A Facebook petition asking Green Mountain College to spare the school's beloved oxen team from slaughter has racked up more than 30,000 signatures from all over the world. But school officials say they won't change their mind.

More than a year and half after Vermont launched a plan to boost its food and farm economy, organizers are celebrating progress.

With the growing interest in local food, Vermont has come out with a new interactive website to help link people to nearly 400 food experiences around the state.

The popularity of the localvore movement is seen as a return to an earlier era, but there are fascinating differences between today's emphasis on locally produced food and the farm traditions of the past.

Praise to the innovative farmers, the passionate artisans, and the gastronomers that make Vermont's food economy uniquely robust.

Marialisa Calta shares the ancient history and a localvore love of popcorn.