Earlier this summer, Brooks Memorial Library celebrated the grand opening of its Field to Fork Tool Cottage in the adjacent municipal parking lot. The cottage contains a library of garden and food preservation and preparation tools. Any item is available for loan to holders of library cards, which are free to Brattleboro residents, property owners, and business owners.

“Libraries are built on a model of mutual support and the sharing economy,” writes Library Director Starr LaTronica. “This new collection of objects is a natural fit with the Library’s mission to connect people and resources to inspire, inform and empower our diverse community.”

Here is a small sampling of the many useful things you can borrow for up to 8 days at a time from the Field to Fork Tool Cottage:

Air fryer
Food dehydrator
Pole saw
Post hole digger
Wheelbarrow
Weedwhacker
Pasta machine

What an excellent new resource for our community!