Stewardship
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Riparian buffer plantings can reap rewards for nature and business. By Liz Brownlee and Connor Stedman Stan Ward springs into his greenhouse full of excitement, eager to show off elderberry cuttings.…
Read MoreBy Jan Andrews If you are going to have horses and live on a farm, you are going to be harvesting hay. Putting away hay is a thankless job. It…
Read Moreby Andrea Brendalen and John M. Thursgood Full Moon Farm is a NOFA-Certified Organic farm run by husband and wife, David Zuckerman and Rachel Nevitt. The farm started in 1999…
Read MoreGordon Waite, a man with a friendly demeanor and steady smile, manages twenty Herefords on his 67-acre farm situated in Granville, Vermont. Gordon cannot picture himself doing anything besides farming.…
Read MoreIn our last two “Stewardship and Nature” columns, the National Audubon Society described the partnership they have had with the Natural Resources Conservation Service and landowners to facilitate the…
Read MoreWelcome to our new photo essay feature! For 2012, we’ll be bringing you seasonal images from the Whole Systems Design Research Farm in the Mad River Valley region of Vermont. …
Read MoreAudubon Vermont is working with the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) on two exciting programs, called the Forest Bird Initiative (FBI) and Champlain Valley Bird Initiative (CVBI). Both programs engage…
Read MoreThis article is the first in a two-part series. In the winter article I will highlight some real-life success stories of working with landowners in partnership with NRCS and Audubon…
Read MoreThis will be the fifth and last in a series of essays penned by Bill Duesing and edited by Suzanne Duesing from the book Living on the Earth: Eclectic Essays…
Read MorePonds have been a part of the working landscape since agriculture emerged. Since water is the basis of productive biological systems, retaining and distributing this storehouse of fertility and life…
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