Part travelogue, part inspiring social commentary, and part motivating business model, Brewing Change is about one middle manager's quiet, dogged crusade to change the world of coffee. During his 27 years at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Rick Peyser was a persistent voice advocating for a better quality of life in coffee growing communities. He has teamed up with long-time friend and writer Bill Mares to tell the story of his career and of his travels throughout the coffeelands of Latin America and East Africa. Eye-opening and heart-wrenching, Brewing Change is a story that shows us the indomitable nature of the human spirit, and reminds us of the dramatic change that is possible when individuals fight for an equitable world. The book chronicles Peyser's compelling personal journey and offers a fascinating insider's view of one of the most successful companies in the coffee business.

Brewing Change: Behind the Bean at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

Biographies & Memoirs

Mares, Bill

Peyser, Rick

Professionals & Academics

Frederick M. Peyser, III

To have your own brewery is the dream of almost every home brewer. Bill Mares was one of those, but he had to wait 40 years to meet and join up with Todd Haire, a real brewer, for this dream to become real. This book takes brewing full circle from Bill the amateur, making inadvertently wild beers, to Todd the professional, brewing first-class mixed-culture wild and funky beers in oak barrels, using mixed-culture fermentation. Together, they offer a delightful journey through the craft-brewing revolution of the last four decades.

Making Beer: From Homebrew to the House of Fermentology

Haire, Todd

Mares Publishing

Anecdotal lore about our fishing presidents, with historic photos, political cartoons, excerpts. "Lighthearted and entertaining." --Library Journal

Fishing with the Presidents: An Anecdotal History

Sports & Outdoors

Hunting & Fishing

Stackpole, 1999

Fishing With the Presidents

History

Americas

Stackpole Books

Stephen H. Morris (Randolph, VT) - "Bees Besieged" portrays the current state of honeybees and their keepers in America. Hobbyist Mares comes out to his hive one day and finds all his bees dead. His curiosity about what had befallen his bees leads to a spiraling journey to learn about what he describes as "the manifold problems facing bees generally, and their keepers." Mares is very much the observer, adopting an impartial journalistic stance as his base of knowledge grows. Occasionally, he will venture an opinion or take a stance, but mostly he is content to find the experts and let them be the storytellers. He begins in Vermont. Each interview points to a new referral, a new perspective, and another piece to the puzzle. The story becomes bigger, more complex, and more important. After a while the author is not trying to understand why his bees died, but what will happen to life on the planet if endangered pollinators become extinct. His circle widens as he travels to the District of Columbia, Texas, Louisiana, and beyond to learn about the current state of bees. It's not a pretty picture. Bees are besieged from all directions-environmental degradation, insidious mites (such as the ones that caused the author's bees to die), fluctuating honey prices, and aggressive, invasive species such as the much-ballyhooed African killer bees. It's a much larger story than just about bees and honey, as these insects play a vital role in the pollination of many agricultural crops. Threats to the bee population, therefore, are threats to the worldwide food supply. "Bees Besieged" is a must read for beekeepers, but its also for environmentalists, naturalists, and social observers.

Bees Besieged

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

The A.I.Root Company

What were you thinking? Donald Trump as our president? You’re kidding, right? Vermont has withstood the Revolution, a New York invasion and the New Hampshire Land Grants and will assuredly survive the next few years under the Washington axis of evil, a.k.a. the Trump Administration, Congress and Supreme Court. We are a small state with a history of making a large impact. We banned billboards and went to great lengths to protect our natural resources, as well as our natural beauty. We’ll be damned if we’re going to let a man who dyes his hair, cheats workers and has his products made in China dictate to us how life should be. Life in Vermont is already great. A man who lies as easily as the average Vermonter catches fish is not someone we’re going to spend much time listening to. That said, we recognize that we can’t ignore him and his actions. Then again, he won’t be able to ignore us, either. We're little, but we're loud, and we’re not afraid to elect New Yorker, Bernie Sanders, to carry our message nationwide. Mr. Trump may see himself as a western version of Vladimir Putin, but we don’t see him as such. He’s just a bully used to stiffing banks (Vermonters make their payments), stiffing his subcontractors (we pay them, because we’re related to most of them), and treating women poorly (we just know better). Short of seceding from Union (we’ve already tried that to no avail), you can be sure that we’re not just going to sit back and be bullied, stiffed, railroaded, and abused. That’s not our style. Vermonters fight back; always have and always will. We love a good fight and those who challenge soon learn that Vermont generally wins. We’re tougher than the bully in the White House and he’s about to learn that first hand. With the help of almost a score of “guest appearances,” our literary duet has now become a chorus. We have assembled a first-rate “posse” of Vermont writers, cartoonists, and politicians to add their intelligence and wit to this momentous task. In addition, the book has quizzes, quotations, escape literature, a Vermont tool box, and more—all the things necessary to flesh out this thump to The Trump.

The Full Vermonty: Vermont in the Age of Trump

Comics & Graphic Novels

Comic Strips

Green Writers Press

Bill Mares & Don Hooper are at it again with a history, and a potpourri, of Vermont humor, stretching back over 100 years. While re-telling some stories from previous collections, "I Could Hardly Keep from Laughing" gathers together more than a dozen modern humorists. With brilliantly novel cartoons of Don Hooper, almost all entirely new!

I Could Hardly Keep from Laughing: An Illustrated Collection of Vermont Humor

Hooper, Don

Rootstock Publishing

"Come along with me, and I'll make it worth your while," says Bill Mares. In Better To Be Lucky than Smart, Mares captures exactly what it is that makes him tick-or run, or sing, or teach, or write, or fish. Written in a welcoming and absorbing tone, his memoir sums up a life of exploration and curiosity.

Better to Be Lucky than Smart!: A Memoir

Parenting & Relationships

Each week when Bill Mares' voice comes over the airwaves of Vermont Public Radio, his listeners don't know what he's going to talk about, but they do know they're in for a treat. Mare's interests are as varied and eclectic as his fans. He shares his thoughts and experiences on topics ranging from beekeeping to marathon running to international politics, all within the parameters of the broadcasting time limited minutes of 3:14 and Out. With passion, humor, and a wry self-awareness, he describes a presidential fishing trip, ponders the meaning of friendship in a digital age, and recounts what it's like to travel to a different country and subsequently see our society through a different lens. 3:14 and Out is appealing for both its light touch and its deeper thoughtfulness. Mares is a proud citizen of Vermont, our country, and of the world, and his passion for art, music, agriculture, athleticism, and the human condition are prevalent throughout this entertaining and thought-provoking collection.

3:14 and Out: A Collection of Vermont Public Radio Commentaries

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Wind Ridge Pub Partnership Book

This is the inspiring story of an unassuming hero. For more than twenty years, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters' Rick Peyser has worked persistently with Green Mountain and the global coffee industry to lead an industry toward sustainability and to ameliorate food scarcity in rural coffee farming communities. In addition to the publisher's contribution, all of the authors net profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the non-profit organization Food 4 Farmers.

Business & Money

Biography & History

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