Food as Medicine, Healthcare & Sustainability
By Jennifer Anderson Farmacy programs prescribe healthy food to patients to manage chronic disease” Photo by Wendy Wei The phrase “food as medicine” is not new, but over the years, […]
Over 350 Wild Bee Species Found in Vermont, with Help of Community Scientists
VCE biologists and study co-authors Kent McFarland (left) and Spencer Hardy (right) © Alden Wicker By Alden Wicker, Vermont Center for Ecostudies A decade-long study published in the journal Northeastern Naturalist this month
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Plastics: From Promise to Crisis
By Lynn Bryant Photo by Naja Bertolt Jensen on Unsplash My husband and I recently watched The Graduate, one of our favorite old movies. Early in the movie, Benjamin, a recent
Woodstock High School Hosts Fall Native Plant Sale
By Abbie Castriotta Bluestem Goldenrod. Photo by Abbie Castriotta. The Woodstock Union High School Agriculture Department will host our second annual Native Plant Sale this fall. The sale will run
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Sustainability and Personal Vehicles
By David Bluestein Electric vehicles are better for the environment and save drivers money in the long run. The federal tax credit for EVs expires September 30, 2025. For over
How Woodstock’s “Buy Nothing” group is upping our town’s eco-game, while building community
By Nicole GreenCo-Chair, Sustainable Woodstock A handmade banner hanging at the Taftsville Chapel Mennonite Fellowship It’s safe to say we have an overconsumption problem today. And the planet’s feeling it.
The Role of Compost in your Garden Beds
By Lee Moncton A 3-bin home compost system. Photo by Frank Thiemonge on Unsplash We have all heard that we should add more compost to our garden, in the same
No Bees, No Food–Creating a Pollinator Meadow
by Jeannie Lindheim and Steven Shama Native perennial flowers provide food and habitat for local birds, butterflies, and bees. Photo by Jeannie Lindheim How would you feel if you couldn’t
AI’s Environmental Impact
By David Bluestein Photo by Kari Shea on Unsplash In the past few years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has gone from an obscure idea to a very real part of
My guide through the climate crisis is a 1940s Scottish writer
By Jacob Chalif The Adirondack mountains of New York. Photo: Jacob Chalif. When I mention in conversation that I am a climate scientist, I invariably hear one of two responses.
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