Farming out the milking chores … to a robot
A robotic milker lets the cows be milked when they are ready, increases production, decreases or eliminates the need for hired dairy workers and frees the farmer from a relentless milking schedule.
Dow herbicide that contaminated Green Mountain Compost now effectively banned in the Northeast
Dow is no longer selling the herbicide aminopyralid in the region after the chemical tainted compost sold by the Chittenden Solid Waste District.
New law offers migrant farm workers in Vermont the privilege to drive
‘Operator’s privilege card’ will allow 1,500 migrant farm workers the opportunity to drive on Vermont roads when law takes effect Jan. 1.
Food security for low-income Vermonters on the line in Farm Bill squabble
3SquaresVT assistance could be reduced as U.S. House, Senate iron out differences.
New slaughtering rules are a way forward from Vermont’s ‘black market’ in meat
The new law permits on-farm outdoor slaughter but under more tightly regulated conditions.
Legislative Wrap-up: Agriculture and consumer issues
It was a good year for progressive agriculture initiatives in the Statehouse.
Legislature lifts restrictions on growing hemp in Vermont
Producers of the crop could still face federal penalties.
House decides GMO labeling lawsuit worth the risk
Members believe a consumer’s right to know what is in his or her food outweighs the negative connotations such labeling might create for GMO crops.
House OKs GMO labeling bill, sets up Senate action in 2014
This vote marks the furthest any such legislation has moved in the U.S., and it pushes the bill to a final reading in the House on Friday.
Undocumented workers seeking driving rights victorious in key House vote
House Democrats defeated a slew of amendments which mostly Republican legislators raised on the floor, including those that mandated fingerprinting and criminal background checks.
