Smokey House Center, a 5,000-acre forest and farming research nonprofit in Danby, Vermont was awarded a Farm to School Provider Grant through the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets, which has funded the installation of a new Berry Alley Cropping system on its main campus this spring and early summer.

Students from Red Fox Community School participated in a hands-on environmental stewardship experience at Smokey House Center last Friday, planting persimmon trees as part of the Center's new Community U-Pick Orchard.

Smokey House Center and Manchester Community Library will welcome award-winning author Kai Thomas for a two-day residency supported by Vermont Humanities.