Vermont

Blueberry Sugar Cookie Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
March 14, 2024March 18, 2024

This is the easiest recipe for making soft blueberry sugar cookies – a vanilla sugar cookie with wild Vermont blueberry jam swirled through it. These are the best tasting and use the best sustainable ingredients.

Best Yeast Waffle Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
July 12, 2023February 21, 2024

This is the best yeast waffle recipe because these waffles taste better, are better for you, and are better for the environment as well. Made with ingredients that have a small carbon footprint. We should just call them “save the world” waffles. They rise overnight and are ready in the morning, so they are convenient and easy for breakfast. Even better, leftover waffles can be frozen and then reheated in the toaster.

Best Recipes with Maple Syrup

by Lisa LeCoump
March 10, 2023February 21, 2024

Our best recipes with maple syrup – These recipes feature the best ways to take advantage of the unique flavor and properties of maple syrup.

Fall Foliage in Vermont

by Lisa LeCoump
October 22, 2019April 29, 2024

It would be hard to find a prettier fall location or friendlier people than in Vermont.

Travels in Vermont

by Lisa LeCoump
October 7, 2015April 29, 2024

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According to the United Nations, “Our food systems right now are unsustainable. They are a major contributor to the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution“. But, research done at U.C., Davis demonstrates that “soils could store enough carbon to offset a significant proportion of fossil fuel emissions”, and actually reverse climate change. This happens when farmers use ‘regenerative agriculture’ practices, which increase and keep organic matter in the soil. This blog features products that are grown this way, so you will know which brands will help reverse climate change.

While traveling the world and looking for the best quality ingredients, we found that many producers who care about quality also care about sustainability. When we used the best quality ingredients we also reduced our carbon footprint. Additionally, by buying regenerative products, we could actually help reverse climate change. So, this blog features some of those products. If everyone did this, more farmers would use ‘regenerative practices’ and it would have a big effect on climate change. Little changes add up to something big. Little things matter. We could save the world, one cookie at a time.

Professional Photographer - Food Photographer, Wedding Photographer. Lisa was previously the Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, responsible for reviewing and enforcing organic regulations and Environmental Protection Agency pesticide use regulations. She also worked for years as an Agricultural Advisor in California, a farmer in California, and an Agricultural Extension Agent in Thailand. She received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from California State University, Chico and studied Integrated Pest Management at U.C., Davis, which involved farming methods that preserve the environment.