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Getting By: Vermont Thrift-Seekers Practice Glean Living

Seven Days | October 5, 2009

The process of culling leftovers from farmers' fields, called gleaning, is as old as agriculture itself. Several Bible passages actually mandate that growers leave the last bits of the harvest for "the poor and the stranger."

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Tags: gleaning, food, Vermont, farming, agriculture

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Should online food culture give reporters and restaurateurs indigestion?

Seven Days | Suzanne Podhaizer | 10-15-2010 | Food+Drink

Tags: Food Writing, Urbanspoon, Yelp

Vermont Restaurants Struggle With the Packaging Issuenew

Nearly everybody gets food "wrapped up to go" at some point. And eco-conscious diners judge restaurants on their packaging. But when options include Styrofoam, aluminum, corn, bamboo and recyclable plastic, the decision is anything but easy.

Seven Days | Suzanne Podhaizer | 06-26-2009 | Food+Drink

Tags: food packaging, Vermont, environment

A Burlington Couple Satisfies Cravings for Not-quite-meatnew

When a conscious carnivore falls in love with a vegetarian, something has to replace the sausages at breakfast. The result: hearty, flavorful and filling "veggie patties" that don't taste or look like flesh but satisfy meat-eaters.

Seven Days | Suzanne Podhaizer | 07-18-2008 | Food+Drink

Tags: vegetarianism, meat, farmers markets, meat substitutes, veggie patties

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The Earthiest Roastnew

A gourmet meal is cooked in compost.

Seven Days | Corin Hirsch | 11-20-2012 | Food+Drink

Tags: Agriculture

Cruiser-Crushin' Vermont Farmer Becomes an Internet Heronew

To Roger Pion's supporters, this isn't just a weird, only-in-Vermont story providing fodder for the news media. Pion is the everyman, doing what he needs to do to get by in modern America, pushing back when the boot of The Man is on his throat.

Seven Days | Tyler Machado | 08-10-2012 | Culture

Tags: Farmer Crushes Cop Cars With Tractor, Roger Pion