-9346

secondnaturevt@gmail.com

We grow and sell organically produced herb plants ready to transplant into your garden or container. Our ever expanding plant list includes many varieties of culinary & medicinal herbs. Our greenhouse is open Saturday and Sunday or by appointment. Our herbs are available at the Dorset Farmers Market, Rutland Farmers Market, Wells Variety Day, East Poultney Day and several other markets in the area.

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••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Singing Cedars Farmstead • 94 30 Black Snake Lane, Orwell, VT • 802-948-2062

singingcedars@shoreham.net www.localharvest.org/farms/m7521

We are a small, diversified certified organic farm integrating vegetables and animals for sale to the local community. Quality highly mineralized nutritious and tasty foods abound when carefully grown in the rich fertile soils of Addison County. Find us at local farmers’ markets, co-ops or call the farm to visit and buy direct. Growing year-round.

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Smith Maple Crest Farm LLC • 95 2450 Lincoln Hill Rd, Shrewsbury, VT • 802-492-2151 maplecrest@vermontel.net • www.smithmaplecrestfarm.com Over 200 years and eight generations of Smith’s farmed more than 400 acres of pristine Vermont countryside producing a variety of quality agriculture products. The focus of our most recent generation is Vermont Beef and our award winning Pure Vermont Maple Syrup. We are proud to be here.

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2087 Dorset Hill Road, East Dorset, VT • 802-362-2290 We are a Sustainable Farm of the Year in Vermont growing chickens, turkeys, pheasants, ducks and geese, all range running. We also grow vegetables and raspberries. We have been providing for our community for over 28 years, 23 in a CSA program, and 13 at our stand at JK Adams, Route 30 in Dorset.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Sourwood Mountain Orchard • 97 Proctor, VT • 802-773-9868

jonp1@comcast.net

Sourwood Mountain Orchard is operated by Ryan and Jon Place. We raise pastured animals including Freedom Ranger chickens, Embden geese, and happy pigs. In years to come, we will offer fresh eating grapes and juice, heirloom pears and apples. Organic and biodynamic certifications in progress.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Southwind Farm • 98 North Rupert, Pawlet, VT • 802-325-2250 southwindfarmstead@yahoo.com www.southwindfarmsteadcheese.com

Southwind Farm is a sixth generation dairy farm located in the heart of the Mettowee Valley. After taking a course in cheesemaking from Peter Dixon in 2006, owner Jeremy Russo began making artisan cheese. Sold as Southwind Farm Cheese.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Spotted Dog Family Farm • 99 1516 Hollow Rd, Brandon, VT • 802-247-6076 cswhtng@aol.com • www.vermontirishdexters.com

We raise Irish Dexter cattle in Brandon, VT. They are a heritage breed/all purpose animal - beef, milk cows, and oxen. They are rotationally grazed, grass-fed. No antibiotics. We are an Animal Welfare approved farm. We sell beef from the farm and at the Rutland County Farmers Market. Retail/Wholesale

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Spring Lake Ranch • 100

1169 Spring Lake Road, Cuttingsville, VT • 802-492-3322 www.springlakeranch.org Spring Lake Ranch is a therapeutic farm-based program for adults with mental health & substance abuse issues. We grow vegetables & raise meat for the community and run a maple syrup operation that sells to the public. We also sell yarn, crafts, pesto and cider at the Rutland Farmers’ Market.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Stonebottom Farm • 101 231 Williams Lane, Sudbury, VT • 802-623-6710 stonebottom@shoreham.net

We are a small, family run farm growing a wide variety of vegetables and berries grown organically. We sell at the Brandon Farmers Market and to local restaurants throughout the growing season.

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Stonesthrow Farm • 102

136 Jack Perry Road, Wallingford, VT • 802-446-3325 katsmith@vermontel.net A small farm raising Cormo, Bluefaced Leicester, Romney Sheep Crosses, and Angora goats for handspinning fiber, covered fleeces, mohair, roving, and yarn. Locker lambs, pelts, and blankets in limited quantities. Breeding stock and lambs for handspinners’ flocks. Mail order available. Farm visits by appointment only.

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121 Hillside Road, Poultney, VT • 802-287-4290 chbushee@comcast.net • www.localharvest.org/farms/m30190 We are a CSA farm, offering a weekly or bi-weekly fruit and vegetable delivery. We also have pie shares and bread shares that include baked goods made from all natural and organic ingredients. We always use organic seed, and organic methods. Find us at the Poultney & Fair Haven Farmers’ Markets.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Sunset Farm • 104

1225 County Rte 17, Fort Ann, NY • 518-796-1747 mcmurrysunsetfarm@yahoo.com Sunset Farm is a family owned farm on 11 acres of land. All our animals are raised in a manner to give our family and customers a healthy product with no added hormones. We raise quality all natural meats: beef, pork, chicken, lamb, goat, rabbit, and ground pet food.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Tangled Roots Farm • 105

300 Stagecoach Rd, Shrewsbury, VT • 802-236-1178 tangledrootsfarm@gmail.com • www.tangledrootsfarm.com We raise heritage breed, grass and forest-fed pigs and chickens. Our small herd of dairy goats provides wholesome, farm-fresh raw milk from their days spent browsing and grazing the land. Our animals are fed only forage and organic grain and health is maintained by natural and homeopathic remedies. We also grow gourmet shiitake mushrooms outdoors shaded by the hardwood forest.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The Purple Burdock • 106

1487 Hackadam Road, West Haven, VT • 802-265-4911 The Purple Burdock is a mixed vegetable farm on 48 acres. It’s our intention to grow nutritious food without chemicals or pesticides by focusing on the enrichment and balancing of our soil through sustainable farming practices. We offer starter plants and an array of vegetables, herbs, and flowers.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Thelma’s Maple Sugarhouse • 107 1851 Arnold District Road, Brandon, VT • 802-247-6430

Located 1.5 mi north of Brandon off Route 7, the sugarhouse is open to public March and April. OPEN HOUSE third Saturday of March and VT Open House 4th weekend in March. Sap boiling, tasting, sugar on snow, fried dough with maple cream. Products sold year-round and at Brandon Farmers’ Market.

Timberloft Farm Store • 108

190 Old Boardman Hill Rd., West Rutland, VT • 802-438-0028 Like so many others, the Irene Storm hit us very hard. We were closed 10 weeks to clean up, and the rebuilding will continue. So please visit the restored farm store and the new greenhouse. Opening early May with plants, veg in July through Dec, wreaths in December

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Timeless Wisdom Farm • 109 505 South Hill Rd, Stockbridge, VT • 802-746-8417 timelesswisdomfarm@yahoo.com

We are a two-acre family farm focused on growing high quality, chemical free food for our local community. We grow a variety of mixed vegetables, garlic and have farm fresh eggs. We also make many types of 100% beeswax candles and natural lip balm and herbal salve.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Transfiguration Farm • 110 215 Ella Dean Rd, Brandon, VT • 802-247-5223

Large certified organic farm producing hay and balage on 175 acres. We supply feed to farmers in Rutland county and throughout Vermont. We also have a small guest house, The Swallow’s Nest, for farm stays and have begun to offer our amazing property as a site for country weddings.

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Visit us this spring for our amazing selection of home-grown, organic veggie starts for your garden. As well, you’ll love our beautiful and wellcared-for annuals, perennials & hanging baskets. Come summer & fall, our market is stocked with gorgeous fresh veggies & fruit from our fields, VT meats & cheeses, local baked goods, maple syrup, honey & more. You-pick strawberries in season!

Summer & Fall CSA programs!

