Businesses trying to be green sometimes look for grand plans when little steps would do. My internet connection had the hiccups yesterday so I visited the local Panera. Service was good as was coffee. Place was clean. I sat at a window table and the heat was sweltering. I am sure they wanted to make their customers comfortable on a bitter cold Monday. Experience was more like discomfort. Wanna be green, start by turning down...

I cannot say I am much of a cocktail drinker... Wine is my mainstay. Nevertheless when I received sample bottles of vodka from Vermont Spirits with the words maple sap and milk sugar as base ingredients, my curiosity was piqued. I decided to get to the bottom of why, when, where this all happened by interviewing Harry Gorman, the distiller at the helm. Q: Harry, when and how did Vermont Spirits and the idea of...