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    • Winter 2012 | Issue Nineteen
      • Editor's Note
      • A Poet and His Apples
      • From the Ground Up
      • A Canning Party
      • Set the Table with Kombucha
      • Three Farms, One Town, One Storm
      • The Threats from Upstream
      • The Future of Farming in a Wetter Vermont
      • Winter Farmers’ Markets
      • Farmers' Kitchen—Parse the Parsnips
      • The Other Great Flood
  • Back Issues
    • Summer 2007 | Issue One
      • Publishers' Note Summer 2007
      • 4th of July Feast
      • Garlic
      • A Water Buffalo on Every Farm?
      • Trumpets in the Woods?
      • The Chicken Event
      • Revisiting the Traditional
      • Farmer's Kitchen | King Kale
    • Fall 2007 | Issue Two
      • Publishers' Note | Fall 2007
      • Green Mountains and Amber Waves
      • Birds in Hand
      • Cheese Culture
      • Experimenting with Diversity
      • LACE | Local Agricultural Community Exchange
      • Last Morsel | Fall 2007
      • Land of Plenty
      • Sub Rosa
      • Turkey Broth
    • Winter 2008 | Issue Three
      • Editor's Note | Winter 2008
      • Farmers Kitchen | Better Be Beets
      • Beyond Maple Syrup
      • A Community Buys a Farm
      • Is Local Food a Frugal Choice?
      • Biodynamics and Me
      • Good Bye Rubarb Pie
      • Last Morsel | Winter 2008
      • Pete's Good Eaters
      • RAFFL, Loca, and Raw Milk Legislation
      • Survival of the Rawest
      • Three Square | Winter 2008
      • The Underground Garden
    • Spring 2008 | Issue Four
      • Editor's Note | Spring 2008
      • Set the Table with Asian Greens
      • Collapse of the Colonies
      • Farmers Kitchen | Try a Little Tenderness
      • Writing Down the Farm
      • One Greenhouse, Many Winter Greens
      • Zack Woods Herb Farm
      • Sweet Honey in the Raw
      • Last Morsel | Spring 2008
      • Eat it on the Radio
      • A Missing Link in the Local Food Chain
      • Cooking the Sting Out
      • Three Square | Spring 2008
    • Summer 2008 | Issue five
      • Publishers' Note | Summer 2008
      • Diary of a Farm Apprentice | Part 1: Spring
      • Farm Camp
      • Farmers Kitchen | Baby Tastes
      • Llama Beans for Your Beds
      • Set the Table with Hot Peppers
      • Beyond Ben & Jerry’s
      • Last Morsel | Summer 2008
      • A Cheese for the Ages
      • Build a Solar Food Dryer
      • Three Square | Summer 2008
      • An Interview with Tom Stearns
    • Fall 2008 | Issue Six
      • Publishers' Note | Fall 2008
      • Diary of a Farm Apprentice | Part 2: Summer
      • The Great Vermont Barn Census
      • Set the Table with Celeriac
      • Farmers Kitchen | Sweet Treasures
      • Growing Up in 4-H
      • Sylvia’s Special Seeds
      • A Gathering Storm
      • Rutland's Spud Man
      • Last Morsel | Fall 2008
      • Safe Ground
      • Springing Ahead
      • Three Square
    • Winter 2009 | Issue Seven
      • Editor's Note | Winter 2009
      • Diary of a Farm Apprentice | Part 3: Fall
      • Bread and Horses | Good Companion Bakery in Ferrisburgh
      • Set the Table with Horseradish
      • Wood Smoke, a Touch of the Earth
      • Have a Cow
      • Neighborhood Investments
      • Consumers as Coproducers
      • Home for the Holidays | Vegan Baking
      • Farmer's Kitchen | A Fraîche Start
      • Last Morsel | Winter 2009
    • Spring 2009 | Issue Eight
      • Publishers' Note | Spring 2009
      • The History of Salt in Vermont
      • The 9' x 12' Vegetable Garden
      • Rice: Vermont’s Newest Grain?
      • Set the Table with Peasant Food
      • Local Grain and Oil Production in Vermont
      • Farming & Feasting with the Robinsons | Spring
      • Jack Lazor and the Graining of Vermont
      • The Return of the Root Cellar
      • The Winooski Bean Thresher Co–op
      • Spilling the Beans | Elmer Farm
      • Last Morsel | Spring 2009
    • Summer 2009 | Issue Nine
      • Editor's Note | Summer 2009
      • Backyard Poultry: Chicken Feed or Golden Egg?