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Two Dog Farm • 111

426 Danby Mountain Road, Danby, VT • 802-293-5121 twodogfarmvt@gmail.com • www.twodogfarmvt.com Two Dog Farm is a privately run farm at Smokey house Center. We produce and sell maple syrup, grass-fed beef, organic vegetables, blueberries and seedlings, grass-fed beef, pastureraised pork, and hay. We sell on-farm CSA shares, and at the Rutland and Dorset Farmer’s Markets. New in 2012, more pick your own crops in addition to blueberries!

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Vermont Hydroponic Produce, LLC • 112 3776 Whipple Hollow Rd., Florence, VT • 802-438-5685 info@vermonthydroponic.com • www.vermonthydroponic.com Vermont Hydroponic Produce, LLC is a partnership growing operation with greenhouses in West Rutland, Vermont and just north of us in Quebec, Canada. We grow Beefsteak and cluster tomatoes hydroponically without the use of pesticides or petroleum based fertilizers. You can find our tomatoes in most area supermarkets and co-ops

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Vermont Natural Beef • 113 1943 Stage Road, Benson, VT • 802-537-3711

bstannard@feedcommodities.com www.vermontnaturalbeef.com

We sell whole beef and sides of beef directly to families all over New England. The beef are naturally raised, custom cut and vacuum packed to your specifications and delivered right to your freezer. Spring early-order discounts.

www.rutlandfarmandfood.org

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Farms & Farm Stands cont... Wellsmere Farm • 114 199 VT Route 30, Wells, VT • 802-645-0934

mmorey1025@yahoo.com

Come play ball with Smoke our Border Collie on our family owned and operated farm. We have over 50 years experience growing veggies, all of which are grown on the farm. Delicious baked goods along with jams, pickles, etc. made daily. Our Petting Zoo is growing again! Open daily 10 am to 7 pm.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Windy Creek Farm • 115 288 Walker Rd, Poultney, VT • 802-342-9767 cgrobben@yahoo.com

Windy Creek Farm raises all natural hertiage pigs. Grass fed red Angus beef and lamb. Our all natural meat is never given hormones or antibiotics. Piglets are available for sale. On Windy Creek Farm, we don’t raise ordinary pigs, cows, lamb—we raise Happy PIGS, COWS, LAMBS!

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Wood’s Market Garden • 116 Route 7 South, Brandon, VT • 802-247-6630 woodsmarketgarden@me.com www.woodsmarketgarden.com

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Meat Processors Jon Place • 120 Proctor, VT • 802-773-9868 On-farm custom slaughter of farm raised livestock including: beef, pigs, sheep, goats, and poultry.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Over the Hill Farm • 121 502 Stage Road, Benson, VT • 802-537-2811

Offers slaughter and processing of beef, pork, lamb, veal, and buffalo. Can work with religious specifications.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rup’s Custom Cutting • 122 2015 Willowbrook Road, Sudbury, VT • 802-247-4570

We operate a custom meat processing facility in Sudbury, VT. We arrange farm-site slaughtering for your animals, then cut, wrap, and freeze your meat. We also have at our facility a smokehouse for any meat products you would like smoked. Please call in advance to schedule an appointment

Diverse small farm with 60 acres of vegetable and fruit crops, along with several greenhouses for bedding plants and vegetable and herb starts. Farm stand open from May 1st thru fall. Two CSA options, one for when the farm stand is open, and another for fall/winter after the stand closes.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Wright Choice Alpacas • 117 161 Howland Road, Hubbardton, VT • 802-273-2713 deb@wrightchoicealpacas.com www.wrightchoicealpacas.com

We are an alpaca farm in business since 2001, situated on property owned by family for most of a century. Purchase finished alpaca products, yarns, roving, toys and raw fiber in our store. We offer breeding and boarding services, hands on education and customer support.

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Yoder Farm • 118

563 Edmunds Rd, Danby, VT • 802-293-2248 yoderfarmrr@yahoo.com Yoder Fam operates on land leased in Danby and Middletown Springs. Our main crops are popcorn, chickens, dry beans, apple products (cider, applesauce, and vinegar), and salsa, though we grow some vegetables and are diversifying into fruits and berries. We do custom cider pressing and tree pruning.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Young’s Maple Sugar Farm • 119 17 Rte. 140, Tinmouth, VT • 802-446-2445

We sell syrup, candy and maple cream. We also offer mail order. Contact the farm for more information.

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I am an

Everyday Chef Rutland Area Farm and Food Link

James T. Bowse Community Health Trust • Rutland County Nutrition Coalition

Season to Season with RAFFL’s

Everyday Chef

asparagus, dry beans, fiddleheads, tender greens, herbs, musrhooms, peas, radishes, rhubarb, spinach

chop

saute

As the seasons change, different fruits and vegetables reach their peak--in quality, abundance, and taste! Below is a list of Everyday Chef’s favorite locally grown foods and when to expect them at their very best.

Peaches, melons, basil, corn, blueberries, cucumbers, zucchini, peaches, beans, strawberries, tomatoes

Spring On the Menu Sauteed vegetables Fresh salad with Anything asparagus homemade dressing Brothy soups Rhubarb desserts Vegetable frittatas

Mark the Calendar

Summer On the Menu Grilled vegetables Corn on the cob Chilled soups

Mark the Calendar 1. Pick your own blueberries and strawberries and freeze or make jam

1. Visit a sugar shack while the sap is running 2. Forage for fiddleheads and wild ramps OR find them at the farmers’ market 3. Pick rhubarb and bake a tasty pie 4. Taste test a new fresh green like sorrel or dandelion greens

Recipes to Try Spring Vegetable Frittata Maple-balsamic Vinaigrette

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Fresh tomato salads Smoothies Fresh fruits

2. Make pesto for the freezer 3. Can tomatoes 4. Let peach and melon juice drip down your chin

Recipes to Try Gazpacho Fresh Pesto

For recipes, cooking tips, and upcoming events visit

www.everydaychef.org What is

Everyday Chef ?

Apples, sprouts, leeks, sweet squash

beets, brussels cauliflower, fennel, pears, pumpkin, potatoes, winter (delicata, carnival)

braise

roast

Everyday Chef offers recipes and cooking tips for using locally grown food and exploring new menus. RAFFL coordinates Everyday Chef cooking demos at worksites and charitable organizations throughout Rutland. You can also find Everyday Chef on PEGTV!

Cabbage, canned tomatoes, carrots, fruit preserves, garlic, onions, potatoes, parsnips, winter squash (buttercup, butternut, blue hubbard)

Fall On the Menu

Winter On the Menu

Roasted vegetables Beet salads Pureed soups

Chutneys Homemade pizza Applesauce

Mark the Calendar 1. Pick apples with your family and make a pie

Hearty stews Braised meats and vegetables Baked squash

Roasted potatoes Meat / vegetable pies Winter salads with spicy greens

Mark the Calendar 1. Experiment with turnips

2. Carve a pumpkin for Halloween

2. Slather strawberry jam on morning toast

3. Stock up on storage crops and store in an extra fridge or 35-50째 cellar

3. Wait out winter storms with a book and some local cheeses

4. Invite friends over for pizza 5. Try a recipe with fennel

Recipes to Try Carrot Ginger Soup Simple Marinara Sauce

4. Make stock for soups 5. Resolve to can (more) tomatoes next summer

Recipes to Try Winter Squash Soup Turkey Curry

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Restaurants and Cafés

The Downtown Grocery Photo by Ali Kaukas

Birdseye Diner • 123

590 Main Street, Castleton, VT • 802-468-5817 www.birdseyediner.com A restored 1941 Silk City Diner serving breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. We use many Vermont made products in preparing our meals including local farms such as Tupper Maple Products, Laughing Child Farm eggs and produce, Brown’s Orchard, Crawford Family Farm cheese, and more.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Blue Cat Bistro • 124 575 Main St, Castleton, VT • 802-468-2911 www.bluecatcastleton.com

