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Once you have landed a phone screen or virtual interview (congrats, by the way!), you may be wondering “how do I make a good and lasting impression when I’m not in-person?†This video review some simple tips to help you ace your upcoming ...
Pedagogical Workshop: Increase Learning While Reducing Cheating
Research shows that cheating behavior is linked, not to individual students, but to the environment in which those students are learning. This is good news, because it means you can actually reduce cheating in your classes. The additional good new...
This is my Lumiere Brothers remake video. I did not have another person to make the video with me so I put a little twist on it and played both characters. I know this twist isn't a realistic representation of the editing capabilities of the time ...
Welcoming Guests Back on Our Farms and Ranches
As Covid-19 restrictions ease in some parts of the world, travelers who are eager to venture forth seek safe, healthy, outdoor experiences away from crowds— leading to a surge in demand for agritourism experiences which meet these criteria. Join...
The law is very clear as to what can be sold as pure maple syrup; only the liquid derived by concentration and heat treatment of the sap of the maple tree. No processing that adds or removes naturally occurring soluble materials is allowed. This d...
Forest Tent Caterpillars Update
It appears as though the recent widespread defoliation event related to forest tent caterpillar has ended. According to the Vermont Department of Forest Parks and Recreation, there have been no reports of defoliation attributed to this native inse...
The Vermont maple law requires packaged maple syrup have a density of between 66.9 and 68.9 degrees Brix. Brix is a measure of sugar concentration in a pure sugar solution. Although we know there are other many dissolved minerals in maple syrup th...
Gardeners know that earthworms can be beneficial for growing vegetables and flowers by helping with soil aeration and producing fertilizer through their castings. Sugar makers may not know that earthworms and relatively newer invaders the so-calle...
As late summer progresses so-called late-season defoliators are beginning to become visible in Vermont woods. Two such insects are maple leaf cutter and maple trumpet skeletonizer. The first report of damage from maple leaf cutter was in 1911 when...