Helen Labun
CommentatorHelen Labun has worked in Vermont nonprofits addressing issues in rural economic development. Today, she is Executive Director of the Vermont Fresh Network, connecting chefs to Vermont farmers in support of the local food economy.
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When my sister got married, she didn鈥檛 choose me as Maid of Honor. She chose her best friend. Tim. Who鈥檚 not a maid, he鈥檚 a guy. A guy left in charge of鈥� -
The great thing about working in a bookstore is that all day you鈥檙e surrounded by books - classic novels, experimental fiction, memoirs by notable people,鈥�
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As November ends, I鈥檓 declaring the end to another season of not learning how to mountain bike. I鈥檝e tried. I鈥檝e tried for three years now, drawn by sunny鈥�
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Every fall I get caught up in the romance of heirloom apples. Dozens of varieties fill the bins at my local co-op, all different colors, sizes, textures,鈥�
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About once a week I launch a cooking project - a search for the best pizza crust, maybe or learning to fry cider doughnuts or setting up a smoker or,鈥�
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This June I rode my bike with a group of friends from Washington D.C. to Pittsburgh. We followed first a tow path and then a rail trail, out of downtown鈥�
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We shouldn鈥檛 treat our desserts like vegetables 鈥� pretty obvious concept when I think about it 鈥� but putting it into practice can be difficult. I realized鈥�
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The beauty of the Olympics is that it calls so many sports to our attention, and so many of them ones that casual viewers like myself have never tried鈥� -
My plan for making candy as holiday gifts this year got started at a skiing workshop, where I overheard a conversation between two neighbors about the鈥�
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This fall, I helped organize a contest called StoryhackVT. Participants had 24 hours to create a story using at least three different media 鈥� which could鈥�
