Strolling of the Heifers Weekend 2010: June 4, 5 and 6!

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Lots of great photos of the 2009 Strolling Weekend have been posted.  Check out:

• Our own Flickr page!
• A truly terrific Flickr slideshow, by the very talented Cat Viglietti.
• See also photos by friends of Strolling of the Heifers elsewhere on Flickr here.
• Several posts of pictures by BratCat:  1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10
• A photo essay at by Bill Owens at his New England Photo blog
• A photo essay by Jeanne at Life or Something Like It (click on her photos to see them enlarged for more detail!)
• A photo essay about the Friday evening Gallery Walk and Grilled Cheese Cook-off (iBrattleboro)
• Chris Petrak's blog post and photos (Tails of Birding)
• Lavigne Photography's pictures of the Future Chefs of Vermont.

Links to media coverage of Strolling of the Heifers Weekend 2009:

• The Reformer's 2009 Strolling of the Heifers video.
• For those on tight schedules, the entire Parade condensed into a five-minute video.
• Bob Audette's report on the Parade in the Brattleboro Reformer: "After standing in the morning sun watching nearly 100 cows stroll by, thousands of spectators streamed to the town common and to the Retreat campus to partake of cold water and milk, cheese, sausage and onions, funnel cakes, chutney, chocolate, bread, maple-flavored cotton candy and ice cream."
• A story by Jessica Arriens in the Sunday Keene Sentinel, highlighting the Future Chef's pavilion at the Dairy Festival:  "Underneath a small white tent, amid the tables and vendors set up north of the parade, were some 4th-graders accomplishing one of the event’s stated goals: 'to educate the public, and especially school children, about the importance of sustainable local agriculture.' They were the Green Team from Green Street School in Brattleboro."
• Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Roger Allbee honored at kickoff event (Brattleboro Reformer)
• Strolling's accomplishments since 2002 (Brattleboro Reformer)
• Susan Smallheer's reportage in the Times-Argus: "It was a celebration of locally-grown and locally-savored food. At the dairy fest the biggest lines were at the cheese tent, where Vermont cheesemakers offered free samples of their creations, whether it was a sharp cheddar from Grafton or Cabot, a smoked Gouda from Londonderry, a maple-smoked mozzarella from Bennington or tangy chevre from Bridport."
• Boston.com's post about Jamie Baribeau's winning entry in the Grilled Cheese Cook-off!
• Destination Food visits Strolling of the Heifers
• A nice mention of Strolling of the Heifers in a rumination on "What's in a name" by Robert Kahn.

The winner of the $1500 Strolling of the Heifers / Building a Better Brattleboro 2009 Cowbucks downtown shopping spree is: Ellen M. Spring of Turners Falls, Mass.!  More...