Since 1761, only two owners have owned O. L. St. John Farm. It spans a half-mile across a rounded valley of rolling verdant meadows outside Woodstock, Vermont. The St. John family shares some memories.

In 1966, our father and mother drove to Vermont from Connecticut in search of 13 acres of land and a spring. After viewing several properties [...]

America has always been about reinvention. Disruption from the Industrial Revolution and global competition (sound familiar?) strained Vermont agriculture at the end of the 19th century. In an effort to modernize agriculture, agricultural big thinkers, often funded by wealthy philanthropists, encouraged the development of model farms. From [...]

Editor's Note: Below is the remarkable story of a200-year-old Vermont farm and its many incarnations.The place hastransitioned from asubsistence hill farm to a model agricultural estate to today'sultra-boutique vineyard with its grand summer mansion and original outbuildings, coolly reinvented for the 21st [...]

When I was at Bennington College in the mid-70s, on many weekends I would drive up to Randolph Center, a 2.5 hour drive, to stay with a friend who raised Morgan horses. I became very good at navigating back roads to get there, as it was boring always going the speedy way, Rt. 7 to I [...]

The hills of Vermont are filled with folks who dreamed of a quiet escape from harried lives elsewhere. Often a big part of wanting to be in Vermont is to share special time with family and friends. We asked the seller of Interlude Farm to tell us about what realizing her dream has meant for her and her [...]