Senate settles on hemp compromise
Illuzzi was outraged when the most important part of that legislation — the rate hike on “little cigars” had been inserted in the miscellaneous tax bill.
In This State: For Mexican workers, Vermont is a land of milk and money
In summer, they milk as the sun paints the barn walls with the same golden hue that lit their walks with a sweetheart or friend in their distant villages.
Gloomy forecast dims spring for dairy farmers
The dairying industry, Vermont Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross said, still counts for approximately 90 percent of the total agricultural production in the state – or around $14,000 per cow, he said – and provides some 15,000 jobs.
Gloomy forecast dims spring for dairy farmers
The dairying industry, Vermont Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross said, still counts for approximately 90 percent of the total agricultural production in the state – or around $14,000 per cow, he said – and provides some 15,000 jobs.
Sugar makers divided on syrup grading change
What it seemed producers like Merrow and other opponents of the new grading system don’t like is that standardizing the grading system will detract from the Vermont brand.
Vermont not alone in pushing for GMO labeling of foods
“It’s kind of sad if Vermont is going to start turning away from progressive legislation that consumers and voters want because some big corporation threatened to sue us,” said Andrea Stander of Rural Vermont.
Working Lands Investments allocated $2.1 million; House vote is Thursday
” I think we’re at the beginning of something that’s really big, really significant for the rural economy of the state,” said Vermont Center for Rural Development executive director Paul Costello.
Creamery, foundation partner to create state’s biggest goat dairy
“Our cheese is a Vermont product, and we would like to be able to say that most of the milk is locally produced,” said Allison Hooper.
Bill requiring labeling of genetically engineered food saved from procedural death
Some, like Margaret Laggis, lobbyist for the Biotechnology Industry Organization, and Tim Buskey, with the Vermont Farm Bureau, dismissed consumers’ concerns as stemming from ignorance. “Consumers know nothing about agriculture,” Laggis told the committee.

























