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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 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 28, 2016

Psyching Out Climate Change: “Grounding Hope” for Vermont’s Future

Almost all of what we hear in the news today, in relation to the environment, tends to be on the topic of the anthropogenic degradation of […]
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.
April 4, 2016

We Speak For The Bees! Vermont Hives Up To Address Global Honeybee Crisis

  On Vermont’s Route 7 running north to south, travelers pass farm fields of alfalfa, cows, a single camel (true!), and thousands of bees. Vermont is […]
April 4, 2016

Vermont Food Fight! Junior Iron Chefs Cook Up The Goods

ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. — Harper Ouellette, a seventh-grader at Newark Street School, stretches out one arm to hold a growing ribbon of sunrise-orange dough as he […]