Getting dirty to meet a date

By Steve Zind

Vermont Public Radio – You've heard of speed dating? Now there's weed dating. It has nothing to do with smoking marijuana.

Like speed dating, people interested in meeting someone new spend only a few minutes chatting, in a fast-paced round robin with several potential partners.

But instead of gathering in a stuffy hotel lobby, weed daters get acquainted on a farm, while they pull weeds. As part of collaboration with Northeast stations, Steve Zind of Vermont Public Radio reports.

Northeast environmental reporting, part of NPR's Local News Initiative, is made possible by a grant from United Technologies.