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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 13, 2007-Feature article in
Burlington Free Press by Melissa Pasanen.

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."

Articles:
VT Commons Article: Written by Pete Johnson in October 2005.
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.  

Click here to watch the program.c
May 2009 - Art Adelstein profiles Pete's Greens for Vermont Business Magazine.

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.
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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.
December 2008 - Listen to Pete on a spot on NPR's Day to Day about the Center for an
Agricultural Economy in Hardwick.

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.

September 2008 - Seven Day's Suzanne Podhaizer looks at the
Ag-Centric Enterprises
springing up in Hardwick and the
Center for an Agricultural Economy of which Pete's Greens
is a part.

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.
Scientific American article by Bill McKibben - April 2010