Stories Told by Morgan Gold | Substack

The Rise and Fall of Farm-to-Table

I Was a Farm-to-Table Farmer. Here’s Why the Movement Collapsed.

Jan 12 • Morgan Gold

How Cost Disease Makes Life Unaffordable

It's not just inflation. How the math of human labor is making places like Vermont so unaffordable in 2026.

Jan 5 • Morgan Gold

The Ugly Truth About How to Save Vermont

The math of life in Vermont is broken. Here is the blueprint to fix it.

Dec 29, 2025 • Morgan Gold

The Real Cost of Manufacturing Wonder

A true story about Nintendo-mania, a family in crisis, and one last year of magic.

Dec 22, 2025 • Morgan Gold

The Grift of the Magi

From Emmet Otter to GoFundMe, revisiting a holiday classic for awful today.

Dec 15, 2025 • Morgan Gold

Stories Told by Morgan Gold

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