Growing food and a family at Golden Russet Farm

“It’s great knowing that what we produce is staying so close to home and in the Addison County community; it’s pretty amazing.” — Pauline Stevens

Local Food & Farm Guide: Golden Russet focuses on soil health

“Regenerative agriculture” may be the latest term to describe a system of sustainable farming that has become popular with the environmentally conscious consumer, but for some farmers, it’s simply the most obvious path.Will and Judy Stevens established Go … (read more)

The pandemic is bringing gardeners out of the woodwork

In mid-March, when the realities of COIVID-19 hit home in Vermont and the state shut off many opportunities for face-to-face shopping, nurseries that dealt with retail customers were unsure how to proceed. Shoreham’s Golden Russet Farm, for instance, norm … (read more)

Wool used for fertilizer? Yep, sheep hair’s a low-phosphorus alternative

SHOREHAM — Will and Judy Stevens of Golden Russet Farm & Greenhouses in Shoreham spent a little extra time with their broccoli harvest this year. They counted and weighed it, head by head. Earlier this summer Golden Russet had planted a 300-foot row o … (read more)

Golden Russet is using sheep wool as fertilizer

SHOREHAM — Will and Judy Stevens of Golden Russet Farm & Greenhouses in Shoreham spent a little extra time with their broccoli harvest this year. They counted and weighed it, head by head. Earlier this summer Golden Russet had planted a 300-foot row of br … (read more)