Capital for a Day Tour - Retreat Farm with Gov Scott 10/23/18
Governor Phil Scott and members of his Cabinet will be in Windham County on Tuesday, October 23 for a series of meetings and events throughout the county. The visit is part of the Administration’s Capitol for a Day initiative. Capitol for a Day has brought the Governor and dozens from his Cabinet and Extended Cabinet to Rutland, Caledonia, Winds or, Franklin, Bennington, Addison , Chittenden and Orleans counties . It gives local constituents, municipal governments and other partners the opportunity to connect directly with State leadership and staff. The Administration aims to visit every county as part of the initiative. Today he is in Brattlebroro Vermont at the Retreat Farm.
Cow Parade! Strolling of the Heifers 2019, Brattleboro, Vermont, supporting community agriculture
It's cow time of the year again! Strolling of the Heifers parade and organization supports community agriculture:
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The Stroll is not just a parade — it’s a movement. We work year-round to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation at farm and food businesses, to connect people and organizations of many kinds around sustainable living and resilient communities, and to promote the value of local food systems, local thinking and Slow Living. (Download PDF magazine about all this.) Here’s an overview of our focus areas and accomplishments:
Windham Grows: Farm/Food business hatchery
MISSION: In collaboration with state and regional partners, to build the food and agriculture business sector in Windham County...
Slow Living Summit
Join us, as we explore the Future of Women in Food Entrepreneurship Thursday, June 6 and Friday, June 7.
Locavore Index: How does your state rank?
Our Strolling of the Heifers Locavore Index keeps track of which states are most committed to local foods. First...
Business Plan Competition
Our Farm/Food Business Plan Competition spurs innovation and entrepreneurship at family farms, specialty food producers, restaurants and other food...
Woodlands & Forestry
The working landscape of New England includes more woodlands than farmlands — so each year at our Slow Living...
Art & Music
We strongly believe the arts are an integral part of building sustainable communities, and we work to integrate artists...
Microloans for Farmers
A farm-oriented microlending program, The Strolling of the Heifers Microloan Fund, was launched in 2008, in partnership with The Carrot...
Educational Grants
In the early years of the Stroll, from 2002 to 2007, the organization offered small educational grants to Brattleboro-area teachers,...
Beginning Farmer Apprenticeships
A program to place at-risk youth into farm-based summer apprenticeships, the Beginning Farmer Apprentice Program (BFAP), was launched in 2009...
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6/11/14 Transferring the Farm: Wood's Market Garden in Brandon, VT
Across the Fence is the longest-running locally-produced program in the US. We have been on-air on WCAX-TV since 1955! Across the Fence is produced by the University of Vermont Extension. Visit
Driving thru the Vermont countryside
This is just a video of driving thru the Vermont countryside during June 2018.
Music Credits:
Ride of the Valkyries (by Wagner) - Youtube Audio Library
Old King Farms: Healing & Retreat Center
This video showcases the sheer beauty of old rustic farms on over 100 acres of land. Located in Benson Vermont, Old King Farms is home to many
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Sgt. Rich LaBard's Story
Sargent Rich LaBard has been a police officer for over 16 years but an incident in 2004 when responding to an emergency call at a home where there had been a shooting, left him struggling to live his life for over eight years. Suffering from PTSD, he enrolled in the Uniformed Service Program to start his journey toward recovery. Hear his story captured in this video.
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On the Road in Southern Vermont: Grafton Village Cheese | Connecting Point | Nov. 2, 2016
Cheese making has long been a part of Vermont life. In 1892, the Grafton Cooperative Cheese Company was founded by dairy farmers who would turn their surplus milk into cheese. After fire destroyed the facility in 1912, the Windham Foundation restored the company and the fine art of cheese making continues to this day in Grafton. Connecting Point Producer Dave Fraser visited the company at its Brattleboro facility and shares this story.
