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Field Notes

Curious about the fields, farms, and forests right outside your door? Who lives there and what can we learn from them? Uncover something new with our essays, tips, and insights from the field.

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Sugaring at Dummerston’s Bunker Farm
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Sugaring at Dummerston’s Bunker Farm

6 Min Read

Slowing the flow at Crooked Creek
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Slowing the flow at Crooked Creek

5 Min Read

Discover the secret world of vernal pools
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Discover the secret world of vernal pools

5 Min Read

Identify Vermont wildflowers in spring
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Identify Vermont wildflowers in spring

7 Min Read

Teaming up for 30×30 in Vermont
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Teaming up for 30×30 in Vermont

4 Min Read

Forging a path for collective land ownership at The Farm Upstream
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Forging a path for collective land ownership at The Farm Upstream

5 Min Read

Lichens: partners for life
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Lichens: partners for life

5 Min Read

Learning from beaver dams
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Learning from beaver dams

6 Min Read

Spotted salamanders’ big night out
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Spotted salamanders’ big night out

4 Min Read

“This is where we belong”: Couple decides to donate land for the forest’s future
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“This is where we belong”: Couple decides to donate land for the forest’s future

3 Min Read

How to identify hemlock trees
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How to identify hemlock trees

3 Min Read

Flood safety and clean water in Vermont: Natural, lasting solutions
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Flood safety and clean water in Vermont: Natural, lasting solutions

6 Min Read

Identify Vermont Wildflowers in Winter
Orange-red American Bittersweet clusters
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Identify Vermont Wildflowers in Winter

5 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Q&A: Helping the Next Generation of Farmers Buy Land
tomato seedlings
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Q&A: Helping the Next Generation of Farmers Buy Land

4 Min Read Farms & Local Food
Winter Birds in Vermont 
tufted titmouse, a common winter bird in Vemront, perched on a snowy branch looking at camera
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Winter Birds in Vermont 

5 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Harrison’s Homegrown focuses on healthy soil
group of people digging farm soil for healthy soil study at Harrison's Homegrown dairy farm in Vermont
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Harrison’s Homegrown focuses on healthy soil

4 Min Read Water & Soil
Sustainable agriculture at Heartwood Farm
Marina, Andy and Cosmo stand in greenhouse with tall tomato plants at Heartwood Farm, where they practive sustainable agriculture
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Sustainable agriculture at Heartwood Farm

5 Min Read Farms & Local Food
Q&A: What happens after land is conserved?
two women talking and walking on a path through a farm - vermont
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Q&A: What happens after land is conserved?

4 Min Read Farms & Local Food
Vermont dairy farm celebrates decades of farmland conservation
two men working on hay baler - dairy farm Pawlet Vermont
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Vermont dairy farm celebrates decades of farmland conservation

7 Min Read Farms & Local Food
Q&A: What is a conservation land ethic?
hiker walking through park in distance
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Q&A: What is a conservation land ethic?

3 Min Read People & Communities
Forest mushrooms in Vermont
purple mushroom
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Forest mushrooms in Vermont

4 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Q&A: Healthy Roots Collaborative
group of people with corn and onions after a glean on a vermont farm
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Q&A: Healthy Roots Collaborative

4 Min Read Farms & Local Food
Identify summer wildflowers in Vermont
mountain cranberry with pink flowers
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Identify summer wildflowers in Vermont

5 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Place-based learning for Vermont high school students
young woman drilling into tree as part of a place-based learning program in vermont
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Place-based learning for Vermont high school students

7 Min Read People & Communities

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