      • Drink Local
      • One Acre Grows Along Way
      • Grocery Stores Taking Stock of Local Foods
      • A Harvest Wedding
      • Rutland Area Farm & Food Link
      • Farming and Feasting with the Robinsons | Summer
      • Farmers' Kitchen
      • Last Morsel | Summer 2009
    • Fall 2009 | Issue Ten
      • Publishers' Note | Issue Ten
      • How to Start a Community Garden
      • Horsepower: Taking the Reins
      • Getting Everyone to the Table
      • Set the Table with Winter Squash
      • American Chestnuts
      • Farming and Feasting with the Robinsons | Autumn
      • Women's Agricultural Network
      • Vermont Country Stores
      • Farmers' Kitchen
      • Last Morsel | Fall 2009
    • Winter 2010 | Issue Eleven
      • Editor's Note | Issue Eleven
      • A Breed Apart
      • A Boost to Butchers
      • We Have Sausage
      • Farming and Feasting with the Robinsons | Winter
      • Close to Home
      • Dairy Farmers Raise Veal - with a conscience
      • Older Dairy Cows - steady source of local beef
      • Windowsill Greens
      • How to Cut a Chicken
      • Custom Meat Processors
      • Farmers' Kitchen
      • Last Morsel | Winter 2010
    • Spring 2010 | Issue Twelve
      • Publishers' Note | Issue Twelve
      • Gardening Like the Forest
      • Set the Table with Switchel
      • The World in a Glass of Milk
      • Pie Local
      • Terra Fructi
      • Vermont's Heritage Wheat
      • Red Hen's Cyrus Pringle Loaf
      • King Arthur's Vermont Grain Bread
      • Food Works at Two Rivers
      • A Nose to Tail Heart to Heart
      • Farmers' Kitchen
      • Last Morsel | Spring 2010
    • Summer 2010 | Issue Thirteen
      • Editor's Note | Issue Thirteen
      • A Note from photographer Ned Castle
      • Halal in the Hills
      • Set the Table with Tortillas
      • Buried Treasure—Korean Kimchi
      • Vermont Farmers' Market Directory
      • Mami and Papi—Pete Johnson visits Mexico
      • Cooking up the American Dream
      • New to America, Old Hands at Agriculture
      • Human Manure
      • Farmer's Kitchen—Strawberry Fields
      • Last Morsel—Three weeks in June
    • Fall 2010 | Issue Fourteen
      • Publishers' Note | Fall 2010
      • Squeezing Out Some Sunshine
      • Pick for Your Neighbor Program
      • Set the Table with Nuts
      • Cookbooks, Culture, and Community
      • The Spirit of Thanksgiving Past
      • Amazing Adventures with Raw Milk
      • Pick Your Own Apple Orchards
      • Post Oil Solutions at Five Years
      • Farmer's Kitchen—Rabbit Revival
      • Last Morsel—On Potlucks
    • Winter 2011 | Issue Fifteen
      • Editor's Note | Winter 2011
      • Set the Table with Venison
      • Winter Farmer's Markets
      • Abenaki Food Traditions
      • Good Walls Make Good Gardens
      • Counting Their Chickens...
      • The von Trapp Family in Vermont
      • Why I Hunt
      • Taking it Slow in Italy
      • Farmers' Kitchen—Quince
      • Last Morsel—Baking Bread in the Firebox
    • Spring 2011 | Issue Sixteen
      • Publishers’ Note | Spring 2011
      • Tapping for Taste
      • The Art of Growing Food
      • Lambing Time
      • What Washington Just Did—Food Safety
      • Plant, Weed, Blog
      • Maple Open House Weekend
      • The Best Farm Products You Can’t Eat
        • Flowers: Budding Personalities
        • Beeswax: Natural Light
        • Emu Oil: Fat is Good
        • Herbs: Salve-ation
        • Pet Food: Rawesome
        • Goat’s Milk: Not just for cheese making
        • Whey: From Waste to Wood
        • Wool: Farm-to-loom
        • Wood: Forest Finery
      • Farmers’ Kitchen—Nitty Gritty Grains
      • Last Morsel—Roots on the Rails
      • Spring Cartoon—Localvore Picnic
    • Summer 2011 | Issue Seventeen
      • Editor's Note
      • Set the Table with Hot Sauce
      • Growing Backyard Mushrooms
      • Vermont Farm Stays
      • A 10-year Stroll
      • After the Fire—Renewal at Pete's Greens
      • Micro Milk
      • A Charcuterie Cure
      • Farming in a Changing Climate
      • Farmers' Kitchen—Bella Basil
      • Last Morsel—One Wild Potluck
      • Summer Cartoon—Post Peak Oil
    • Fall 2011 | Issue Eighteen
      • Publishers' Note
      • Crop Mobsters
      • Thinking Outside the Bordeaux
      • Learning at the Market
      • Humane Heft
      • Classroom, Cafeteria, Community
      • Farming and Writing in Vermont before 1972
      • Hooping it Up
      • Set the Table with Sweet Potatoes
      • Packing Local Lunches 101
      • Farmers' Kitchen—Tomatillo Tamworths
      • A Tasty Tour
      • Vermont Wine & Spirits Guide