
photo by Vanessa Fournier
The annual Cabot Cheese and Culture Festival drew a large crowd September 28 with 33 producers and food trucks filling the village common. The event, which also included speakers, demonstrations and workshops, was sponsored by Cabot Arts.

photo by Vanessa Fournier
Jasper Hill Farm’s Noah Scollon (left) and Tom Molteni (right) were among many Vermont cheesemakers giving away free samples of cheese at the annual Cabot Cheese and Culture Festival, Saturday.

photo by Vanessa Fournier
Richard and Connie Hourihan of Cabot Smith Farm’s display of many squash varieties, at the Cabot Cheese and Culture Festival, Saturday, held on the village common.

photo by Vanessa Fournier
Clay Whitney (left), Cabot specialty markets manager and Gail Greaves (right), sales associate, gave away samples of five kinds of Cabot cheese at the annual Cabot Cheese and Culture Festival held September 28. The event was sponsored by Cabot Arts.
Vanessa Fournier graduated from Hazen Union School in 1973 and went to work taking photos in Bennington, then returned to Hardwick to work for Vin Zecchinelli of Farland Studio for several years. She started her own photo business in 1979. She's been in photography for over 50 years, working for The Hardwick Gazette for 44 years. She retired in 2023 and is still taking pictures for The Gazette because she still loves what she does.