Rural Vermont questions state’s raw milk rules
Jared Carter: “The Agency says that any farmer who knowingly sells raw milk knowing that it’ll be consumed in a way other than as fluid milk is breaking the law. Is it the role of farmers to be policing this? We argue no.”
Turkey Talk: Up close and personal with Vermont’s big bird
This is NOT the Hollywood-starlet, too-top-heavy-to-fly, over-endowed triple D-Cup, domestic turkey with thermometer implants.
Kirby: Getting at the “whole” truth on biomass
The bottom line is that trees are not a particularly good way of sequestering carbon because they tend to do so only temporarily. Burning them merely releases carbon dioxide that would have eventually been released anyway as part of their natural life/death cycle.
Keelan: African-American Marines finally get their due
Sgt. Gilbert H. Johnson died in 1972. Two years later, and for the first time in American history, a military installation was named after an African-American. The former segregated training base for African-Americans, at the Montford Point area of Camp LeJeune, is now known as Camp Gilbert H. Johnson.
Report shows 10s of thousands of Vermonters would suffer under U.S. House plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2011 CONTACT: Liz Schlegel 802-279-4695 (cell) lschlegel@cvcac.org Central Vermont Community Action Council WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a time when 20,000 Vermonters are out of work, the U.S. House of Representatives’ approach to the federal budget fails those who are struggling most, according to a new report prepared by the Coalition on [...]
The Farm to Plate strategic plan for education now available
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2011 CONTACT: Ellen Kahler Executive Director Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund 802-828-5320 ellen@vsjf.org www.vsjf.org We are pleased to let you know that the Education section of the Farm to Plate Strategic Plan is now available online at www.vsjf.org. A direct link to the PDF is also available. Please feel free to [...]
National Life donates more than $500,000 to Vermont organizations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2011 CONTACT: Martha Trombley Oakes 802-229-7214 mtrombleyoakes@nationallife.com Montpelier, VT – The National Life Group Charitable Foundation is deeply woven into the fabric of the Central Vermont community where the state’s oldest and largest LEED certified building resides. The National Life Building houses National Life Group and its corporate giving non-profit [...]
Engineers delay testing of deep water well at Vermont Yankee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2011 CONTACT: Laurence Smith Manager of Communications Vermont Yankee 802-258-4118 lsmit14@entergy.com Entergy Vermont Yankee engineers and technicians have encountered a delay in the preparations for sampling the COB Well. The make-up rate of the well was not high enough to support purging and sampling. This is likely due to the [...]
Vermont Law School holds annual symposium on China’s environmental enforcement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2011 CONTACT: John Cramer Associate Director of Media Relations Office: 802-831-1106 cell: 540-798-7099 jcramer@vermontlaw.edu SOUTH ROYALTON, VT –– The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law and the U.S.-China Partnership for Environmental Law will explore climate change, energy needs and other issues on Wednesday, March 2, at VJEL’s annual symposium at Vermont [...]
Pat McDonald elected state GOP chair
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2011 CONTACT: Pat McDonald 802-223-3411 pmcdonald@vtgop.org Montpelier, VT. - Former State Representative Pat McDonald (R-Washington 3-3) was elected Chairperson for the Vermont Republican Party at the Republican State Committee meeting held on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at the Montpelier High School. The nomination of McDonald was put forth by Lieutenant [...]
