By: Ben Hewitt
Photograph: Dylan Griffin
"I’d prefer to kill animals I’ve known and loved, if only because it means I got to know and love them."
All in Folk
Splinters
"Whether you want to ride in the trees, race down mogul runs, or hit rails and jumps in the terrain park, it’s all good, there is no right or wrong way to snowboard, that is the root of our culture."
From the Ground Up
By: Ben Hewitt
"Of all the organizations doing good work around food and ag in VT... I’ve long felt that Rural Vermont is unique in its holistic grasp of the issues at hand and its willingness to dive headfirst into the pigpen of policy."
Lois Trombley: A Mosaic in Motion
By: Kimberly Hannah Caterino
Photograph: Heather Hayes
"I create dance armies. The end result might be fluid and beautiful, but the preparation is exacting."
A Reluctant Skier Comes Home
By: Jillian Conner
Photograph: Nathanael Asaro
"...we decided to cut our losses and concede our battle to the mountain, for it had won effortlessly."
Chains, Pains and Automobiles
By: Jeremy Knoll
Photograph: Dylan Griffin
"I’m going to pour antifreeze in my toilets, add some emergency supplies to my car, and drive up any damn chance I get."
Fermenting a New Future
By: Breana Lai
Photographs: Dylan Griffin
"While fermented foods are a hot new trend in the food industry—and the Elbersons run one of the best operations—the life they’ve chosen isn’t an easy one. "
The Land of Second Chances
By: Pamela Hunt
"The path wends its way through snowy fields, with tarp-covered tractors and empty greenhouses waiting for spring."
Dance, Medicine, Love and War — An Immigrant Story
By: Carolinne Griffin
"I won’t lie, growing up in a multi-cultural environment was at times confusing."
Freedom from Want
By: Eric Hodet
Art: Norman Rockwell
"It's hard for me to sit down to the table and say that everything is great when I know I could do better (sorry, Nana!)."
Almost Lost
By: Carolinne Griffin
Photographs: Dylan Griffin
"Despite their city sensibilities and limited funds, this enterprising couple set out to bring the Stickney farm back to life."
Love Hurts
By: Margaret Albee
Photograph: Dylan Griffin
"At every turn I wonder if I am cut out for it. Tough enough. Tender enough."
Nothing in Particular (or maybe everything specifically)
By: Ben Hewitt
Photograph: Dylan Griffin
"I believe that Luke is a genius, although I suspect his particular brand of genius was once much more common than it is today."
Coffin Windows
By: Chad Abramovich
"A lot of people, Vermonters or flatlanders, seem to be flummoxed about these peculiarly slanted windows. That’s because their orientational existence isn’t found in any other state ..."
Jeh Kulu Honors Black Lives at Vermont's Dance and Drum Festival
By: Kimberly Caterino
Photographs: Dylan Griffin + Jean Luc Dushime
"It is a privilege to jump into another culture’s mode of expression ..."
Drinking It Raw
By: Julia Clancy
Photographs: H.B. Wilcox
"To Henry, the crux of raw dairy is this: know the milk, know the animals, know the farmer."
The Meeting of the Gourds
By: Margaret Albee
Photograph: Dylan Griffin
"No matter that her child's body is battling at the gates of womanhood. She holds on with an iron grip to the fierce imagination of a babe."
Sharon Beal: A Champion of USA-Made
By: Carolinne Griffin
Photographs: Dylan Griffin
"I know most of my vendors... they're all making superior products but they're doing it around their families, at home, or out of a barn."
Living As We Always Hoped We Could
By: Jeremy Knoll
"I am not meant to live in the most densely populated state in the country. I am not comfortable amid the strip malls and traffic. I feel the absence of the land I loved most. "
What I Miss About a Vermont Summer
By: Kelsey Stetson
Photograph: Dylan Griffin
"Dirt roads are the best. Not for your car, not for mud season, and not for town maintenance budgets, but they are the best."