Vermont Business Magazine The sixth edition of Vermont Almanac has been published and is being shipped to readers and bookstores this week. The book features all new stories about and by Vermonters.
If you’re not familiar with Vermont Almanac, it’s an annual book that’s produced by For the Land Publishing, a Vermont non-profit organization. The book is organized by season, and there’s something for anyone who has an interest in the land and the people of Vermont.
If you are familiar with the book, you can expect Volume VI to be different from the previous five in a number of ways. Instead of breaking the past year down by month, we did it by season. We reimagined our weather section. We loosened up on word counts. We encouraged the many talented writers we work with to follow their whims.
We followed our own whims toward more history, toward the esoteric. We aimed for a slimmer volume that dictated its own length, rather than striving to make this book exactly the same length as all the others. And we lowered the price by 30%, in the hopes of reaching a broader audience. In this time of rising inflation, we might be the only thing that’s gotten cheaper over the course of the past year.
Despite the changes, Volume VI will be instantly recognizable to longtime readers. Inside you’ll find an exploration of a Revolutionary War-era archaeological project in Sunderland, learn about an offbeat Vermont newspaper that was started in the 1980s by author Annie Proulx before she was famous, and view a photo essay that will help you marvel at the ordinary.
You’ll step back into the days of one-room schoolhouses and get guidance on how to buy an older tractor. There are philosophical musings on the value of wild places and a meditation on the art of weeding. You'll read about a thriving fiber mill and how robots are helping dairy farmers milk (and care for) cows.
There's lovely art and moving personal essays and poems by authors Julia Alvarez, Sydney Lea, Brett Ann Stanciu, Melanie Finn, Joan Aleshire, Leath Tonino, Margaret Draft, and Verandah Porche, to name just a few, not to mention poetry, history, nature, recipes, and more. Want to know how to make a broom, build a stone wall, or age a deer? We’ve got that, too, and plenty more to deepen your connection with the land.
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