News & PR

Indigo Girl
A Burlington artist gets — and grows — the blues
by Lauren Ober, Originally posted July 15th, by Seven Days
excerpt: "Polygonum tinctorium, or Japanese indigo, is a plant in the buckwheat family whose leaves are used to make a deep-blue dye. The color that comes from the plants is a natural dye, and is the only one that does not need a chemical mordant, or binding agent. The dye will adhere to both plant and animal fiber. The plants are resilient and varieties are grown all over the world. El Salvador is the leading exporter of natural indigo; it is also produced in great volume in Japan, where demand exceeds supply. In South Burlington, Browne is cultivating 600 plants at the farm at South Village with the help of farmer Bobby Young, her partner in the project."
from the Seven Days.
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Organic Farms as Subdivision Amenities
June 30th, 2009
The bewildered Iowan who converted his farm into a ballpark in “Field of Dreams” in 1989 might reverse the move today. From Vermont to central California, developers are creating subdivisions around organic farms to attract buyers. If you plant it, these developers believe, they will buy. Article from the New York Times Online.
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Plated Community
If you build a development with its own farm, will they come? Article in Seven Days dated May 13th.
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FH Tuttle Middle School Helps Plant Onions May 1st
View the photos in our slideshow on the Farm Happenings page.

Spring crops up at South Burlington development
April 24th, 2009

Home-starts have slowed in northern Vermont, but some developers in South Burlington see encouraging growth in a long-fallow field.
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The first CSA Farm Shares were distributed to members at South Village on Friday May 15th!

Members of the Community Supported Agriculture farm share picked up the first season's organic vegatables, including lettuce, saalad turnips, spinach, arugala, and more on May 15th. Pickups will be weekly on Friday early evenings at the Sales office. View the photos of these early vegatables in David Miskell's greenhouses and the first CSA pickup in our slideshow on the Farm Happenings page.

Privately Made but Publicly Played
February 19th, 2009

South Village Communities, LLC, at work on its 1840 Spear Street 334-unit residential development located in South Burlington’s Southeast Quadrant, is adding a first-of-its-kind publicly owned soccer field.
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South Village awarded “LEED” designation for homes
December 15th, 2008

South Village has been awarded “LEED” certification for the first two homes at Dewey Place, South Burlington, Vermont.
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