Vermont Commons Audio

Equal Time with Carl Etnier: Local Food Systems As An Engine For Economic Development (Winter 2010)

Rob Williams — Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:22:30 -0800

Equal Time Ken Meter, one of the top experts on community food
systems in the US, discusses how local food networks thrive and how
they can help strengthen economies. Meter is president of the Crossroads Resource Center in Minneapolis.

Free Vermont Radio: Jim Hogue Interviews Carbon Farmer Abe Collins (December 21, 2009)

Rob Williams — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:57:28 -0800

Check out Jim Hogue's WGDR radio program at House At Pooh Corner.

Equal Time with Carl Etnier: Spinning Off Vermont Yankee (November 16, 2009)

Rob Williams — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:41:21 -0800

Entergy wants to spin off ownership of Vermont Yankee, leaving the
parent corporation without liability for the nuclear power plant.
Vermont's Department of Public Service first opposed the move, but now
they have agreed to it.

FREE VERMONT RADIO: VC Publisher Rob Williams Talks Secession On Middlebury College Radio (Oct 26, 2009)

Rob Williams — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:40:18 -0700

I really like talking with college students, like Haik Kavookjian and Michael West of Middlebury, who are bright, passionate, and genuinely interested in honest dialogue about the future of Vermont and the United States Empire.

Equal Time with Carl Etnier: Animal-Powered Field Days and Waterbury's New Bicycle/Postering Service (October 12, 2009)

Rob Williams — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:59:02 -0700

Carl Russell farms with horses and oxen in Bethel, Vermont, and he organized the third annual Northeast Animal Power Field Days
at the Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Oct. 17-18. Russell previews the events
and explains why animal power increases farmers' profits.

Equal Time with Carl Etnier: RuralVermont's New Directions, Plus Produce: The New Urban Agriculture (November 5,2009)

Rob Williams — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:36:05 -0700

November 5, 2009

Brian Moyer, the new executive director of Rural Vermont,
explains how the organization plans to follow up on their legislative
successes by making sure the laws about raw milk, on-farm slaughter,
and other aspects of farming are working as intended and helping family
farmers.

Equal Time with Carl Etnier: A Nation Of Farmers-Is Vermont Doing Its Share? (July 27, 2009)

Rob Williams — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:52:53 -0700

New York state author, blogger, and homesteader Sharon Astyk discusses her new book, A Nation of Farmers: Defeating the Food Crisis on American Soil. Astyk sees the energy shortages of peak oil hitting us and our food system now, and she argues that US food security depends on 100 million of us starting to farm in the near future.

Four Vermonters also describe part of what they are doing to move Vermont toward much stronger local food systems:

Carl Russell, Earthwise Farm and Forestry in Bethel, organizes the

Equal Time: Author/Gardener Ron Krupp Finds Local Solutions in Vermont (July 13, 2009)

Rob Williams — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:00:58 -0700

Vermont author Ron Krupp, who wrote The Woodchuck's Guide to Gardening, describes his new book, Lifting the Yoke: Local Solutions to America's Farm and Food Crisis. Carl Etnier hosts.

Equal Time with Carl Etnier: Former Arms Dealer Marks 20 Years of Living on $5,000 Annually (July 13, 2009)

Rob Williams — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:53:54 -0700

Vermont author Jim Merkel, who wrote Radical Simplicity,
marks the twentieth anniversary of his experiment living simply: on
$5,000 a year. He describes what led him to give up his life as an arms
dealer to live simply on the planet, and how he does it. Carl Etnier
hosts.

Equal Time with Carl Etnier: The American Revolution - Grassroots Style (posted July 15, 2009)

Rob Williams — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:59:27 -0700

Ray Raphael, author of "Founders: The People Who Brought You a
Nation," shows how common people, as well as the well known power
players, shaped the American Revolution.