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New book highlights Vinalhaven’s farming heritage
Adapted from Island Saltwater Farms/Farming on Vinalhaven 1820-1960, which is being published by the Vinalhaven Historical Society with support from MBNA. Farming, as it had been practiced for nearly two centuries–or until 1960–will never return to Vinalhaven. Too much has changed. In the 1930s, most of the island’s farms were sold to seasonal owners. While