Rutland Area Farm and Food Link – Farming and Revitalization The numbers can be grim. In Rutland, many of our downtown storefronts are empty; one in five children does not have enough food to eat. Yet, the growing buzz around agriculture is bringing new hope to the region: Rutland has the largest farmers’ market in [...]
A filmmaker documents Rutland’s record-breaking blood drive and much more in the film “The Blood in this Town.” John Curran, The Seattle Times, June 26, 2011 Read the article
Author Shannon Hayes advocates a sustainable lifestyle with a minimal focus on consumption. Meliss Pasanen, The Burlington Free Press, February 18, 2011 Read the article
Small Rutland area farms produce high-quality products and attract a widening customer base. Megan Price, Vermont Fences Magazine, Winter 2011 Read the article
MIDDLEBURY, VT –The Vermont Community Foundation awarded $12,051,716 in grants in 2010, including $342,040 made at the end of the year to 67 organizations as part of the Foundation’s Community Fund grant program. The program awards grants to organizations that support Basic Human Needs (children, elderly and family services, housing, food and shelter, health); [...]
From The Rutland Herald, January 17, 2010 Vermont cultivating new crop: Farmers By STEPHANIE M. PETERS What does it take for someone who’s interesting in farming to get their business off the ground in Vermont? Over its five-year lifetime, the Rutland Area Food and Farm Link has informally considered this question as it has helped [...]
From Thrice Shy (http://thriceshy.blogspot.com/) Bamboozlement, or naught? We spring out of the double naughts with a vengeance, some of us, calling it “an era best forgotten,” as Paul Krugman did. He also called 2009 “a year of zero gains.” Frank Rich marveled that we the people could have been so easily “bamboozled” by so many [...]
From Thrice Shy (http://thriceshy.blogspot.com/) Food & The City At the final presentation of the downtown Rutland marketing study given by Tripp Muldrow of Arnett Muldrow & Associates, the final point made was this: “We think (and he was visibly thrilled) that Downtown Rutland is positioned perfectly to become a national model for promoting the link [...]
From the Rutland Herald, Oct 19, 2007 Year-round exposure for local farmers Local farmers have bared their souls and a sizeable portion of their anatomies to promote agriculture in the Rutland region of Vermont. The 2008 Local Exposure calendar is back from the printers, complete with poses by local farmers who want you to learn [...]
An editorial published February 26, 2007, in the Rutland Herald Save us from the government There’s been a spate of good economic news recently for the city and the region. Most people involved with Killington are glad a company with deep pockets is buying out American Skiing Co.’s debt-laden operation. Rutland City has decided [...]
