Vermont Magazine Summer 2020 Summer 2020 | Page 37

EXPERIENCE VERMONT Since 1954, an organization of Vermont enthusiasts whose objective is to visit the state’s 251 towns and cities. S Now over 6,000 members strong and growing. JOIN TODAY! Sign up now online! phone: 802-233-8649 email: thevt251club@gmail.com vt251.com Spotlight on Marie Audet is a memb Farm’s fourth-generatio Bridport. The Audets p their ability to create a consistent environmen which Marie says are “c Marie explains that her of her cows is to give th able, stress-free, and pr ment so they can really to be milked on a regu cows will walk into the their own. People com they’re always surprise walk in on their own, n in a straight line. They part of their routine, an them.” With 1,500 fully matur younger calves, the farm considerable amount o the help of renewable e Blue Spruce Farm conv into energy, which they refer to as “cow power.” generated from the ma powers the farm, but h in the surrounding com this, the manure gets fu crete in-ground anaero it is heated—causing m rise to the top, which t 16 VERMONT MAGAZINE