BRATTLEBORO-It is disturbing that the Newfane and Brattleboro Selectboards have agreed to warn an anti-Israeli article in their respective Town Meetings.
I believe this approach is overly one-sided and counterproductive. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is deeply complex, and using such charged language as "apartheid" risks alienating members of the community and oversimplifying a nuanced issue.
Labeling Israel as an apartheid state is wrong. Israel has always been a democratic system and enjoyed equal voting rights for all citizens, including its Arab Palestinian minority, who make up approximately 20% of the population.
Unlike apartheid South Africa, where racial segregation was classified into law and non-white citizens were systematically denied political rights, Israel grants full citizenship and voting rights to all its citizens, regardless of ethnicity or religion.
Voting has begun for the August primary, and I'm supporting David Zuckerman for governor. For more than two decades, I have been actively involved in the local food movement. I have worked with farmers, local businesses, tourist organizations, and marketing teams to create connections that build our rural economy...
As reported in The Commons, 11 people aspiring to culinary careers successfully completed the Strolling of the Heifers Farm-to-Plate apprenticeship program and are about to begin new jobs at local food businesses. We would like to be sure that all of the partners who made this possible are given...
Strolling of the Heifers appreciates the help of a very energetic crew of Green Mountain RSVP volunteers, some from the Samuel Elliot Apartments and some from Melrose Terrace, who gathered on Oct. 25 to help fold, stuff, address, and stamp almost 4,000 mailing pieces for our annual mailings to individuals and businesses to ask for their support of the 2013 Stroll. Our helpers included Rosemary Eldridge, Ann Wright-Parsons, Sandy Licea, Linda King, Judy Ressler, Trudy Crites, Bill Murray, Vicki Friedman,
In the summers of 2009 and 2010, Strolling of the Heifers conducted successful summer programs that placed young people in six-week full-time internships on southeast Vermont farms. These programs benefited farmers and youth alike: they provided much-needed summertime help for farmers, and they provided the participating youth with an introduction to farming as a career, a paying summer position in a difficult jobs market, and coaching on employment skills, money management, and personal responsibility. We're very pleased that this program...