Morrisville’s Ann Davila Cardinal
Read about Ann Davila Cardinal, whose first two novels feature ghosts, the Latino version of the boogeyman and a protagonist who happens to be a Vermont teenager named Lupe investigating homicides in Puerto Rico.
Cabot’s Luis Guzman
The Duck Farm with a YouTube Channel
Listen to a short radio piece about a couple of city slickers who moved to Vermon’t Northeast Kingdom and started raising ducks and geese. Their YouTube channel has a huge fan base.
Victory Hemp Foods Closes Its Vermont Plant
Read a story for VT Digger on the closure of a hemp food processing plant in Middlebury, Vermont. The Kentucky company that opened it couldn’t find enough Vermont farmers to grow hemp as a grain. Pictured above is Sam Bellavance, who tried growing hemp as a grain but was frustrated in his efforts.
2018 Hemp Boom in Vermont
Listen to a 2-part story on Vermont’s booming hemp scene. This aired on Vermont Public Radio October 9, 2018. From Brattleboro in the southeast to Alburgh in the northwest, we hear from Vermonters involved in growing and processing hemp.
Camp for Disabled Adults in Lincoln
Listen to a story on VPR about Zeno Mountain Farm where there are no campers and counselors, just friends. Some of them live in wheelchair-accessible tree houses.
Wireless Mesh Gives Internet Access to the Poor
Listen to a story on VPR about efforts to bring high-speed wireles Internet access to the poor in Newport, Vermont.
Dave Sellers’ All-Concrete House
Listen to a story about architect Dave Sellers Home Run House in Warren, Vermont. It uses no fossil fuel.
Hempfest Gathering in the Northeast Kingdom
Listen to a story on VPR about the first gathering of Vermont's hemp farmers.
Vermont Hemp, Season 3
Listen to a story about the third year that industrial hemp will be planted in Vermont. There's more acreage devoted to hemp and a concerted focus on CBD oil.
Vermont renewables
Listen to a report on NPR's Here & Now about opposition to solar arrays and industrial wind turbines all over the Green Mountain state
Log Drives on the Connecticut River
Listen to a story about the log drives on the Connecticut River. This piece aired on Vermont Public Radio.
Defense Investigator Chip Troiano
Listen to a story about Chip Troiano, a veteran defense investigator now serving in Vermont's legislature. This piece aired on Vermont Public Radio in February 2016.
Novelist Laura Stevenson
Listen to a story about the novelist Laura Stevenson, who has a PhD. in history. She went deaf and cleaned houses to support herself. Stevenson has used her life experiences to inspire her fiction.
Vermont Kid on Broadway
Listen to a story about a kid from rural Vermont named Oscar Williams (left in picture above) who performs on Broadway.
Puppeteer Paul Zaloom
Puppeteer Paul Zaloom takes on John McCain and Donald Trump. Listen to the story on VPR.
Institute for Social Ecology
Listen to a story about the Institute for Social Ecology founded at Goddard College in 1974.
Madsonian Museum
Listen to a story about the Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design.
Vermont's Hard Cider Scene
Here's a brief story about the hard cider scene in Vermont.
Bread & Puppet Theater
Listen to a lengthy piece on VPR about the history of Bread and Puppet Theater in Vermont.
Sculptor Eben Markowski
Listen to a story about Eben Markowski, a sculptor in Panton, VT. He is pictured above with his wife Heidi.
Dorothy Day's Granddaughter
Listen to a story about the granddaughter of Catholic Worker founder Dorothy Day, who lives in Springfield, Vermont but volunteers at a Catholic Worker hospitality house in New York.
Tiny House Summer Camp
Watch an audio slide show about Tiny House Summer Camp, a hands-on workshop taught by the Diedricksen brothers in the Northeast Kingdom.
Parker Pie Pizza
Listen to a brief story about the Parker Pie pizza joint in West Glover, Vermont.
Industrial Hemp
Roz Payne
The late Roz Payne had a photo and video archive of the 1960's that is considered an important collection of material documenting the Black Panther Party.
Synagogue Mural
Listen to an NPR story about an early 20th Century synagogue mural restored in Burlington, Vermont.
Dennis and Leonardo
Listen to a story about Vermont sculptor Dennis Sparling and his 9-foot sculpture of Leonardo DaVinci.
Solar Farmer
Listen to a story about a farmer in Ryegate, who has agreed to allow an array of solar collectors on his land.