Serving up local food brings statewide honor

Gretchen Hardy of Brattleboro’s The Porch Cafe and Catering has been named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Young Vermont Entrepreneur of the Year. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerBRATTLEBORO — Ask Gretchen Hardy of this town’s The Porch Cafe and Catering how she became the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Young Vermont Entrepreneur of the Year and she won’t recite the expected recipe of blood, sweat and tears. Instead, she’ll rewind to