Bill Mares
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2017
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What was America thinking? Donald Trump as our president? You’re kidding, right? No, a nightmare is upon us. But take heart. Vermont will fight back. Life in Vermont is already “great.” We’ll be damned if we’re going to let a man who dyes his hair, cheats workers and has his products made in China, dictate to us how life should be.
Trump may see himself as a western version of Vladimir Putin, but we don’t agree. He’s just a bully...
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[2020]
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"Land of Milk and Honey: A History of Vermont Beekeeping follows the trials and tribulations of beekeepers in Vermont. This dramatic history begins in the early 1800’s following the life and times of inspired beekeepers that are the advance guard of a line of notable beekeepers that is to stretch through the centuries into modern times. Readers will discover a beekeeping lineage born and raised within a single Vermont county, and establishes a continuity...
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2016.
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"To own a brewery is the dream of almost every homebrewer. Bill Mares was one of those, but he had to wait forty years to meet and join up with Todd Haire, a real brewer, to realize this dream. This book takes brewing full circle from Bill, the amateur, making inadvertently wild beers, to Todd, the professional, brewing first-class wild and funky beers in oak barrels using mixed-culture fermentation. Together, they offer a delightful journey through...
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2011
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Each week when Bill Mares' voice comes over the airwaves of Vermont Public Radio, his listeners don't know what he's going to talk about, but they do know they're in for a treat. Mare's interests are as varied and eclectic as his fans. He shares his thoughts and experiences on topics ranging from beekeeping to marathon running to international politics, all within the parameters of the broadcasting time limited minutes of 3:14 and Out. With passion,...
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c2005
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Bill Mares travels the U.S. interviewing hobby, sideline and commercial beekeepers, honey packers and importers, honey bee researchers and scientists and many others related to the beekeeping industry to identify the status of beekeeping in the U.S. and looks for answers to questions on varroa and tracheal mites, resistant diseases, cheap imported honey prices, research problems, the economics of American agriculture, and the decline in the number...
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c2012
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This is the inspiring story of an unassuming hero. For more than twenty years, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters' Rick Peyser has worked persistently with Green Mountain and the global coffee industry to lead an industry toward sustainability and to ameliorate food scarcity in rural coffee farming communities.