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Julia Clancy

ADVENTURE DINNER

Adventure Dinner founder, Sas Stewart. Photo by Chadwick Estey. Adventure Dinner founder Sas Stewart is known to wear many hats, with a few standouts: awarded distillery owner, successful entrepreneur, and expert on making spirits and mixing them. She previously owned Stonecutter Spirits, a…

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HELLO ICE CREAM

The innovators, hidden gems and old-school icons behind our maple, cows and creemees In late March 2021, 79-year-old Bob Saffi -- more commonly known in Burlington as “Ice Cream Bob” -- stood beside a flatbed train in the Burlington rail yard, pondering his nineteenth summer selling ice cream…

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SHELBURNE FARMS

An ah-ha moment occurs when we understand where certain foods come from; it might be subtle or profound. The realization takes something banal -- perhaps an egg, a carrot, a wedge of cheese -- and imbues it with a sense of entirety, one that speaks to the social and ecological systems passing each…

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