Sustainable Furniture & Climate Change

November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 Peggy Farabaugh 1 Comment

Peggy & Ken Farabaugh | Vermont Woods Studios | Stonehurst Showroom — Ken and Peggy Farabaugh, co-owners of Vermont Woods Studios in Vernon, VT. Photo credit: Erica Housekeeper.

Thank You, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund VSJF

We have three important people to thank today:

Christine McGowan (Forest Products Program Director at VSJF)
Erica Houskeeper (author of Happy Vermont travel blog) and
Emily Bradbury (owner of Emily Bradbury Communications)

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This blog is written by your friends at Vermont Woods Studios. Check out our Vermont made furniture and home decor online and visit our showroom and art gallery at Stonehurst, the newly restored 1800s farmhouse nestled in the foothills of the Green Mountains.

Green Business: We’re a Textbook Case

May 6, 2018July 22, 2018 Peggy Farabaugh 1 Comment

Last updated on July 22nd, 2018 at 01:25 am

Textbook Green Business | Vermont Woods Studios | Furniture Store — Susan Karr, co-author of this Environmental Science textbook used Vermont Woods Studios as a case study on Green Business. It’s an honor to be noticed alongside companies like Whole Foods, REI and Levi Strauss. Thanks Susan!

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Monarchs & the Milkweed Symposium

January 26, 2017May 23, 2018 Peggy Farabaugh 1 Comment

Last updated on May 23rd, 2018 at 02:27 pm

Jose Luis Alvarez and conservation of monarch habitat in Mexico — We brought Jose Luis Alvarez to the Milkweed Symposium in Canada so he could teach attendees about the need to reforest monarch habitat in Mexico.

The 1st International Symposium on Milkweed

Last Friday I traveled to Becancour, Quebec with our friend Jose Luis Alvarez for the 1st International Symposium on American Silk (aka milkweed). The symposium was put together by Francois Simard. He’s a textiles engineer who’s developing technologies to use milkweed fibers as a down substitute in winter jackets. Francois is trying to persuade farmers to plant milkweed as a commercial crop in the USA and Canada.

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The Importance of American Made Furniture In Today’s Global Market

October 27, 2016March 31, 2017 Megan Fulton Leave a comment

Last updated on March 31st, 2017 at 01:43 pm

Learn how you can help the environment and economy by purchasing American Made Furniture this Holiday Season.

It’s hard to believe that not just 40 years ago when you bought wood furniture, or any product for that matter, it was most likely made right here in America by a skilled craftsman. The crew at the workshop or factory was most likely paid a fair and livable wage and the price of the product reflected that. We took pride in American Made Furniture.

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