Tile Drainage: Good or Bad?

Tile Drainage: Good or Bad?

by Liza Lemieux, Franklin County NRCD Conservation Technician Tile drainage can have many benefits. By more quickly draining extra water from a field, the field can be accessed sooner for planting, crop roots can grow farther down, compaction is reduced, and soil...
Young Farmers Converge in D.C.

Young Farmers Converge in D.C.

Three Vermonters traveled to Washington D.C. in November to join young farmers from across the country for the annual Young Farmers Coalition convergence. Damien Boomhower went to great lengths to put his young family and 60-head organic dairy in order so he could...

Setting the Table for Songbirds

by guest author Bridget Butler, “the Bird Diva.” As a light blanket of snow covers the ground and I watch chickadees and finches at my feeders, I think about how I can continue to add more food sources to my backyard. And not just by adding feeders, but by...

History of the Land

History of the Land, by Jeannie Bartlett, District Manager Franklin County NRCD The land governed by the District today was built and carved over the course of millennia. Mountains much taller than the Greens we see today were thrust up by colliding continents and are...