A celebration of rural life, past and present

Produced in a magazine-style format, each weekly episode offers a glimpse of various aspects of rural life, usually with an appropriate seasonal slant. Some of the topics covered include: rug hooking, sugaring, cheesemaking, quilting, collecting wild edibles, building a stone wall, and working with sheep from lambing to spinning the wool. Vermont Public Radio commentator Willem Lange is a frequent visitor to the series, with stories about his personal encounters with the old ways.

Find a Program
Looking for a particular program? Click here for the RFD Topical Comprehensive Index, an extensive archive of all the topics covered in the 50 programs.

Made possible by...
This series is funded by a grant from USDA, Rural Development. Like "Venturing", "Points North" and "The Farming Project," RURAL FREE DELIVERY continues Vermont Public Television's commitment to programming that explores Vermont's rural lifestyle, both past and present, and makes it available to all Vermont residents.

For more information...
Additional information about past and future RURAL FREE DELIVERY programs, as well as helpful information about Vermont's living rural traditions, is available at this site in the episode guides. In addition, watch for listings of upcoming programs in the the Vermont Public Television Program Guide.