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February 1979 interview includes daily farm chores in Franklin Cty, milk sales, butter-making, sugar-smuggling during war

A 1952 advisory bulletin on sheep-farming in Vermont with stats and details on wool market oppty (Boston biggest national market) and a little on lamb meat.

Gert reflects on her passion for farming.

1982 - Written by a dairy farmer in Tinmouth with early history of Vermont settlement and information on foodways (unsourced) through community suppers, sugaring, hunting to "ethnic" contributions . Includes recipes from acorn bread to chicken pie…

Green Mountain Whittlin's LVII (2006), 37: very detailed description of food on Vermont farm (location not specified) in early 1900s: apples, butchering, baking, foraging

2007 - Hooked on history of Shelburne Farms with themed Vermont ingredient chapters and history of each (milk, maple, lamb, venison, etc.) Some twists on classic recipes but mostly modern takes with local ingredients.

Story on Duclos-Thompson Farm where Tom Duclos, who grew up nearby on a dairy farm, and now raises sheep. Includes history of sheep-farming in Vermont.

Story about Ben Gleason, grain farmer of Bridport with sidebar on history of Vermont grain-growing

2000 - Self-published memoir starting in 1890 of author's grandmother on farm in Hydeville with daily farm life and recipes like salt pork with dandelion or cowslip greens (29) and butchering details (107) with recipes for sausage, head cheese,…

Personal history of farming family with Finnish roots - good details on food pages 4-5, 7-8: how fed large family in Proctor VT with garden, foraging, milking/butter, home-brewed Kallia (molasses, hops, water) on page 7