Open pastures and rolling hills make up the vast landscape of Vermont’s Champlain Valley. The state’s northwest corner skirts the NY border and takes its name from Lake Champlain, whose waters extend into Canada.  From its fertile plains, the Champlian Valley takes claim as the most productive agricultural region of the entire state, with cheese [...]

We were driving the back roads of rural Vermont outside the quaint village of Dorset, heading for a day hike to check out the foliage and breathe in some good fresh fall air.  Along the way, we passed an unassuming farmhouse whose front lawn was decorated with hundreds of pumpkins surrounding a large trailer piled [...]