Walden farmer Mark Florenz on a fenced-off paddock where his pigs are foraging. By fencing off the area where his animals can roam and graze, Florenz is allowing other paddocks...
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Jim Westbrook's pigs like to explore the woods at Cherry Rail Farm in Southern Vermont. PHOTO Steve Schubart Jim Westbrook raises pigs for Walden on his Southern Vermont farm, called...
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It’s not surprising that a Mennonite farmer from Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom had never heard of Temple Grandin, whose animal welfare and autism awareness work landed her a spot on Time…
There are some afternoons when the sun casts a golden hue over Dan Marchaland’s cattle farm in Greenwich, NY. Birds of prey are gliding. Sometimes deer, coyotes, and foxes explore…
Ike Malulla built a successful career in a telecommunications firm. His brother, Dave, is an HVAC technician. But a few years back, with retirement on the horizon, they inherited their…
As evening fell on Christmas Eve, 1826, in West Point, New York, three military academy cadets crossed the Hudson River in a covert search for whiskey. In celebration of Christmas…
There is nothing like a pasture-raised turkey. They have richer dark meat and smaller breasts than their industrial brethren, and thus benefit from a slightly different cooking method. First, a warning…
We’ve always tried to highlight that New England and New York is the one region in the country where the average age of farmers is declining, the size of farms…
When it comes to grilling sausages, it’s hard for me not to think of Tony Soprano in his backyard, Sweet Italian links draped around his neck, an end twirling in…
I was cooking dinner with my mom, when she laughed and said to me, “The last part that went over the fence—my dad used to say that!” We were listening…
