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Happening this week-end in sugar houses all over the Green Mountains.

Come get some of the good stuff.

Click here for a complete schedule.

April 1, 2016

Sweet! Vermont Maple Fest 2016

Happening this week-end in sugar houses all over the Green Mountains. Come get some of the good stuff. Click here for a complete schedule.
March 28, 2016

Cannabis Regulation for Vermont: TEN Good Reasons

2VR has been working on Vermont cannabis regulation for more than a year, in conversation with a wide variety of Vermont stake holding groups. Summarizing one […]
March 20, 2016

Vermont Kicks the GMO Food Industry’s Ass – You Are Welcome, Cereal Eaters Everywhere.

  Publisher’s note: We love a good Vermont’centric David and Goliath story. MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — General Mills’ announcement on Friday that it will start labeling […]
March 19, 2016

Are Vermonters Suffering From Our “Normalcy Bias”?

A friend of mine says a lot of Vermonters are about to get a rude awakening over the next couple of weeks as the traditional sugaring […]
March 8, 2016

Beyond Prohibition: Why Consider Cannabis Regulation for Vermont?

As the House considers a bill that would end the prohibition of cannabis for adults, I am keeping an open mind. Prohibition has been ineffective and […]
December 22, 2015

Vermont, Cannabis, and “Exceptionalism,” by Eli Harrington (OP/ED)

  Publisher’s note: Read the Vermont Cannabis Collaborative (VTCC)’s entire “What Cannabis Can Do For Vermont” report – legalize, regulate, tax, derive benefits – online at their web […]
December 12, 2015

Open Letter to Vermont Governor Shumlin: Halt The Gas Pipeline (ACTIVISM)

Dear Governor Shumlin, We are leaders in Vermont—business owners, nonprofit executives, faith leaders, agriculture stewards, academics, and community representatives—who have followed the saga of the Addison Natural Gas […]
October 25, 2015

A Man Apart: Bill Coperthwaite’s Radical Experiment in Living

As the U.S. of Empire begins to crumble, individuals and institutions are emerging to provide alternative blueprints for how we might reorganize ourselves in more decentralized […]
July 30, 2015

Summer Harvest! Relocalizing Vermont’s Foodscape – 7 Ingredients for Success, by Rachel Carter

Thanks to Rachel Carter for this insightful feature on food sovereignty in Vermont and the Northeast. For more information, visit FarmToPlate.com. Read the whole article on […]
October 1, 2014

Beer Barons, Busted: Why Quaffing Local Spirits Matters, by Benjamin Dangl (COMMENTARY)

All good revolutions are powered by three things: great ideas, courageous individuals, and good beer. Which makes this article by our Vermont neighbor Ben Dangl at […]
September 30, 2014

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Food Rights, by Claire Cavanaugh (BOOK REVIEW)

When first presented with Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Food Rights: The Escalating Battle Over Who Decides What We Eat, I knew next to nothing […]
May 30, 2014

How Traditions and Values Have Defined the Vermont Way by Greg Guma (FEATURE)

This article was first published in Green Mountain Noise, 2VR’s E-zine publication Ethan Allen, the unpredictable frontier rebel who rallied resistance to any person or power threatening […]