We’ll open the show by learning about a program designed to provide indigenous seeds to gardeners, homesteaders and farmers around Vermont who are dedicating land to grow and harvest food for Abenaki citizens.  Next, we hear about the women’s suffrage movement in Vermont. Bob Ney provides a national perspective of the news at 10.  Colin Flanders of Seven Days takes a look at whether Vermont has  rolled out the COVID vaccines in the most effective manner.  We then learn about Lunafest, a traveling film festival of award-winning short films by and about women.

Continuing our celebration of Women’s History Month, we’ll learn about the political and social activism of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Its members have included New York Congresswoman Shirley Chisolm, actress Ruby Dee and Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. Then we meet Mike Breault who is known as the Funny Food Guy. We’ll learn all about what Vermont food he loves eating right now.  Eliott Greenblott returns to warn us about senior scams that are currently making the rounds. 

Just that little touch of warm weather and welcoming sunlight is enough to get Vermonters scrambling outside to read al fresco. To get you in the mood and loaded with great book suggestions, Amy Olsen of Hyde Park’s Lanpher Memorial Library and Katya D’Angelo of Bridgeside Books join us for the first hour. For the last half hour of the program, Governor Phil Scott joins us for his first appearance on Vermont Viewpoint. We’ll discuss the pandemic, the vaccination rollout and thoughts on the latest federal COVID relief package.

Amid quarantining, job loss, school disruptions, pandemic fatigue and separation from family and loved ones, the past year hasn’t been easy for anyone. We’ll learn about the resources available from COVID Support VT for those struggling with the limitations the pandemic has placed on us. Yet one more victim of COVID has been the craft fair, an in-person phenomenon that brings together artists, hobbyists, and lovers of all kinds of crafts. We’ll speak with an artist and a craft show director about the toll 2020 took on crafters and what we might expect for the rest of this year. 

We start the morning hearing from a group promoting all there is to do in the Northeast Kingdom. We learn about the Department of Labor’s Vermont Registered Apprenticeship Program, that brings together businesses, job seekers, students and educators. We then finish the program discussing the mission of the Vermont Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance. 

We meet a Renaissance Man named Bill Amaru who now trawls the seas for scallops and mackerel and calls Vermont home for part of the year. Then we head to the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center to learn about a unique exhibit called Glasstastic! Kids thought up snoogles, kelpies and pegamallows and then artists created them. National correspondent Bob Ney checks in with us. Then Alison Novak of Seven Days shares stories from Vermonters who attended Burlington High School the last time in was downtown.

Lee Kittell hosts the show while Ric takes the day off. Vermont Chamber Government Affairs Director Charles Martin discusses Senate Bill No. 10 and other Vermont Chamber legislative priorities. Gary De Carolis of Burlington History Tours talks about the city's early history and some of the historic landmarks around the Burlington.

In the wake of proposed cuts and consolidations to UVM’s College of Arts and Sciences, we’ll hear from Lindsay Ellis, a reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education, about similar moves by schools around the country. And we’ll speak with UVM French professor Meaghan Emery about the faculty’s reaction to the moves. Amanda Kay Gustin of the Vermont Historical Society joins us to discuss the Women’s History Database that she oversees. We’ll meet some of the amazing Vermont women who have made history. And we finish the show by taking a field trip to the Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington to learn about the wonderful carved birds on display there and the programs they offer.

Today’s show will feature those who are keeping Vermonters fed and nourished. In the first hour, we’ll hear from the organization that has the daunting task of keeping the whole state fed. In the second hour, we’ll hear about a couple filling in the gaps on a local level. Vermont Foodbank CEO John Sayles joins us in the first hour to reflect on the pandemic as we hit the one-year anniversary and look at the challenges of food insecurity going forward, as we continue to live with COVID in our community. Then, we meet the Bread Fairy who has taken on the task of keeping community members fed with warm loaves of amazing bread. And we’ll talk with the woman who has captured that story in a new book.

We reap the benefit of Peter Shea’s 50 years of chasing trout around the state. He shares stories and info from his new book, “Vermont Trout Hikes.” Jim Bradley, one of the hosts of House Calls Vermont, joins us to discuss why we’re seeing higher home building prices and discusses other issues in the industry. And we finish the show by meeting Sergeant Travis Buttle, who was recently named as Vermont’s Game Warden of the Year.