The Blue Cat Bistro is a cozy Italian style bistro specializing in different pasta dishes, including shrimp scampi, lasagna, pasta Mediterranean, veal saltimboca, chicken marsala, penne with vodka sauce, and of course our famous Blue Cat lemon chicken. Local producers used: Vermont Hydroponic Tomatoes and Montcalm vineyard.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Cafe Terra • 125

67 Center St., Rutland, VT • 802-774-5121 cafeterravt@gmail.com • www.cafeterravt.com Come see us! We serve everything nice and are as localfriendly-fun as possible! Our organic, fair-trade coffee is the tops! Guaranteed fresh! Please friend us on facebook! Free Wi-Fi.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Castleton Pizza Place & Deli • 126 575 Main St, Castleton, VT • 802-468-2911 www.castletonpizza.com

Castleton Pizza make a New York syle thin crust pizza along with all different types of subs and wraps. We have a complete cappuccino bar using Mocha Joe’s Coffee roasted in Brattleboro, VT.

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Mach’s Brick Oven Wood Fired Pizza • 127 18 School St., Pawlet, VT • 802-325-6113

www.vtpizzapie.com

Mach’s Brick Oven is a Vermont Certified Organic Processor offering gourmet, all-natural pizzas. Choose from organic white or 6-grain crust, and add toppings that are seasonal, local, and organic whenever possible. The dough is made with locally sourced flour from Champlain Valley Milling.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mountain Top Inn & Resort • 128 195 Mountain Top Road, Chittenden, VT • 802-483-2311 www.mountaintopinn.com

The Mountain Top Inn & Resort offers a variety of dining options: The Highlands Dining Room, Tavern and The Terrace (May – October). Menus change seasonally allowing the Chef to utilize the freshest ingredients from area farmers and vendors. Membership in the Vermont Fresh Network ensures that we reach this goal.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Roots the Restaurant • 129 51 Wales St., Rutland, VT • 802-747-7414 info@rootsrutland.com • www.rootsrutland.com

Roots’ mission is to create delicious food from fresh, local ingredients. Vermont offers an agricultural bounty of flavorful produce, meat, dairy, and other food products that are staples on the Roots menu.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Sissy’s Kitchen • 130

10 West St., Middletown Springs, VT • 802-235-2000 www.sissyskitchen.com Sissy’s Kitchen provides take-away meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, along with freshly baked goods, my own jams, salad dressings and bread. Frozen dinners and soups. My menu is posted on my website and changes daily. I use local ingredients as much as possible, buying from at least nine Rutland Area producers.

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Restaurants and Cafés Cont... The Dollhouse Restaurant and Bakeshop at Stafford Technical Center • 131 8 Stratton Rd., Rutland, Vt • 802-770-1041 lfennimore@rutlandhs.k12.vt.us • glynch@rutlandhs.k12.vt.us www.staffordonline.org

Since 1974, Stafford Technical Center has been educating Rutland area high schools and adults in technical fields. In the Culinary Arts program, students prepare and serve food in The Dollhouse Restaurant, open Tuesdays-Thursdays during the school year for lunch. Catering services are available. Call for reservations, and follow us on Facebook!

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The Dorset Inn • 132

8 Church Street, Dorset, VT • 802-867-5500 info@dorsetinn.com • www.dorsetinn.com For more than 200 years, The Dorset Inn has offered traditional New England hospitality. Gracious lodging, gourmet dining, fine wines & great spirits…all trademarks of Vermont’s oldest continually operating inn. As a member of Vermont Fresh Network, we support as many local farms and businesses as possible.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The Downtown Grocery • 133 41 South Depot St., Ludlow, VT • 802-228-7566

www.thedowntowngrocery.com

Ludlow’s newest spot for casual fine dining. Don’t miss the ever-changing special board filled with creative, of-the-moment ingredients! House-made pastas, fresh, sustainable seafood, and killer cocktails make for a divine dining experience.

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36 Strongs Ave., Rutland, VT • 802-773-2367 info@palmsvermont.com • www.palmsvermont.com As a family-owned business with five generations of history in the Rutland community, we understand the importance of supporting our local economy. We proudly use produce from Boardman Hill Farm, Maple Brook Farm, and Vermont Hydroponic Produce.

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The Perfect Wife Restaurant and Tavern • 135 2594 Depot St., Manchester Ctr., VT • 802-362-2817 goodfood@perfectwife.com • www.perfectwife.com The Perfect Wife has been supporting local agriculture since its first summer of business in 1997. Since then our menu has highlighted products from farms such as Misty Knoll Farm, Someday Farm, Wannabee Farm, Anjali Farm, Apple Hill Farm, Crawford Family Farm, Thomas Dairy, and many other connections, many through Black River Produce.

The Downtown Grocery

The Red Clover Inn • 136 7 Woodward Road, Mendon, VT • 802-775-2290 innkeepers@redcloverinn.com • www.redcloverinn.com We like real food here at the Red Clover Inn, that’s why our menu features made from scratch dishes, crafted from the freshest locally grown ingredients. Highlighting local cheese makers, beef farmers and organic growers, our support for farm-to-table meals is reflected in our menu items, that our Chef prepares daily.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Three Tomatoes Trattoria • 137 88 Merchants Row, Rutland, VT • 802-747-7747 www.threetomatoestrattoria.com

In every Italian village you’ll find the local trattoria. A place to meet for dinner with family, or chat with neighbors over a glass of wine. The food is always simple, the atmosphere is always casual. We like to think of ourselves as this sort of gathering place. Salute e buon appetito.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Victorian Inn at Wallingford • 138 55 North Main Street, Wallingford, VT • 802-446-2099 www.thevictorianinn.com

Our Restaurant is open Tuesday-Saturday from 5:30 pm, and our Sunday Brunch starts at 10 am. Our Menu ranges from hot sumptuous meals to cold specialties, all European-New American food with a hint of the far East. We have provided our guests with many memorable dining experiences, using locally grown products.

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The Perfect Wife

(802) 747-7414

RESTAURANT & TAVERN

2594 Depot St./Rte 11-30, Manchester, VT (802) 362-2817 www.perfectwife.com

Fine Dining Restaurant Happening Tavern ¡ Live Music Extraordinary Freestyle Cuisine

51 Wales St. Rutland, VT 05701

Chef/Owner Amy Chamberlain

Delicious food from fresh, local ingredients.

Tavern opens at 4pm • Restaurant opens at 5pm Open Monday through Saturday with exceptions during holiday periods Reservations are suggested for the Restaurant. The Tavern is seated on a first-come-first-served basis.

Traditional, homemade Italian-American cuisine since 1933 Open Mon-Thu 4:30-9:30 Fri-Sat 4:30-10

11AM to 9PM Tues - Thurs, Sun 11AM to 10PM Fri & Sat Closed Monday

Banquet facilities available Your hosts,

The Sabataso Family 36 Strongs Ave, Rutland ! 802.773.2367 ! PalmsVermont.com

www.rootsrutland.com The

Red Clover Inn Restaurant & Tavern Open for Dinner from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m.

Days of operation are dependent on the season, please call for our schedule.

