Vermont author David R. Holmes

"On Being a Vermonter and the Rise and Fall of the Holmes Farm 1822-1923"

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Holmes' book is a case study of a Vermont farm that existed from the early 1800s to the early 1900s. As the Holmes Farm pioneered advanced orchard methods and made a distinctive contribution to the apple industry in Vermont, the book makes an important contribution to the literature and history of Vermont apple orchards. In addition, the farm was a leading breeder of trotters, horses with a Morgan horse heritage.

The book examines the end of the farm due to foreclosure in 1923 and the resulting diaspora of the family and its transformation in a single generation. The author is a direct descendant of the Holmes family, which came to Vermont in the 1780s.

David will be in conversation with long time Vermonter Roger Albee about his book and the future of family farms.

David R. Holmes is also the author of "Stalking the Academic Communist: The Firing of Alex Novikoff." He has degrees from Middlebury College (BA), Columbia University (MA) and the University of Denver (Ph.D.).

Holmes is executive director of the Character Collaborative, a consortium of school officials, academics and others interested in giving attributes of character a greater role in metrics used by school admissions offices.

Roger Albee is the former Secretary of Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. He also worked as the Executive Director of the USDA Farm Services Agency for the State of Vermont .

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