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Media & Press Information
Pete's Greens has been mentioned in many publications over the years. The following is a list of the more recent mentions. For media kits, contact Amy Skelton with the subject heading MEDIA KIT.
October 3, 2007 - Vermont Today details Pete's Greens plan for the upcoming year and the upcoming Montpelier Winter Farmer's Market.
April 1, 2007-Business article in the Burlington Free Press, Birds of a Feather, by Leslie Wright
February 2, 2007-Pete was on the radio show, Equal Time with Anthony Pollina where they talked about what is happening at the farm and how Pete's Greens is involved in trying to make a difference in our local food and economy.
February 2007-Food & Wine Magazine-an article about how to eat like a Localvore with great recipes.
November/December 2006 - Livin' Magazine- blurb about our winter share in an article about year-round local food in Vermont
October 2006 - Seven Days - write up about our Good Eats CSA.
September 13, 2006 -The Barton Chronicle - article by Joseph Gresser about Pete's Greens. Here's a little bit about what they had to say: "Today Pete Johnson's business depends on growing and shipping the vegetables served in high-end restaurants as far asway as New York City. But the proprietor of Pete's Greens is planning on a future in which people eat what grows close to home." "He (Pete) envisions the day when communities have such facilities as the village grain mill, root cellar and cheese maker. This future will owe a great deal to the past, by choice rather than necessity."
Summer 2006 - Middlebury Magazine- in an article about alums, a quick blurb about what Pete is doing now: "If you live inthe Northeast, chances are you've happened upon some of Pete's greens."
June 2009 - Eva Sollberger interviews Pete on video for Seven Days VT. In this fun video Pete discusses his vision for Vermont feeding itself and how Pete's Greens is actively pursuing the dream. Viewers are treated to a glimpse of life on the farm and get a chance to "meet" Pete and Meg a bit as well. Click here to watch the video!
July/August 2009 - For his article Building a Healthy Food System in Rural America in Eating Well Magazine David Goodman spends time in Hardwick interviewing key players in the local food economy that is fast developing there. This is one of the more in depth articles telling the story of how a small band of innovative agricultural entrepreneurs are changing the face and the economics of their community.
August 2009 - Sally Pollak informs readers of the Burlington Free Press that Celebrity Chef Emeril Lagasse will be in Hardwick in mid September filming for his "Emeril Green" a Planet Green show that focuses on healthful, organic foods. Emeril will shoot several episodes in the Hardwick area with visits to Pete's Greens, High Mowing Seeds and Jasper Hill Farm among others. The first 60 minute program will air January 4, 2010.
November 2009 - Dan Rather Reports airs a 30 minute program featuring The Center for an Agricultural Economy, Pete's Greens, High Mowing Seeds, Jasper Hill Farm, Vermont Soy, Claire's Restaurant, Buffalo Mounain Co-op, Highfields Institute and how all of these businesses are working together to create a local agriculturally based 21st century economy.
April 2009 - Ed Barna of the Vermont Business Magazine covers Addison County's Green Energy Expo where Pete is the keynote speaker. Pete talks about the the agricultural revolution taking place in Hardwick and the possibilities for Addison County if the community embraces a localized food based economy.
March 2009 - Mark Aiken interviews Pete for Eating Well Magazine's Meet the Farmer series. Pete talks about the soil, moveable greenhouses and eating in season.
March 2009 - Sally Pollack profiled our CSA, Good Eats, in the Weekend Section of the Burlington Free Press. It gives a very good overview of our Spring Share and the CSA in general.
February 2009 - Nancy Humphrey Case examines Pete's new moveable greenhouse technology in the Christian Science Monitor.
January 18, 2008 -Pete's Greens joins with the Mad River Valley Localvores and Rootswork to donate root vegetable seconds to Valley schools. Both the Valley Reporter and Waterbury Record covered the donation.
January 2008-The winter issue of Local Banquet profiled Pete, the farm and the CSA.
May, 2008 - Vermont Life featured Pete on the cover for this issue dedicated to Vermont food and its farmers. Pete was highlighted as one of the 15 people who have transformed the Vermont food landscape. The cover was beautifully photographed by Natalie Stultz. . April 23, 2008 - The Boston Globe Lifestyles section profiles the innovations Pete employs to provide fresh vegetables in Vermont all year long. Jonathan Levitt, Globe Correspondent, also included his own recipe using sauerkraut from the farm.
February 26, 2008 - Pete's Greens is featured on VPR during Morning Edition. The segment highlights the Good Eats CSA and its role in providing year-round local food to Vermonters. Listen Here.
November 2008 - Pete's Greens participates in a community effort to make and distribute Thanksgiving pies made from all local ingredients for the Food Bank in Hardwick. In a true spirit of cooperation, many farms, businesses and public institutions work together to spread a little wholesome sweetness.
October 2008 - Marian Burros of the New York Times was up in the Hardwick area to profile the agricultural business revolution that is being led by the likes of Tom Stearns, Andrew Meyer, the Kehler brothers, Pete and others via the Center for an Agricultural Economy.
August 2008 - When the Vermont Agency of Agriculture introduced its new quick-freeze trailer for preserving produce, it just happened to park at Pete's Greens. Here Pete and Meg take a look at the inside.
July 2008 - After taking the farm tour at our Open House in July, the following Country Folks Blog entry appeared online, highlighting what's growing at Pete's Greens.
July, 2008 - Vermont Magazine digs into Pete's vision for the farm and for the local food economy as a whole.
June, 2008 - New England Cable News visited Pete's Greens to talk about local food as a strategy to stretch one's food dollar.