Vermont would not be the state we love without our farmers.
Tebbetts: Giving Thanks This Season
Farmer loses government contract for speaking out against transgender ed in public schools
“There are consequences to voicing views and supporting policies that harm the most vulnerable and historically oppressed in our society – transgender, queer, people of color, indigenous people, and undocumented foreign workers,” Fireovid was advised.
$500K to help Abenaki, New American, refugee food producers
A federal grant will help state officials and not-for-profits expand the purchase and distribution of goat meat to the refugee and New American communities.
Vermont Ag Hall of Fame announces 2022 inductees
Farmers young and old have been named to the Vermont Agriculture Hall of Fame. They’re being celebrated today at the Champlain Valley Fair.
Ag agency wants farmers to record surface water use
A new state law requires farmers to report annual surface water withdrawals to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets.
As drought-plagued western farmers plow under crops and sell livestock, Vermont “abnormally dry”
The severe drought out west is severely reducing food production. And 18% of Vermont is in ‘moderate drought,’ with most of the rest ‘abnormally dry.’
Cannabis entrepreneurs launch cannabis farm tours
The cannabis tour bus – an old school bus – will meet customers at local bars and then bring them to nearby cannabis farms. Legal retail sales in shops begin as soon as October 1.
Shoreham dairy farmer went from 40 cows to 950 milkers
“I never saw myself milking this many cows, but with the boys and the way things are, it’s a good thing we are,” Loren Wood said.
2022 record year for Vermont maple syrup
2022 Vermont maple syrup production totaled a record high 2.55 million gallons, most ever and (as usual) first in the nation.
Avian flu reaches Vermont, VT Dept. of Health investigating
The Health Department is collaborating with state farm and wildlife experts to monitor and investigate reports of the highly-contagious strain of the avian flue that has reached Vermont wild birds and backyard poultry.
