Trafalgar Real World Travel Guide talks with Laura
On This Vermont Farm, a Quiet Revolution is Taking Root
Posted on trafalgar.com, August 2026
It’s early morning on Green Mountain Girls Farm, tucked away among the wooded hills of Vermont’s Washington County. Birds hop between fence posts, plucking bugs from dew-beaded spiderwebs. Wind ripples through the waist-high grass and pushes blush-pink clouds across the brightening sky. Fruit trees shiver their leaves. Pigs grunt contentedly in the rain-softened earth, while farmer Laura Olsen takes it all in with a smile.
“My happy place is in the fields, when we’ve just moved the sheep into fresh pasture and I have a moment to slow down, pause and listen,” says Laura. “They’ve been calling because they know what’s coming, and then all of a sudden they go quiet, and there’s just the peaceful sound of them eating. It’s magical, and something I wish everyone could experience.”
