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>> EVERY TIME WE HAVE A NEW BABY IN A SPECIAL.
>> THE TASTE.
>> DEFINITELY BE AGED CHEDDAR.
>> >> THE SITES.
>> EVERYWHERE YOU TURN, JUST BROOKS.
>> SUMMER IN VERMONT.
IN CLASS, SOMETHING OLD.
>> SOMEBODY 200 YEARS AGO USED TO THIS.
>> AT THE HARDWARE STORE, SOMETHING NEW.
AT THE BLACKSMITH SHOP, SOMETHING TO FOCUS IN MIND.
>> WHEN THE FIRE IS GOING IN THE MIDDLE IS 2000 DEGREES, IT CAPTURES YOUR ATTENTION.
YOU CAN’T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE.
>> THE MAIN STREETS AND BACK ROADS OF NORTH-CENTRAL VERMONT.
CHRONICLE.
>> GOOD EVENING.
THE MOUNTAINS OF VERMONT ARE AS GOOD AS IT GETS FOR SKIING IN NEW ENGLAND.
>> BUT SKIING IS NOT AS GOOD AS IT GETS FOR VERMONT, AND WE HAVE PROOF.
WE CALL IT, SUMMERTIME >> A DUSTY ROSE AND RUMPLED MEADOWS, SIGNS OF SUMMER IN THE HEART OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH-CENTRAL VERMONT.
THIS IS THE VERMONTERS VERSION OF VERMONT, RURAL, LUSH AND SILENT FOR MILES.
>> IT IS MOSTLY DIRT ROAD -- DIRT ROADS.
QUIET HOMES AND QUIET FARMS.
ANTHONY: THE STATE CAPITAL IS HERE.
MONTPELIER.
SURROUNDING TOWNS AND VILLAGES ARE EVEN LESS POPULATED AND LARGELY OVERLOOKED BY OUTSIDERS.
TIM: THIS PART IS BETWEEN MONTPELIER AND IS USUALLY ON THE WAY TO SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE.
THEY DON’T USUALLY STOPPED TO TAKE IT ALL IN.
ANTHONY: LOCATED ALONG THE RIVER, THIS IS A VINTAGE POSTCARD COME TO LIFE, HOME TO GODDARD COLLEGE, THE TOWN IS KNOWN FOR ITS HIGHLY RATED HEALTH CENTER AS WELL AS
SUSTAINABLE ARMS.
-- FARMS.
NONE OF THE AREA IS ONE TOWN OVER IN EAST MONTOYA -- MONTPELIER.
CLARA GREW UP ON THE FARM AND NOW MANAGES DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES.
THEY OFTEN INCLUDE BRINGING VISITORS HERE.
>> EVERY TIME WE HAVE A NEW BABY, IT IS SPECIAL.
>> THESE LITTLE ONES ARE ONE DAY-TWO MONTHS OLD.
WHEN THEY GROW UP, THEY WILL JOIN 1500 ADULT COWS AT THE FARMS TO BE LOCATIONS.
>> BETWEEN OUR THREE FARMS, WE SHIP ABOUT 120,000 POUNDS OF MILK EACH DAY.
THAT IS ABOUT 43 MILLION POUNDS OF MILK PER YEAR.
>> THAT IS CAP CREAMERY.
-- CABBOT CREAMERY.
IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1919.
THE CREAMERY RUNS FOR PLANS WITH 1000 EMPLOYEES.
THREE HUNDRED AT THE FACILITY HERE.
THE COMPANY IS A TRUE CO-OP.
KRISTEN: WE ARE OWNED BY ABOUT A THOUSAND FARM FAMILIES RIGHT ACROSS NEW ENGLAND AND UPSTATE NEW YORK.
TOGETHER WE ARE ABLE TO PULL THE MILK THAT FEEDS INTO OUR PLANT.
WHETHER IT IS YOGURT OR CHOOSE, WE ARE ABLE TO GET THE BEST DOLLAR RETURNED TO THE FARMER THAT WILL ALOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN A FAMILY BUSINESS GENERATION AFTER GENERATION.
THE GREAT POWER -- PART ABOUT THAT IS WE CAN REALLY BE INVOLVED.
THIS IS HOW THEIR MARKETING IT, KIND WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE.
>> SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, MILK IS TRUCKED TO THE PLANT.
>> IT IS 80 MILLION POUNDS OF CHEESE WE ARE MAKING.
WE ARE AGING THAT SHE IS FROM SIX MONTHS TO THREE YEARS.
>> THE VISITOR CENTER OFFERS PLENTY TO SAMPLE INCLUDING SPECIALIES THAT CAN BE HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE.
CROWD FAVORITES PERSIST.
>> DEFINITELY THE AGED CHEDDAR.
EXTRA SHARP AND SERIOUSLY SHARP ARE OUR MOST POPULAR WAIVERS.
>> THIS IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL VERMONT TOWN.
THERE IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY HERE BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF TRUE FARMERS.
IT IS NOT CREATED FOR TOURISM OR ANYTHING ELSE.
>> TO SURVIVE, BUSINESSES NEED TO BE CREATIVE.
IN 2017, THE PEOPLE AT HARRY’S HARDWARE FOUND THEMSELVES AT A TURNING POINT.
>> IT IS HARD TO HAVE A HARDWARE STORE HERE.
THE TOWN REALLY NEEDED A GATHERING PLACE.
>> THEY CREATED THE DEN OF HARRY’S.
THE IDEA IS A LOGGER WITH YOUR -- LAGER WITH YOUR LADDER.
>> THE BAR IS ALWAYS OPEN UNTIL WE CLOSE.
>> LOCALS STOCK UP ON HOUSEHOLD ITEMS WHILE HAVING A DRINK AND LISTENING TO MUSIC.
>> WE SAW QUITE A BIT MORE HARDWARE THAN YOU WOULD THINK.
WE GET THAT QUESTION A LOT.
CAN WE BUY SOME DUCT TAPE?- >> ON OUR VISIT, THESE NOTED FOLK MUSICIANS PRACTICED IN HOUSE.
>> EVERY SUNDAY AT NOON, WE HAVE A JAM SESSION.
IT IS VERY VERMONT, VERY APPELLATION.
ON SUNDAYS WE HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AMOUNT OF TALENT.
>> VERY VERMONT.
BACK TO CABOT CREAMERY.
THEY HAVE A VERY BIG ROLE ON THE TOWN.
ANTHONY: MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE FACILITY LIVED THERE.
THEY USED TO DO TOYS.
THEY DON’T DO THEM ANYMORE BECAUSE OF HYGIENE AND SECURITY CONCERNS.
THE VISITOR CENTER IS OPEN AND THAT IS AN EXCELLENT TAKE.
THERE IS LOT TO DO THAT.
-- THERE.
SHAYNA: HER OFFICE IS HER BACK YARD.
ANTHONY: TOES IN THE WATER, RUSSIAN HAND.