Vermont Farm-to-Table Dining Chef Dennis has a close partnership with our area farmers and purveyors, selecting from the farm fresh meats, produce, game and dairy products for Red Clover’s seasonally inspired menus. Enjoy Vermont craft beers and wines of the world in our cozy tavern. 54 Red Clover Lane (1/4 mile off Route 4 / Woodward Road), Mendon, Vermont

www.rutlandfarmandfood.org

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Portrait of a farmer: Stephen Chamberlain, Dutchess Farm By Wendy Leffel, RAFFL Board member

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armers are drawn to the field in many ways. Stephen Chamberlain of Dutchess Farm in Castleton found his connection with the land through a summer job during college and he has been farming ever since. For the past 27 years, Chamberlain’s stand, brimming with organically-grown produce freshly harvested from his farm, has been a fixture at the Rutland Farmers’ Market. Growing up in Buffalo, N.Y., Chamberlain had little exposure to farming. He remembers being much more excited about his mother’s small garden than she was. Later as a language major at SUNY Binghamton, Chamberlain’s parents told him about Potomac Vegetable Farm in Fairfax County, Va. The challenges it offered appealed to him. He worked there one semester and three summers during his college years. It was at Potomac Vegetable Farm that he met his future wife, Julia. The couple now has three children: Sofia, 22, Lewis, 19, and Isaiah, 13. All the children have worked on the farm, although at this point none of them are planning to become farmers. In 1980 Chamberlain moved to Vermont for what turned out to be “a great experience”— running the lower garden at Spring Lake Ranch in Cuttingsville. A few years later, in 1986, Chamberlain and his wife started Dutchess Farm. For the past 20 years Dutchess Farm has donated the perishable produce remaining after market, in an effort to avoid waste. Recently RAFFL’s Grow a Row program has helped distribute this to local food service agencies. In 2011 Dutchess Farm donated 816 pounds of produce to Grow a Row. Chamberlain continues to follow organic and sustainable farming methods, though he no longer maintains organic certification. He estimates that the record-keeping, visits and phone calls required for certification took 50 hours a year. “It took me away from what I wanted to do,” he explains. He doesn’t need a certificate to prove his farming standards. He observes, “When you have been in the community a length of time, people trust you.”

Loyal CSA Shareholders Many Dutchess Farm customers enjoy the convenience of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) share. This allows them to pre-buy 25 weeks’ worth of fresh produce at a discounted price. Each week, from mid-May through October, customers pick up their shares either at Chamberlain’s home in Castleton on Tuesdays or at the Saturday Rutland Farmers’ Market. Shareholders choose what they take home from among the changing offerings. Carol Cook, a CSA shareholder of three years and Dutchess Farm’s office manager for the past year, says of Chamberlain, “He’s so real. He is incredibly honest and kind in the way he deals with every issue and every person.” Today Chamberlain leases 12 acres in North Poultney from Ed Lewis. Each year he grows produce on five acres and plants cover crops on the rest to increase organic matter in the soil. He also rotates crops. In addition to the fields, Chamberlain has ten greenhouses. Over 40 vegetables, fruits and herbs are grown each year at Dutchess Farm, including one-half acre of the popular robust German White garlic. Every year, Chamberlain evaluates his sales and decides which vegetables to increase and which to decrease for the 36

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next season. Cook reports that he makes changes thoughtfully, “in response to shareholder requests,” while remaining true to himself. She points to the high percentage of long-term CSA shareholders. In 2011, 83 percent of Dutchess Farm CSA shareholders were returning customers. Cook describes Chamberlain as “an incredible optimist without being a pie-in-the-sky-kind of guy. He is grounded in the reality of the situation. This is one of the reasons he has gone the distance he has.”

Kale for kids In the past couple of years, an exciting new outlet has opened up for Chamberlain: the Castleton Elementary School. Michelle Powers has worked for the Abbey Group as food service manager at Castleton Elementary School for eight years. Chamberlain appreciates that Powers is willing to try new things. Last fall she bought bushels of tomatoes and squash to freeze for winter use. Chamberlain believes this is such a good cause he does all he can to make his produce affordable for the school. “You can see the care they put into their products. His quality, and the level he keeps things to, is exceptional,” Powers says. Powers reports that the students are eager to eat fresh local vegetables. She tells the children where the food is from, how it was prepared and offers taste tests to get them interested.

Building relationships and community Chamberlain enjoys the relationships he has formed with customers, shareholders and workers during his years as a farmer. He has a “good sense of being part of the community” and feels “valued and needed.” Farmers, as a group, are very willing to “share their secrets,” such as experience with new technologies and innovative approaches, Chamberlain says. He values and benefits from this cooperation. Chamberlain also appreciates the artistic aspects of farming. He enjoys watching his crops grow and relishes the beautiful colors in his wide variety of vegetables. When asked how long he plans to continue farming, Chamberlain says, “I’ll probably do it for the rest of my life.” For more information on Dutchess Farm and their CSA shares, visit www.dutchessfarmvt.com

Rutland Area Pick-Your-Own Sites:

Rutland Area CSA Shares:

See individual listings for more information

Contact the farm to learn more about products, pricing, etc.

Boardman Hill Farmstand Alchemy Gardens Boardman Hill Farm Breezy Meadows Caravan Gardens Cerridwen Farm Dutchess Farm Evening Song Farm Gildrien Farm Groundworks Farm Hathaway Farm Kilpatrick Family Farm Morgan Mountain Old Gates Farm Radical Roots Farm Singing Cedars Farmstead Two Dog Farm Wood’s Market Garden

Breezy Hill Berry Farm Champlain Orchards Douglas Orchard Hathaway Farm Hicks Orchard Laurel Hill Enterprises Liebig Berries Little Lake Orchard Mapleside Sugarhouse Mendon Mountain Orchards Merck Forest and Farmland Paxton Greens Two Dog Farm Wood’s Market Garden

'FFM :PVS 1PXFS 3VUMBOE $PVOUZ Join your neighbors and your entire community in a countywide energy-saving initiative designed to help every homeowner t 4"7& .0/&: t *.1307& $0.'035 t .",& " %*''&3&/$& '03 :063 $0..6/*5: “We recently had an energy Check-Up conducted at our home which really opened our eyes to potential energy and cost-saving measures. Familiarity with these measures has helped us reduce the expenses of running our home. We highly recommend this program for all homeowners.”

8IBU DBO :06 EP Call the NeighborWorks H.E.A.T. Squad for a home energy check-up. They’ll provide you with the KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS, FUNDS, and CONFIDENCE to improve the energy efficiency of your home, and SAVE YOU MONEY.

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Farm Stays & Inns

Hicks Orchard

Birdhouse Inn Bed & Breakfast • 139

Harvest Moon B&B • 142

B&B in historic East Poultney, Three cozy rooms, fireplace. Rooms tastefully appointed with vintage pieces, original artwork. Wake up to fresh brewed coffee, home baked treats. Gourmet Vermont breakfasts using local ingredients.

A truly organic getaway. We are ideally located 3 miles from downtown Rutland while nestled between acres of woodlands and green pastures. Enjoy breathtaking views of Killington and Pico mountains right from your room. Our delicious vegetarian continental breakfast is prepared with many locally grown and organic ingredients.

1430 East Main Street, East Poultney, VT birdhouseinn@comcast.net • www.birdhouseinnvt.com

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Churchill House Inn • 140 3128 Forest Dale, Brandon, VT • 802-247-3078 stay@churchillhouseinn.com • www.churchillhouseinn.com Classic 1872 country inn, now a Green Hotel, at the National Forest outside Brandon village. On-site organic vegetable and herb garden supplies our kitchen. Meals to overnight guests only. Country breakfasts and four-course Old World dinners. Family reunions our specialty. Member: Vermont Fresh Network.

