(Source USA Today): Vermont is a hotbed of craft brewing, with the most beer makers per capita in the USA, part of a much larger craft food culture that was way ahead of the curve on the localvore, farm-to-table, and artisan cheese and bread trends. At brewpubs across the state, it would be odd not to have burgers made with some nearby farmer’s grass-fed beef, topped with award-winning local cheddars, and augmented with craft cured natural bacon. Most recently, Vermont has jumped into distilling, and here’s where travelers can taste both movements.
Stowe, Vt. is home to one of the nation’s first ski town microbreweries, The Shed, which serves tasting flights on antique skis. The original Shed closed after a fire, and the brewery, pub and restaurant are now in Middlebury, Vt., while the beer is widely available across the state. The ShedFortunately the void has been filled by several newcomers. The recently launched Von Trapp Brewery is located at the famous Von Trapp Family Lodge, which was opened by the real life version of the signing family immortalized in the movie, ‘The Sound of Music’. Von Trapp Family LodgeStowe also has the Crop Bistro & Brewery, an intimate dining spot right on the main access road that takes a true microbrewery approach to its in-house beers. Crop Bistro & BreweryOn November 11, Crop Bistro & Brewery will become Idletyme Brewing Company. Curran Photography
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont lawmakers are considering whether to become the first state Legislature to legalize marijuana. Four states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational cannabis, but in each of those cases, it was voters at the ballot box, not lawmakers, who changed the law. Vermont could become the first state in history…
Calkins Portable Toilet Inc., of Vt. has pleaded guilty to charges it transported portable toilets containing human waste on I-93 in #NH. — Jason Schreiber (@Schreibernews) August 6, 2014 Portable toilet company will pay $6,000 fine & make an educational presentation for #NH Association of Septage Haulers. — Jason Schreiber (@Schreibernews) August 6, 2014
Vermont has the right to require that genetically modified foods sold within the state be labeled, the state attorney general argued in papers filed Friday in federal court. Attorney General Bill Sorrell defended Vermont’s new labeling law with a 51-page court filing. He asked the court to throw out a lawsuit seeking to overturn the…
One hundred percent of the electricity powering Burlington — Vermont’s largest city — will come from wind, water, biomass, and other sources of renewable energy, bringing the city to the forefront of a nationwide movement to make businesses and cities more environmentally-friendly. Burlington’s goal was reached when the city bought the 7.4-megawatt Winooski 1…
