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The Glean Team: Central Vermonters Help Turn Farm Surplus into Food Security

October 6, 2026

BERLIN — With food insecurity a growing reality for many Vermonters, one organization and its dedicated volunteers is helping turn farm surplus into nutritious food sources. Community Harvest of Central Vermont (CHCV)…

Nature Watch, Oct. 7, 2026

October 6, 2026

by Nona Estrin

This fall caught everyone by surprise with a blaze of stunning color and beautiful weather. Even beleaguered ash trees are again that luminous burgundy…

Montpelier Leaf Drop Off

October 6, 2026

by Press Releases

MONTPELIER — Beginning Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, and continuing until Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, the Montpelier Public Works Department will be picking up bagged…

Vermonters Urged to Watch for Spotted Lanternfly Adults and Egg Masses

September 22, 2026

by Press Releases

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation are asking Vermonters to be on the…

woman in garden picking beans wearing green sweatshirt

Visit the Feast Farm Sept. 23 and Bring a Bag for Veggies

September 21, 2026

by Cassandra Hemenway

On Wednesday, Sept. 23 the farm will be open to the public from 2-5 p.m. according to Farm Manager Jeanne Bartlett.…

Runs in the Family: A Corn Maze Takes Root in Randolph Center

September 11, 2026

by Linda Radtke

On Boudro Road, a wall of tall corn is drawing families, neighbors, and visitors to a new kind of farm experience. Across from the…

Local Fall Events

September 9, 2026

by Bridge Staff

September Tunbridge World’s Fair. Sept. 17–20, Thursday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, Saturday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5…

Feast Farm Gets Back to Growing

September 8, 2026

by Tracy Brannstrom

MONTPELIER — The city-owned Feast Farm is deep into its harvest season, with about 2,800 pounds of produce grown this year so far. It’s…

Getting to Know Chicory

July 30, 2026

by Deborah J. Benoit

Chicory is an herbaceous perennial with light blue flowers on stems that can reach over three feet tall. Each flower opens only once, usually…

Feeding Montpelier: The Push for a Resilient, Local Food System

July 14, 2026

by J. Gregory Gerdel

MONTPELIER — The Kellogg-Hubbard Library was the scene on June 29 for the launch of the Foundation for a Resilient Montpelier’s action-focused response to…

Hunger Mountain Co-op’s Focus on Local Products Provides Vermont Organic Farmers with a Ready Market

May 18, 2026

by Phil Dodd

With the arrival of spring and the planting season, local organic farmers are busy at work even as they face challenges such as higher…

Community-Focused Growing in Montpelier Does Double Duty Combatting Food Insecurity

May 7, 2026

by Hojun Choi

There’s a moment Sheryl Rapée-Adams waits for each year, when the birches and bushes behind her Montpelier home brush the last bits of snow…

Vermont Farmers Face Increased Fuel Prices Due to War in Iran

May 7, 2026

by Matthew Thomas

As the world braces for greater economic impacts because of the war in Iran and that country’s subsequent blocking of the Strait of Hormuz,…

Right to Grow Vegetables Protected Under New Bill

April 24, 2026

by Community News Service

By Roxy Vanderhoff via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship “To grow food is a Vermont right,” longtime South Burlington resident Cher…

Mulch Gardening 102

April 18, 2026

by Dan Hemenway

Amy Simone’s article “Sheet Mulching for Lawn-to-Garden Conversion” in the April 1–14 issue of The Bridge did an excellent job of introducing sheet mulching.…