Maroney: Big farms mean big problems for Lake Champlain
Conventional dairy contributes 50-60% of the nutrients now in and still entering the lake.
Celebrate the return of Rural Vermont’s raw dairy classes on Aug 17th
With the close of the 2011 legislative session came the return of Rural Vermont’s raw dairy processing classes, thanks to a small tweak to the law governing the sale and production of raw milk in Vermont. S.105, the dubbed “dairy class bill”, restores farmers’ ability to sell raw milk and protects the rights of Vermonters to learn about and make raw milk dairy products in the privacy of their own kitchens.
Rural Vermont offers dairy product classes
On Saturday, July 23rd and Saturday, August 13th (two dates – same class!), learn how to make raw milk butter, yogurt, whipped cream & buttermilk scones from 1-4 pm at Hawk’s Hill Farm in East Barnard. Hawk’s Hill Farm is a small, family run operation with a small herd of Jersey cows. They also raise chickens, broilers, ducks, cats, and kids. They have a self-serve farmstand where they sell raw milk, canned preserves, and eggs.
Judge OKs $30M Dean Foods settlement in anti-trust suit
A federal judge in Vermont recently granted preliminary approval to a settlement of an antitrust suit that has pitted milk giant Dean Foods against New England dairy farmers.
Leahy leads bipartisan effort to help dairy workers
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy has introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that dairy farmers in Vermont and across the country can use a visa program long used by other sectors of the agriculture industry to hire foreign workers.
NOFA holds farmer-to-farmer discussions on dairy and livestock in Randolph, Brattleboro and Irasburg
PRESS RELEASE For more information: Sam Fuller, Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA Vermont ) 802-434-4122 sam@nofavt.org www.nofavt.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Farmer-To-Farmer Discussion Groups for Dairy and Livestock Farmers — Randolph, Brattleboro & Irasburg Regions Nobody understands farming better than farmers. They are working day in and day out to address the many challenges [...]
Young man’s accidental death on a Vermont dairy farm points up migrant-worker conundrum
His relatives can’t come together to mourn his death for fear of deportation.
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 [...]