The Auto Mall - Brattleboro, VT - Our New Service Facility
Govenor Shumlin at the Retreat's Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new Adult Intensive Unit
Governor Peter Shumlin speaks to legislators, community leaders, consumers, advocates and staff members at the Brattleboro Retreat's ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, April 8, 2013 to mark the opening of the Retreat's new Adult Intensive Unit. The renovated 14-bed unit is one component of a statewide strategy for replacing acute psychiatric services that were provided by the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury before Tropical Storm Irene devastated that facility.
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No Nukes Parade Brattleboro Vermont
Raw footage of the pre-rally No Nuclear plants protest. Vermont Yankee is considered old and already causing public harm, to many. There were protesters from Rowe (or Row) Massachusetts, Keene New Hampshire, and all over the area.
This parade took place earlier today.
I have access to professional editing in a studio, but here you go ... raw footage.
1130 Upper Dummerston Road, Brattleboro, VT, 05301
Presented by Kristen Ziter Taylor, Brattleboro Area Realty.
Strolling of the Heifers Parade 2015, Brattleboro Vermont.
Every year, the cows come home to southerns Vermont. This year, huge crowds and lots of cows!
This year's high point? When the company that recycles urine into fertilizer chanted We're number 1!
I got video from the side lines, but not the expo after, which is also great and huge, with food and booths in the area of local farming and sustainability.
What is Strolling of the Heifers?
Strolling of the Heifers is a non-profit organization with the mission of connecting people with healthy local food, encouraging and facilitating innovation and entrepreneurship in the farm/food sector, and supporting the development of stronger local food systems and healthy, sharing, connected and resilient communities. Our annual parade in Brattleboro, VT draws thousands upon thousands of people from all over the world.
Vermont Home For Sale With 12 Acres - 999 Barry RD Fairfield VT
12.1 Acres 2 Large Garages, located only 8 Miles From Downtown St. Albans Vermont
VermontTV.Net - Cruise Night in Brattleboro, VT
Cruise Night In Brattleboro, VT is fun for the whole family. Every Saturday evening in the Staples parking lot. See vintage cars, talk to the owners and have a laugh or two.
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Walk in Brattleboro
Walking around Brattleboro, in the cold.
Nature retreat with open land In Vermont
Driving a Kubota side by side through land that will be added to the Vermont Farm Retreat #1801wrightfarm
Haunted Places in Vermont
From Burlington to Essex, Rutland City to Colchester, the Green Mountain State has terrifying hauntings around every turn. Which is why The Speakeasy presents our picks for the top ten haunted places in Vermont. Enjoy!
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Signs on the Long Trail by dvs ( is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (
Mount Abraham, Vermont by walknboston ( is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (
Emilysbridge by Mfwills ( is licensed under CC BY 3.0 (
Gold Brook Covered Bridge - Stowe, Vermont by Doug Kerr ( is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 (
Gold Brook Covered Bridge - Stowe, Vermont by Doug Kerr ( is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 (
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Brattleboro in Brattleboro VT
Prices: . . . . . . . .. .. ... . .. .. .. Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Brattleboro 100 Chickering Drive Brattleboro VT 05301 This Brattleboro, Vermont hotel offers free Wi-Fi, an indoor pool and spacious guest rooms. The Brattleboro Museum and Arts Center is a 5 minute drive away. The Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Brattleboro offers rooms with coffee facilities, a microwave and a refrigerator. The classic rooms also include cable TV with in-room movies. A gym is on-site at the Brattleboro Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites. The hotel also features on-site laundry facilities and a gift shop. The Retreat Petting Farm and Gift Shop is 2.3 miles from the hotel. Mount Snow is 30 miles away.
Retreat Vermont 2012 2
Awaken Retreat~Mainly raw foods, connection to nature, meditation, and guided imagery sessions. A weekend to remember for a long time to come. A community of energetically aware people coming together for the experience of Awakening to yet another level of higher consciousness.