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1434 Crown Point Road, Shrewsbury, VT, 05738 info@crisanver.com • www.crisanver.com Elegant Country Inn amidst the grandeur of the Green Mountains with magnificent mountain views. The Inn has 9 guest rooms and event barn providing a great location for weddings, family reunions and bridal showers. The kitchen uses produce from our gardens and local growers.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Falkenbury Farm Guest House• 32 1520 Park Hill Road, Benson, VT • 802-537-2979 jojoerobert@yahoo.com • www.falkenburyfarm.com

Falkenbury Farm, a great place to enjoy a peaceful visit to the country. Get fresh eggs, rabbit or just drop by to say “hi.” Stay a few days in your own 3 bedroom guest house. Homestead farm raising beef, dairy, pigs, chickens, turkeys, rabbits and lots of goats.

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1659 North Grove Street, Rutland, VT, 05701 relax@harvestmoonvt.com • www.harvestmoonvt.com

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• High Pastures Bed & Breakfast • 143

7983 Cold River Road, Shrewsbury, VT, 05738 taffy1@sover.net • www.vtweb.com/highpasturesbnb Our B&B offers comfort in a special mountain setting on 125 acres…ideal for hiking, snowshoeing, & cross-country skiing. Sheep, turkeys, and free-range chickens are on our property. Our eggs & Thanksgiving turkeys are for sale at our inn or Shrewsbury Co-op at Pierce’s Store. Your hosts, Hull & Taffy Maynard.

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Mendon Mountain Orchards and Motel • 66 16 US Route 4, Mendon, VT • 802-775-5477 Mendonmt@yahoo.com • www.mendonorchards.com You have finally found the perfect Vermont motel. Mendon Mountain Orchards is not only a charming Vermont motel, but also a working apple orchard. We offer a unique lodging experience, with all the charm of a country inn and the privacy of a motel, and best of all, we are centrally located between Rutland and Killington.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mountain Top Inn & Resort • 128 195 Mountain Top Road, Chittenden, VT 802-483-2311 • www.mountaintopinn.com

The Mountain Top Inn & Resort offers a variety of dining options: The Highlands Dining Room, Tavern and The Terrace (May – October). Menus change seasonally allowing the Chef to utilize the freshest ingredients from area farmers and vendors. Membership in the Vermont Fresh Network ensures that we reach this goal.

Old Mill Inn Bed & Breakfast • 144 79 Stone Mill Dam Rd, Brandon, VT • 802-247-8002 oldmillbnb@yahoo.com • www.oldmillbb.com

The Swallow’s Nest • 146

215 Ella Dean Road, Brandon, VT • 802-247-5223 swallowsnestvt@yahoo.com • www.swallowsnestvt.com

Country Inn, remotely located 3/4 mile from downtown Brandon. Borders Neshobe Golf Course. Organic gardens, vineyard. Available for weddings. Home of Neshobe River Winery.

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Lovely guest house situated on a 1200 acre certified organic farm. ‘The Nest’ offers privacy and gorgeous mountain and meadow views. Inside you will find a fully-equipped custom cherry kitchen, full bath with laundry, and accommodations for up to six. Only 1.5 miles from Brandon. Nightly and weekly rentals.

2450 Lincoln Hill Rd, Shrewsbury, VT 802-492-3367 maplecrestbnb@vermontel.ne www.smithmaplecrestfarm.com

Old Gates Farm

Those longing for a rural experience rich in history and tradition may consider a stay at the Maple Crest Bed and Breakfast. Over 200 years and eight generations of Smith’s farmed more than 400 acres of pristine Vermont countryside producing a variety of quality agriculture products.

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8 Church Street, Dorset, VT • 802-867-5500 info@dorsetinn.com • www.dorsetinn.com For more than 200 years, The Dorset Inn has offered traditional New England hospitality. Gracious lodging, gourmet dining, fine wines & great spirits…all trademarks of Vermont’s oldest continually operating inn. As a member of Vermont Fresh Network, we support as many local farms and businesses as possible.

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The Inn on Brookside Estate • 145 183 Route 22A, Orwell, VT • 802-948-2211

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Enjoy a farm stay at Brookside Estate, on the National Register of Historic Places. A year-round Bed &Breakfast in the estate’s architectural centerpiece. A three course gourmet breakfast is served, and afternoon refreshments. Guests enjoy the farm, walking, cross country skiing, and bird watching in the meadows and woodlands.

Grow a Row with RAFFL What is it? RAFFL’s Grow a Row program collects and distributes fresh produce to food shelves and food service organizations throughout the Rutland region.

36,000 lbs of produce donated through Grow a Row from 2009-2011

Why do we do it? RAFFL believes that all people should have access to fresh, healthy produce regardless of income. The Grow a Row program helps get locally grown fruits and vegetables to families who often don’t know where their next meal is coming from.

How can you help? Home gardeners: Grow an extra row in your garden

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and donate the produce to Grow a Row at Saturday’s Downtown Farmers’ Market in Rutland

7 Woodward Road, Mendon, VT 802-775-2290 innkeepers@redcloverinn.com www.redcloverinn.com

Farmers: Donate your excess produce to Grow a Row at the farmers’ market OR Ask RAFFL to coordinate a gleaning at your farm by e-mailing info@rutlandfarmandfood.org

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We like real food here at the Red Clover Inn, that’s why our menu features made from scratch dishes, crafted from the freshest locally grown ingredients. Highlighting local cheese makers, beef farmers and organic growers, our support for farm-to-table meals is reflected in our menu items, that our Chef prepares daily.

Volunteers: Want to help collect and distrbute produce? E-mail info@rutlandfarmandfood.org

For more information visit

www.rutlandfarmandfood.org www.rutlandfarmandfood.org

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Retail Outlets Rutland Area Food Co-op • 151 77 Wales Street, Rutland, VT • 802-773-0073

www.rutlandcoop.com

As a community-owned market, the Co-op is dedicated to fresh, local, natural, whole and organic foods: produce, dairy, bread, groceries, meats, cheese, loose bulk foods, vitamins, supplements, body care, Fair Trade goods, household and cleaning supplies and much more. Always open to the public~ everyone welcome! Open 7 days.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Shrewsbury Co-op at Pierce’s Store • 152 2658 Northam Road, Shrewsbury, VT • 802-492-3326

Marble Meadows

Castleton Village Store • 147 583 Main Street, Castleton, VT • 802-468-2213 www.castletonvillagestore.com

The Castleton Village Store has been serving the community for over a hundred years by selling many locally grown or produced products as well as grocery items. Our local producers include, but are not limited to Crawford Family Farm cheese, Blue Ledge Farm Cheese, Laughing Child Farm and many more.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• East Poultney General Store • 148 11 On the Green, East Poultney, VT • 802-287-4042

pierces.store@gmail.com

Visit our historic general store for groceries, bulk foods, specialty Vermont products, and crafts made by local artisans. Our chef makes bread, cookies, muffins, and scones everyday, plus soups, sandwiches & gourmet pizza. Shrewsbury-raised products include maple syrup, honey, beef, eggs, salsa, pickles, veggies & fruit.

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Stone Valley Community Market • 153 216 Main Street, Poultney, VT • 802-287-4550 info@stonevalleymarket.com • www.stonevalleymarket.com The Stone Valley Community Market is the Rutland Area’s newest cooperatively-owned grocery store with the mission of offering all income levels reasonably-priced, local produce, meats, baked goods and dairy products. Everyone is welcome to shop and the store is open evening hours to guarantee access for those who work during the day.

