Chef Instructor and Farmer Joe Buley

Former NECCI Chef Instructor Joe Buley Expanding into All Aspects of Fine, Healthy Food

Screamin' Ridge Farm gets its name from phantom screaming, produced either by wind or ghosts, on a flat spot just east and up the hill from the North Branch River, which flows into Montpelier about 2.5 miles down.

Chef Joe Buley has way too much knowledge, skill, and passion for food to be confined to a small part of the food supply and preparation process. Lock him in the back of a restaurant? If you have a million bucks to hire him, he might do it for you for a brief period. Chef Joe is in his element on his farm, where he can work his magic in every phase of food selection, growth, and preparation.

Working chef? Yes.

Working farmer? Yes.

Active father? Yes.

Recipie publisher? Yes.

Expert on heritage vegetables? Yes.

Expert on Vermont vegetables? Yes.

Finest vegetables in Vermont, year after year? Yes, though there are other vegetable producers in Vermont whose vegetables may be graded "finest."

Able to manipulate the weather? Working on it.

Food artist? Yes.

Active production worker? Yes.

As good at baking as making sauces? Yes.

Building a bread oven in his yard? Yes.