Local operations score working lands grants

Two Addison County farms and two local businesses were among those Vermont operations winning grants recently announced by the Working Lands Enterprise Board.

Where are they now? Silas Doyle-Burr comes full circle

MONKTON — It took a productive, but challenging, two years in the Asian business world for 2005 Mount Abraham Union High School graduate Silas Doyle-Burr to find his true calling — running the Monkton organic farm he grew up on. Along the way, Doyle-Burr, … (read more)

Farmers stay on the job in crisis — but it’s not easy

MONKTON — Like farmers everywhere right now, Silas Doyle-Burr of Last Resort Farm in Monkton is struggling with a lot of uncertainty as the coronavirus pandemic unfolds. “We’re really just getting started in terms of growing,” he told the Independent Wedn … (read more)