An 1830’s general store located in a quaint rural Vermont village. Stocked with exceptional fine wines, fresh gourmet foods, a deli, baked sweets, coffee, small housewares, gifts, a grocery, feed-n-grain, video rental and an old fashioned post office! VT Liquor Outlet.

www.vtqualitymeats.com

Green Mountain Fibers Yarn Store • 149 259 Woodstock Ave., Rutland, VT • 802-775-7800

Vermont Quality Meats works with Vermont farmers statewide to provide pasture-raised, free-range, delicious tasting meats to restaurants and markets.

Specializing in luxurious yarns, natural fibers and quality hand knitting supplies. Featuring locally spun and dyed yarns and unique fibers from around the world.

Wells Country Store • 155 150 Main Street, Wells, VT • 802-645-0332

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••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Original General Store • 150 3963 Route 100, Pittsfield, VT • 802-746-8888

www.originalgeneralstore.com

Located in Pittsfield along historic country Route 100 and just minutes from the Killington ski area, The Original General Store serves a community that supports organic and local farms. Shopping at the Original General Store gives you the feeling of times past when “Hand Made,” “Hand Crafted,” and “Made in America” mattered. It did then and it does now.

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••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Vermont Quality Meats • 154 28 Allen Street, Rutland, VT • 802-747-5950

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A small country store in the heart of Wells. We specialize in every good thing: Fresh baked goods & donuts, deli sandwiches featuring Boar’s Head meats, Green Mtn. Coffee, and selected wines and beers. We love our community and support our neighbors whenever possible by buying local. Quality sets us apart.

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Open Daily. Classes. Sunday & Monday sit-n-knit. Frequent Fiber Club.

The cooperatively grown credit union for Federal, State, School, Municipal, and County Employees, Retirees, and all members of your family! 6 South Main Street (Rte 7) ~ Rutland, VT 05701 802-773-0027 ~ 800-892-6900 www.CUVermont.com

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Rutland’s Natural Food Market

• for fresh, local, whole, organic foods • fresh produce ¡ dairy ¡ bread & pastries ¡ produce ¡ groceries ¡ cereals ¡ ice cream meats ¡ cheese ¡ baking goods ¡ loose bulk foods ¡ Frontier herbs & spices Fair Trade & organic coffee, tea, bananas, chocolate ¡ beer and wine hot coffee & tea ¡ delicious grab & go sandwiches, soups, & other healthy bites personal care goods for adults & babies ¡ vitamins & supplements ¡ medicinal herbs cleaning supplies and household goods ¡ gifts ¡ bags ¡ books & magazines ¡ & more ! including foods and other goods from many of the sources in the Locally Grown Guide Come visit! We’re in downtown Rutland at the corner of Wales & Washington • (802) 773-0737

77 Wales Street • www.rutlandcoop.com

Open 7 days • always open to the public • cooperatively owned by hundreds of local member-owners

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of the Winter Farmers’ Market! Saturdays 10 to 2 • November ‘til May www.rutlandfarmandfood.org

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Specialty Foods: Cheese, Breads and More Ana’s Empanadas • 156 54 Strongs Ave, Rutland, VT • 802-342-2083 anasempanadas@me.com

We bake traditional Argentine empanadas, filled with the freshest ingredients available. Come visit us at our bakeshop on Strongs Avenue, or at your local farmers market. Find us on Facebook for an up to date listing of markets, events and store hours.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Bear Mountain Bakers • 157

544 Bear Mountain Road, East Wallingford, VT • 802-259-2321 weluvbread@vermontel.net www.bearmountainbakers.wordpress.com We bake sourdough breads in a wood-fired brick oven including french, rye, whole wheat, honey oatmeal and cinnamon raisin. We use Gleason Grains hard red winter wheat, Butterworks Farm rye berries and Champlain Valley Apiaries honey. We have been part of the Rutland Farmers’ Market since 1984.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Blue Ledge Farm • 9

2001 Old Jerusalem Road, Salisbury, VT • 802-247-0095 blueledge@hotmail.com • www.blueledgefarm.com Since 2000, we are a seasonal, grass-based, family-run goat dairy farm and cheese operation. We produce seven types of artisanal, award-winning, all-natural fresh and aged goat’s milk cheeses and one cow’s milk cheese. We also sell eggs, goat meat, and whey-fed pork.

Crowley Cheese • 159

14 Crowley Lane, Mount Holly, VT • 800-683-2606 sales@crowleycheese.com • www.crowleycheese.com Made entirely by hand using all natural raw cow’s milk (from Carabeau Farm) in the country’s oldest continuously operating cheese factory. We welcome visitors to watch cheesemaking the old-fashioned way in our factory (National Historic Place). We sell Vermont artisan food products in our shop. Please call for operating hours.

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diprinziopastacompany@gmail.com www.facebook.com/diprinziopastacompany Harry and Charlie DiPrinzio make handmade artisanal pasta and ravioli using local ingredients. They sell both fresh and dried pasta at Rutland area farmers’ markets and food stores. Operating only during the summer, they will return in 2012 with more varieties of delicious ravioli and homemade pasta sauces.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Flavors of Asia • 161 Rutland, VT • 802-770-2226

Delicious Spring Rolls and Jap-che (Gluten-free Korean style noodles).

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5103 Main St, Manchester, VT • 802-362-3398 gringojacks@gmail.com • www.gringojacks.com

445 Main Street, Castleton, VT whitney@castletoncrackers.com • www.castletoncrackers.com

Purveyor of fun, all natural and gourmet soups, sauces, salsas and unique flour tortilla chips. Our soups and pasta sauces are made with sustainably grown, nutrient rich hydroponic tomatoes from Vermont Hydroponics. Produce from local area farms is used whenever possible.

Castleton Crackers • 158

All natural Vermont artisan crackers. “Made in Vermont.”

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Consider Bardwell Farm • 24 1333 Rte. 153, West Pawlet, VT • 802-645-9928 farmers@considerbardwellfarm.com www.considerbardwellfarm.com

We are a goat dairy farm and cheesemaking operation specializing in artisanally made and aged cheeses made from raw milk. We make both goat and cow milk cheeses. All of our pasture and hay land is certified organic and we practice intensive rotational grazing. You are always welcome for a visit!

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165 Sawyer Needham Road, Whiting, VT • 802-623-6600 On the dairy farm where we grew up, Sherry, Cindy and Jim Crawford milk 50 registered Ayrshire cows and make raw milk farmstead cheese. Vermont Ayr, a natural rind alpine style semi-hard cheese, and Lemon F’Ayr, a waxed mild gouda-type cheese are made in small handmade batches. 42

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••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Leslie & Lori Barker • 163

6003 Monument Hill Rd, Castleton, VT • 802-273-2241 Raise a garden to use some of it for pickles etc. for market. Pickles, jams, jellies, relish.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Maya Zelkin Pottery • 164

116 Coldham Road, Shrewsbury, VT • 802-492-2045 mayazelkin@gmail.com Traditionally fermented sauerkraut, kim chi, dill pickles and dilly beans are made with my home grown vegetables and local farmers’ produce. I also make a Mexican salsa verde with homegrown tomatillos and onions and Vermont grown jalapeño peppers.

= Farm Stands

Naga Bakehouse • 165

= Farm Tours (by appointment)

The Mad Pickler • 169

Sundog Lane, Middletown Springs, VT • 802-235-1282 nagabake@vermontel.net • www.nagabakehouse.com

410 Whitney Rd, Springfield, VT • 802-875-1124 sustainablepickles@yahoo.com

Naga Bakehouse is a family run wood-fired bakery specializing in naturally leavened, artisan breads baked using local and organic ingredients either grown by us or purchased from regional farmers. We bake with local and organic ingredients including: wheat, rye, cornmeal, onions, garlic,leeks, kale, chard, herbs, tomatoes, honey, maple syrup, berries and local cheeses.

