Support VTDigger’s local nonprofit news and you could win a $250 gift card to Johnson Woolen Mills. Kaspar Meier, new co-owner of Nordic Farm, stands with his pup, Tim, in front of the old farm barn.

Whether it evokes the past, or just looks picturesque, the sight of a big red barn beside a farmhouse can tug at the heartstrings. “The nostalgia is so strong … because someone’s great grandpa built ...