Cherry tree at East Hill Tree Farm Credit: Courtesy of East Hill Tree Farm

A bounty of farm food and agricultural activities are the centerpiece of Vermont Open Farm Week. Farms across the state open their fields and barns to visitors starting August 9. Activities include feeding animals, picking crops and making cheese. Or participants can skip the chores and just eat, with choices such as pancakes, fried chicken and smoothies.

This article appears in The Media Issue 2019.

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Sally Pollak was a staff writer at Seven Days from 2017 until she retired in summer 2023. She started as a Food contributor before transitioning to the Arts & Culture team. Her first newspaper job was compiling horse racing results at the Philadelphia...