Rustic Gourmet Pickles- Zesty Dill Pickles, Herbal Beets, Hot Pepper Rings and Sweet ‘n Spicy Carrots. Growing vegetables sustainably between Springfield, Cuttingsville and Arlington. Partners with Pickering’s Greenhouse and Evening Song Farm, growing: Cucumbers, Carrots, Beets, Peppers, Garlic. Pickles for retail at Springfield Food Co-Op and Singleton’s Market in Proctorsville. Find us on Facebook.

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Neshobe River Winery • 166 79 Stone Mill Dam Rd, Brandon, VT • 802-247-9463 neshoberiverwinery@gmail.com • www.neshoberiverwinery.com Small family run winery located in 18th century barn. All wines produced on site. Tasting room and small vineyard on site, apples, blueberries, black currants. Winery grounds available for small groups and weddings. Old Mill Inn B+B on site.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Plymouth Artisan Cheese • 167 106 Messer Hill Rd, Plymouth Notch, VT • 802-672-3650 www.plymouthcheese.com

The Plymouth Cheese Factory was founded in 1890 by President Calvin Coolidge’s father, John Coolidge. Located in Plymouth Notch on Route 100A, our raw whole cow’s milk cheeses are noted for being smooth and creamy with a nice tang at the end.

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Slyboro Cider House and Hicks Orchard • 45 18 Hicks Road, Granville, NY • 518-642-1788 hicksorchard@gmail.com • www.slyboro.com Named for the centuries-old hamlet that is home to Hicks Orchard, Slyboro Ciderhouse re-introduces the lost craft of traditional American ciders. Our ciders are fermented from our own orchard-grown apples; unlocking the full potential of the apple by creatively blending a distinctive range of delicious, award-winning sparkling and ice ciders.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The Vermont Maple Granola Co. • 170 Manchester Center, VT • 802-688-5759

info@vermontmaplegranola.com www.vermontmaplegranola.com

Artisan-crafted granolas and trail mix sweetened with pure maple syrup produced by Bennington and Rutland county sugarmakers. Available for sale at the Rutland Area Food Co-op, farmers’ markets, area supermarkets, specialty shops, and online.

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2096 Route 7 North, Rutland, VT • 802-773-6788 www.thomasdairy.com Dairy farm, processing & delivering locally produced dairy products. Our milk comes from six Rutland area farms who pledge not to use rbST.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Three Bears Bakery • 172 Pittsford, VT • 802-483-2830

Artisan Breads, European-style Pastries, Special Orders

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802-325-2144 joseph.bossen@gmail.com • www.vtbeancrafters.com

southwindfarmstead@yahoo.com www.southwindfarmsteadcheese.com

We craft vegan bean burgers and dips out of organically-grown Vermont products in a manner that amounts to ‘yum’. Our mission is food that is excellent in taste and in ethic. We offer products for foodservice and retailers. Our website lists our menus for Farmers’ Markets, festivals, and catered events.

Southwind Farm • 98 North Rupert, Pawlet, VT • 802-325-2250

Southwind Farm is a sixth generation dairy farm located in the heart of the Mettowee Valley. After taking a course in cheesemaking from Peter Dixon in 2006, owner Jeremy Russo began making artisan cheese. Sold as Southwind Farm Cheese.

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The Domestic Diva • 168 802-353-5000 • foodie@thedomesticdiva.net www.thedomesticdiva.net

The Domestic Diva strives to bring local food and flavor to your table. Utilizing produce and products grown by local farmers and producers. An extensive list of diva-licious delicacies for every taste and budget. Prepared foods are found at the Rutland Farmers’ Market. Catering and party planing are our specialties!

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Vermont Sweetwater Bottling Co. • 174 Poultney, VT • 802-287-9897 vtsweetwater@yahoo.com • www.vtsweetwater.com

All natural beverage company, featuring eight all-natural beverages- Vermont Maple Seltzer, Vermont Maple Soda, Tangerine Cream Twister, Raspberry Rhubarb Ramble, Country Apple Jack, Mango Moonshine, Kickin’ Cow Cola & Rugged Mountain Root Beer.

www.rutlandfarmandfood.org

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Seasonal Sally While the global food industry can now deliver blueberries to the supermarket year round, there is nothing like eating a sun-ripened berry picked fresh that morning a few miles down the road. Below, Seasonal Sally gives advice about seasonal eating, local food, and more.

Dear Seasonal Sally,

I’m thinking of buying a CSA share, but $400 sounds like a lot of money. How can I justify such a big expenditure? Thoughtful Eater, Pawlet, VT CSAs, or farm shares, come with many prices, sizes and options, depending on the farm. It is important to remember that your $400 will get spread out over the season. For example, if you receive a share every week for 20 weeks, you are only spending $20 per week on your CSA. Now that sounds a lot more reasonable! Also, many farms offer payment plans or work-share options to help make the CSA option more affordable. And once you start eating your farm fresh food, you’ll forget you ever questioned the decision!

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Dear Seasonal Sally,

Last summer, I bought a bunch of freshly dug carrots at the farmers’ market. I put them in my fridge when I got home and within days they were shriveled and limp! What went wrong? Crunchy Carrot Girl, Chittenden, VT This sounds like a case of improper storage conditions. Many vegetables require an airtight container, plastic bag, or damp towel to maintain the necessary moisture level. Carrots are one of these. For a list of storage tips, see: http://www.intervalefoodhub.com/storage-tips. Also, take advantage of being face to face with the farmers who grew your carrots. Simply ask them the best storage technique for the item you bought at the market.

Groundworks Farm

Dear Seasonal Sally,

I am getting married and want my wedding to be as “local” as possible. How can I support small farms as I’m planning my special day? Farm Fresh Fiancé, Danby, VT There are a number of ways! • Use a caterer whose ingredients are sourced locally. See page 46. • Consider maple syrup or homemade jam as wedding favors. • Ask that your gifts come from the farmers’ market— think local wine or gift certificates for farm-fresh food. • Use locally grown flowers and herbs for your bouquets and centerpieces. • Find a farm wedding site in our Services Index on page 10

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Dear Seasonal Sally,

I want to start a garden this year to teach my kids where their food comes from. We will use some seeds, but for other crops, I’d prefer to buy a baby plant. I know I can get plants at big chain stores in town, but that doesn’t seem to fit with the idea of “buying local.” Where should I look instead? Beginning Gardener, Rutland, VT

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Rutland Area Farm and Food Link

When you buy plants from big chain stores, the plants were likely started from seed thousands of miles from Vermont, then shipped here. This process makes it easier for some plant diseases to spread to our region. It also means tons of carbon put into the atmosphere due to the extensive trucking. There are lots of local farmers and local garden centers that start their plants from seed. Ask for details next time you shop at a garden center or farmers’ market, or see our list of farms that grow bedding plants in the Products Index on page 10.

Locally Grown Guide Writing Contest We would like to thank everyone who submitted his or her writing to our Locally Grown Guide Writing Contest. We received more submissions than we can print. Here are a few of our favorites. Please check out all of the entries on our website: www.everydaychef.org!

