“Move too fast, grab the wrong leaf, and you may set the whole plant back. Every new customer is the same.”

Struggling With Spinach

As Vermont farmers and ranchers head into winter after three years of weather catastrophes, they’re looking for emergency funding, better on-farm resilience — and whatever hay you can spare.

Floods, Then Floods, Then More Floods, Then Drought

It’s no secret that large-animal veterinarians are in short supply across the U.S. How are we going to fix it?

Coming Up Short: Searching for Solutions to America’s Rural Vet Shortage

Before Vermont’s devastating July floods there was drought, flash freeze, and wildfire smoke, leaving farmers to ponder what resilience is possible in the face of chaos.

How Do You Prepare for Every Type of Weather?

As climate change intensifies, contamination from floods can pose hazards long after the waters recede.

Rising Waters, Sinking Prospects

And how the 2008 financial crisis is still making it harder for you to find a tree.

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Struggling With Spinach

Floods, Then Floods, Then More Floods, Then Drought

Coming Up Short: Searching for Solutions to America’s Rural Vet Shortage

How Do You Prepare for Every Type of Weather?

Rising Waters, Sinking Prospects

The Barely Profitable World of the Christmas Tree Grower