I'm sure you know this but it's illegal in most states (all states? federal law?) to move knotweed because it replants itself from broken stems. It takes special licenses so it seems harvesting it would be tricky.

You're talking about pellets for burning, right? Isn't the moisture content of knotweed so high that turning them into pellets would be really expensive? That's what has thwarted all the great plans for switchgrass-biomass.

It would be great if something could be done with that *&^%$!!! plant, which is a global invasive nightmare.

Say nothing about the fact that they ripped off the recipe from the UVM Dairy Bar and then sold out to a major corporation - but then they will sit here and preach to you about how corporations are evil. Guess theyre not so evil when their money is going into your pockets, eh Jerry? Eh, Ben? Hypocrites.

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Surprised that Starbucks didn’t close it down

Honest question: are any of the Dunks unionized, do you know?

I'm scared that the knock-on effect of your success will me folks intentionally farming knotweed...And the associated spread problems.

Lol are you new to VT? Vermont has always been about supporting local people and not corporations

Fun fact. There are much better coffee places to patron than Starbucks.

Yeah, let's be real, because all of the businesses in Vermont aren't part of the skiing industry or skiing-adjacent industries.

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Rhetorical… For safety, working conditions and the collective bargaining of Unions is great. This Shelburne rd location is the worst. My guess is most of the staff that pushed for the Union are gone due to retail turnover. So this crop will pay union dues into an empty vessel, get nothing better out of it & we can all virtue signal and go to this location. But you’ll be right back to your local shop cuz.. shelburne rd location stinks. Colchester, essex, WILListon!! These aren’t meat packers in 1875 and their unionization has not made them more efficient, better, happier etc.

Breaking: No one has ever been out and about and decided they wanted a coffee.

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Collective bargaining rights are the foil to corporations' ability to lobby the federal government.

You can have all my knotweed for free!

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Vermont doesn't need more business from companies that choose to do business here because they can exploit Vermont residents more than they can exploit residents of another state, it needs businesses that can pay a thriving wage, and unions are a way to guarantee that. Almost no businesses are just going to hand over a thriving wage without being made to.

Coincidentally it’s also the worse traffic in Vermont! My favorite is when the SB police have five cars hanging out with their frappes. So cute

Seriously. Most people here do not like being a tourism based economy.

We don't like the remote workers, no. Who likes the people who come to gentrify their home?

As someone who has tried this with both squash and pumpkins... Definitely not. It easily outgrows both.

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Here’s a guy who is oblivious to the current academic climate and the nonsensical idea pathogens that are being fed to students.

Let's grow worker's rights.

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