What do you love about Rutland area farms and food? Starting to eat locally is one of many small steps we can take to revive our crumbling sense of community. Supporting our farmers, be they crusty old salt of the earth old time Vermonters or young, idealistic organic growers, or everything in between, is just one small step that makes a vibration. If more of us resonate with that vibe, it becomes a wave. Waves travel the world over. To act locally is to act globally, and we can set an example that will be recognized by all, so that they too can see the way to reclaiming a self-sustaining community that is at once its own, unique place, and connected to the world as well.

-Justin Leonard

(to read Justin’s full article, please see www.everydaychef.org)

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Tables full of local crops, potatoes, tomatoes, beet green tops. The smell of fresh baked bread is in the air, sample products for all to share. Knitted hats and home made jellies, and other things to fill our bellies. Smiling folks who love to talk about the homemade things that they have brought. Honey made by local bees, Maple syrup boiled from local trees. All these things with prices fair supplied to you by folks who care.

- Shannon Taylor

What do I love about the Rutland Region’s farms and food? Well I would have to say what is there not to love about the wonderful people who nurture and grow the most fabulous fruits and vegetables that are so good for us, and most importantly, that are so great for our children. I work for the Rutland County Parent Child Center and my job is to feed our children the healthiest way that we can and to be able to introduce the children to new vegetables prepared in many ways to show them that it is not scary but in fact fun to touch the different produce that we get from our local farms. To feel what it is like before, during, and after it is prepared. When they bring in the fresh items the children get so excited and want to feel the different things, look at them and taste them. As an agency that receives this wonderful gift, we would like to thank everyone involved for all that we receive. You all are so awesome!

-Dana

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Gail & Loren Wood SHOREHAM, VT The Woodnotch Farm in Shoreham, Vermont, is owned by one of the 1,200 farm families who are members of Cabot Creamery Cooperative. Winning every major award for taste is only part of our reward for hard-work on our farms. Ensuring that families like yours can enjoy the best dairy products from their neighbors is the best prize of all. Your support means the world to our future.

So, ank you for buying Cabot. We appreciate your good taste.

What do I love about Rutland’s farms and farmers’ market? They are the best things of life. Rutland’s hope. Really.

–Sharon Parquette Nimtz

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-Jessica Ebbighausen, Grade 3, Rutland Intermediate School

cabotcheese.coop www.rutlandfarmandfood.org

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Catering Services

Village Roots Catering

Don’t forget to check with local restaurants about catering services they offer. Flavors of Asia • 161 Rutland, VT • 802-770-2226 Delicious Spring Rolls and Jap-che (Gluten-free Korean style noodles). Catering services available for parties and events.

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Mach’s Brick Oven Wood Fired Pizza • 127 18 School St., Pawlet, VT • 802-325-6113

www.vtpizzapie.com

Mach’s Brick Oven is a Vermont Certified Organic Processor offering gourmet, all-natural pizzas. Choose from organic white or 6-grain crust, and add toppings that are seasonal, local, and organic whenever possible. The dough is made with locally sourced flour from Champlain Valley Milling. We have a mobile wood-fired oven for events and catering.

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84 Pleasant Street Ext., East Dorset, VT • 802-688-4017 olivebranchgourmet@yahoo.com www.olivebranchgourmetvt.com Olive Branch Gourmet is a chef owned Southern Vermont business. Executive Chef Jennifer Brenner offers custom catering and desserts, group and private cooking lessons and a personal chef service. Olive Branch Gourmet uses dairy products, fruits, vegetables and meats from local Vermont farms.

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3537 VT Rte 153, West Pawlet, VT pinkbootfarm@gmail.com • www.pinkbootfarm.com We are committed to using local, fresh ingredients produced on our farm and orchard and other Vermont farms to bring you elegant, rustic, creative food for weddings, parties, brunches, meeting and take home dinners. Summer CSA from our gardens and winter CSA from our root cellar and kitchen.

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Rutland Area Farm and Food Link

The Domestic Diva • 168 802-353-5000 • foodie@thedomesticdiva.net www.thedomesticdiva.net

The Domestic Diva strives to bring local food and flavor to your table. Utilizing produce and products grown by local farmers and producers. An extensive list of diva-licious delicacies for every taste and budget. Prepared foods are found at the Rutland Farmers’ Market. Catering and party planning are our specialties!

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Village Roots Catering • 177 2273 Route 30, Pawlet, VT • 802-282-8676 villageroots@gmail.com • www.villagerootsvt.com

A catering business specializing in local, seasonal, homegrown Vermont food. We grow our own heirloom vegetables, raise free range eggs from heirloom breeds and supplement from local farms. We source local tents and equipments. We plan all aspects of an event. We do Modern Rustic cooking.

Thank You! Steve Schild, Wendy Leffel, Bailey Schreiber, Ellen Bevier, Hilary Coolidge, and RAFFL’s Staff and Board for making this year’s Locally Grown Guide a success!

The NOFA-VT Farmer Correspondence Program: Connecting Farms and Kids through Letter Writing and Field Trips

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here’s a lot of buzz in recent years about farm-toschool programs. School gardens, local ingredients in cafeteria lunches, and farm field trips help to teach our youth where food comes from. Before World War II, most people knew the origin of common foods. Vegetable gardens were abundant and often critical to having enough food to eat. Processed foods were few and far between and their ingredient lists not quite as complicated as today’s. (You can ask your grandma how often she ate Red 40, high fructose corn syrup and butylated hydroxytoluene when she was a kid.) Today, our food situation is much different, with endless choices at the supermarket, never ending health claims on anything packaged, and countless ingredients derived from synthetic sources. Meanwhile, there is an amazing growing movement of passionate beginning farmers. We in Rutland have a thriving year-round farmers’ market. More and more people are shopping based on their values, and are committed to supporting their farmer friends and neighbors. So how can we connect kids to all of the great agricultural energy in our region? One way is the Farmer Correspondence Program from NOFA-VT (Northeast Organic Farming Association of VT). In this program, classrooms get paired up with farmer pen pals and write letters back and forth throughout the school year. Farmers write about their day-to-day tasks, like when they milk the cows or how they grow greens in the winter. Kids get to ask questions and learn the quickly disappearing skill of letter writing.

Come spring, the class often has the opportunity to visit their pen pal’s farm. A year of letters builds the excitement of the group and provides the necessary preparation to make their field trip a terrific learning opportunity. The best part for teachers and farmers is that it requires little time but huge payback in the form of excitement and inspiration in the younger generation. There is also funding to pay for field trip expenses. There are currently a handful of local classrooms participating, including the Culinary Arts Program at Stafford Technical Center, 3rd graders at Rutland Intermediate School, and students in Benson. Participating farms in our region include Falkenbury Farm, Evening Song Farm, Radical Roots, Someday Farm and Alchemy Gardens. NOFA-VT is actively seeking more teachers and farmers in the Rutland region. If you would like to participate, call Scout Proft at 802-362-2290 or email alchemygardens@gmail.com.

Looking for farms that host school groups or offer education programs? See our Services Index on page 10.

Good Food Reads

Good Food Flicks

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Everything I Want to Do is Illegal by Joel Salatin The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball Fair Food by Oran Hesterman

Food, Inc. The Future of Food Supersize Me King Corn Ingredients The Gleaners & I

Good Food Links www.vermontagriculture.com www.nofavt.org www.ruralvermont.org www.uvm.edu/extension/food/ www.grist.org/food www.fooddemocracynow.org www.localharvest.org www.farmplate.com

Good Food Cookbooks Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon Cooking Close to Home by Diane Imrie & Richard Jarmusz Serving Up the Harvest by Andrea Chesman Wild Fermentation by Sandor Katz Simple Food for the Good Life by Helen Nearing How to Cook Everything by Marc Bittman

www.rutlandfarmandfood.org

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