{"id":1588,"date":"2021-12-07T17:25:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T21:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2021-12-07T17:25:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T21:25:24","slug":"great-gift-idea-volume-ii-of-vermont-almanac-is-available-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/2021\/12\/07\/great-gift-idea-volume-ii-of-vermont-almanac-is-available-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Gift Idea: Volume II of Vermont Almanac is available Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an author of some of the material in this series- last year on the apple industry, this year on the grape industry and how to prune grapevines- I\u2019d like to suggest this locally-produced, locally-relevant book if you\u2019re still thinking about gifts this holiday season. <\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/vermontalmanac.org\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Following up on last year\u2019s inaugural edition of Vermont Almanac<\/em>, Volume II has been published and will be shipping to readers and available in local bookstores the first week of December.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s inside?<\/p>\n

All new stories about and by a new cast of Vermont farmers, writers, loggers, artists, scientists, poets, thinkers, and doers. In all, more than 70 Vermonters contributed content to Volume II.<\/p>\n

Vermont Almanac, <\/em>which is produced by For the Land Publishing, a Vermont non-profit organization, tells \u201cstories from and for the land.\u201d It\u2019s an annual look at the people, places, nature, climate, traditions, innovations and resilience of rural Vermont. Past, present, and future. With nearly 300 pages of content, organized into monthly chapters, there\u2019s something (many things, actually) for anyone with an appreciation for this place we call home and our way of life here.<\/p>\n

Part of the content is practical (how to set mouse traps for optimal success; how to tell different soil types apart; and tips for telling dangerous cyanobacteria from run-of-the-mill green algae). Part of it is educational (did you know that Vermont-grown grains are being used in Vermont-made breads, beers, and spirits? That grapes and hops are increasingly popular ag products in the state? That mushroom farming is a thing?). There\u2019s a monthly nod to the historical (learn about the Revolutionary-era standoff that set the stage for Vermont to be formed; how the state banned billboards back in the 1960s; the daily life of a farmer in 1915). Some stories are important from a cultural perspective (keeping alive Native American language and charting a future for all races to find a home in rural Vermont). And some content is meant to be just plain enjoyable (read about the joy of pig personalities; the splendor of barn<\/p>\n

The list of topics explored in Vermont Almanac, Vol. II<\/em>, goes on and on: garlic, ginseng, finches, flowers, cow-judging, apple-grafting, syrup-making, chicken-farming…and much, much more. It\u2019s a year\u2019s worth of content that\u2019s perfect for anyone who lives in or just loves rural Vermont.<\/p>\n

www.vermontalmanac.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Vermont Almanac Vol II Press Release (1).pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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As an author of some of the material in this series- last year on the apple industry, this year on the grape industry and how to prune grapevines- I\u2019d like to suggest this locally-produced, locally-relevant book if you\u2019re still thinking about gifts this holiday season. https:\/\/vermontalmanac.org\/ Following up on last year\u2019s inaugural edition of Vermont … Continue reading Great Gift Idea: Volume II of Vermont Almanac is available Now!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2208,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[1],"class_list":["post-1588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Terence Bradshaw","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/author\/tbradsha\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4nZlV-pC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2208"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1591,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588\/revisions\/1591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}