Local, organic, and bipartisan: How Vermont is challenging Big Food
The Christian Science Monitor
By Stephanie Hanes Staff writer
Riley Robinson Staff photographer
June 08, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ET | Hardwick, Vt.
"Kayleigh Boyle and Doug Wolcik knew all the reasons not to farm in Vermont: the short growing season, the hilly terrain, the dirt roads that make it hard to get products to market. Even the size of most farms here is a problem. For decades, farms across the United States have gotten larger as agricultural policies pushed growers to consolidate and scale up their operations. Vermont’s farms, however, have stayed relatively small. According to conventional wisdom, that means unprofitable."