I spent some time with a friend this week talking about history. We talked about the history of Vermont and the research she is doing on the history of the small towns around Killington.

I sat down on the porch with a friend to talk about death this week. Greg Camp is a 3rd generation funeral home director from Woodstock VT. He said that he had not remembered a busier year.

This week we met to begin next steps on the outdoor amphitheatre space and the reimagined memorial ‘garden’ that sits behind the church.

Mission Farm is in the midst of a great forest - there are stands of sugar maple and birch; cherry and white pine.

The landscape at Mission Farm is being reimagined and reshaped with a focus on conservation and sustainability by a team of professionals and volunteers.

Mission Farm has been a space of natural beauty and retreat in the community of Killington for over 125 years.

This year Mission Farm is asking the greater Killington community to support our local veterans and BROC Community Action (BROC).

“The folks from Mission Farm came to the recycling center hoping to find a used refrigerator for their food shelf,” Haff said. Their main goal is to facilitate communal meals for food shelf clients once the Covid threat is under control, he said.

After a 40-year hiatus from farming, Mission Farm in Killington is working the land once again. Their goal: address the community’s needs through food and faith.

Vicar Lisa Ransom and Farmer Priest Rachel Field welcomed two colonies of honey bees to Mission Farm in Killington, Sunday, May 2