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Controversies and Current Events in the North Country

Freedom is in the Air
Once reserved for the military and the enormously affluent, flight was at one point considered to be a rare privilege. Since that time, it has become a basic part of everyday life. The products people buy, the business deals people make, and the vacations people plan all connect to the air travel industry. Read More

It Takes a Village to Raise a Chive
Adam Ferris gets in his truck with a bright orange bucket and drives down the road to a produce stand and two hoop houses. He gets out and enters one of the hoop houses, bringing the bucket along. Upon opening the door, Ferris is greeted with clucks and chirps from over a hundred chickens. "They come to live in here during the day because it’s better than the snow, it’s a little warmer," he explains. Noting an added bonus of the chickens' winter grounds, "it makes the tomatoes grow like crazy." Read More

Sauger Return to Swim Again?
Sauger (Sander canadensis) has been low in number in Lake Champlain for a long time, but the recent discovery of an adult female in the southern part of the lake has brought hope and discussion. Read More

Localizing Decency
It used to be simple. Before the last century, most of America was comprised of self-sustaining rural communities. Vegetables came from the man down the street, milk came from over the hill, and meat from the house next door. People knew where their food came from and could visually see the process. Read More