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Kiss not ready to accept Burlington Telecom bail out offer
Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss says the city will consider the offer. Read the letter here. Continue reading
Group of nine offers to bail out Burlington Telecom in exchange for management control
The proposal would cover the broadband utility’s first quarter interest payment and enable the city to avoid default on its $33.5 million loan. Continue reading
Your organic food: Made in China Part 2. Fresh from the Far East
Frontier Natural Products Co-op and United Natural Foods, Inc., are importing organic food from China. Continue reading
Your organic food: Made in China Part 1. Why you should give a hill of beans about it
A surprising number of organic products available at co-ops and natural food stores in Vermont now come from China. Continue reading
Snelling Center cuts staff, relocates
The Snelling Center for Government was flush a year ago. The nonpartisan civic leadership group had seven employees, a budget of about $800,000 and an office space in downtown Burlington.
Today, the well-regarded center, named for the late Gov. Richard Snelling and run by his son, Mark, is operating with half that budget and has relocated to Shelburne. All but two employees have been cut from the payroll.
As part… Continue reading
Keep Local Farms lands two contracts
Ten cents of every pint of milk students at the University of Vermont and Harvard University buy will be passed on to dairy farmers. UVM launched its Keep Local Farms fund-raising campaign on Monday. Harvard joined the program on Oct. 19.
The slight price hike is part of a fund-raising and marketing campaign to raise money and the profile of New England dairy farmers who have seen significant declines in income… Continue reading
Break-even milk prices won’t be enough to save some of Vermont’s dairy farms
Milk prices are going up in December, and the federal government has said it will purchase $60 million worth of cheese and make $290 million in direct payments to the nation’s dairy farmers. Continue reading
The ever-expanding Googleverse
The possibilities are, well, possibly limitless. Google has become the ubiquitous purveyor of information on the World Wide Web, and its all-encompassing eye is also trained on the entire surface of the Earth, the oceans and Mars.
Now, even Vermont is becoming a Google player, thanks to Windsor County resident and erstwhile politician Matt Dunne, who serves as Google’s head… Continue reading 
Got too much milk?
Nation’s largest dairy coop floats supply management plan
Vermont coops weigh programs to rein in milk supply Raw milk is a highly perishable product. Once it leaves the cow’s udder, it has to be processed into bottled milk, cheese, butter or yogurt within a few days. That fact makes dairy farmers more vulnerable to the vagaries of the market than other food producers. Dairymen (and women) can’t wait for a better price. Unlike… Continue reading
Antitrust division to probe complaints about Dean Foods’ alleged monopolistic practices
Justice official says “competition isn’t well served when one player controls 70 percent of the market”
Senators say dairy industry consolidation hurting farmers A lack of competition may allow dominant dairy processors to “exert power” and depress the price farmers receive for raw milk, according to Christine Varney, the assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, who spoke at a congressional hearing held in St. Albans… Continue readingSponsor
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