Ben Hewitt





Ben Hewitt

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Ben Hewitt writes and farms in Northern Vermont. His work has appeared in numerous national periodicals, including the New York Times Magazine, Wired, Gourmet, Discover, Skiing, Eating Well, Powder, Men's Journal, National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Bicycling, and many others. He lives with his wife and two sons in a self-built home that is powered by a windmill and solar photovoltaic panels. To help offset his renewable energy footprint, Ben drives a really big truck.


His book The Town That Food Saved, published by Rodale, tells the story of a rural, working-class Vermont community that is attempting to blueprint and implement a localized food system. Ben is currently working on a book about food safety, to be published by Rodale in 201...more


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A little more than a year ago, my friend Jim died in his sleep. He was 43, and two weeks away from adopting newborn twin girls with his wife, Nancy. I won’t say that Jim was my best friend, if only because he had a lot of friends who would claim him as such and I have no more right to that claim than any of them. But he was a damn good friend, and had been for more than 25 years.


Jim and Nancy...

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The Town That Food Saved: H...
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Making Supper Safe: Why We'...
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Bicycling Magazine's New Cy...
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I Toss Till Dawn
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
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Bicycling Magazine's Traini...
3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
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Bicycling Magazine's Mounta...
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
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Bicycling Magazine's Nutrit...
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2000
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Bicycling Magazine's Basic ...
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999
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