Helen whybrow vt

She manages and runs our farm operation as well as mentors farm staff and helps organize events and retreats for the farm and Refuge. Helen was a book editor for many years, running an imprint for W. Now she works as Editor-at-Large for Orion Magazine , and is an acquiring and developmental editor for Milkweed Editions. She teaches yoga at the farm as well as helps run the retreats and care for guests.

She is a gardener, an advocate for food sovereignty and is an aspiring herbalist. He has worked as a guide and mentor with teens at True North and is an avid rock climber and outdoorsman.

She is based in Portland, Maine. She grew up in Vermont and is passionate about raising all types of farm animals. Her favorites include horses, sheep, and chickens. A lover of people and animals, she helps care for guests as an assistant retreat manager, and also enjoys working on the farm. Her studio The Perch is in the sunny rooms below our office. She grew up in the woods of Vermont and has always been inspired by her natural surroundings. Be the first to know when the berries are ripe, workshops are scheduled, or leadership fellowships are announced.

Gratitude Our thanks to all the people over many years who have helped to create Knoll Farm. Your intellect, care, creativity, vision and strong backs have helped to make Knoll Farm. You can learn more about their farm and ongoing projects at www.

A Man Apart is the story--part family memoir and part biography--of Peter Forbes and Helen Whybrow's longtime friendship with Bill Coperthwaite A Handmade Life , whose unusual life and fierce ideals helped them examine and understand their own.

William Coperthwaite is a teacher, builder, designer, and writer who for many years hasexplored the possibilities of true simplicity on a homestead on the north coast of Maine. Skip to main content. Find A Book Enter your keywords. Shopping cart There are no products in your shopping cart.

Find A Book Search form. She worked in book publishing for many years and also edited Dead Reckoning: Tales of the Great Explorers — , first published in by W. But her interest in farming never waned, and in , Whybrow and Forbes learned about Knoll Farm, which had been donated to the Vermont Land Trust by its longtime owner. The VLT was looking for new owners who would not only farm but also run educational programs there.

The land got a tremendous amount of sun but was too steep and rocky for row crops or vegetables. Thus the arrival of Icelandic sheep, which will eat anything, including weeds and brambles. The sheep, through their grazing, allow the farmers to reclaim worn-out pastures. Whybrow and Forbes now sell breeding stock, lamb, wool and fleeces.