Former State Secretary of Agriculture Roger Allbee joins Vermont Technical College as senior scholar in residence
Vermont Technical College President Philip A. Conroy has announced that former Vermont Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, Roger N. Allbee, has been named consultant and advisor to the President and the College.
Allbee: Farm and forest economy key to future
Farm revenue is down, development pressure drives land prices up, and forest parcels are getting smaller. If this is not reversed the working landscape in Vermont could disappear within a generation. With it will go Vermont’s defining feature and a core value that unites us as a people.
Rockwell mural finds home at Vermont Agency of Agriculture
“After many years, the mural has found its way home to the Agency of Agriculture,” continued Allbee. “It reminds us that times and techniques may change, but Vermont maple syrup is still the best there is.”
Allbee: U.S. needs to declare victory in Afghanistan and get out
We’ve heard it before, about another war. That war was also in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and for the wrong reasons … and in that war many innocent people, in uniform and out of uniform, women and children, sons and daughters, grandfathers and grandmothers, died. That war was Vietnam.
Allbee: Vermont’s agricultural past informs the future
Today, we are experiencing a renaissance of the past. Consumers want to know where their food comes from, who grows their food and how it is grown. Hence the growth in farmers’ markets, CSA’s, specialty cheeses and new products such as ice cider and wine as well as the increased interest in food hubs.
Leahy and Sanders introduce dairy supply management bill
To a person, the speakers at the press conference agreed that the peaks and valleys of the milk-pricing system must be leveled off before farmers can plan their costs and begin to achieve a modicum of profitability.
Allbee elected president of Northeast Association of State Departments of Ag
Contact: Kelly Loftus 802-828-3829 Vermont Agriculture Secretary Allbee Elected President of the Northeast Association of the State Departments of Agriculture Bar Harbor, ME – At its annual meeting in Maine on June 8th, Secretary Roger Allbee of Vermont was unanimously elected President of the Northeast Association of the State Departments of Agriculture. This Association of [...]
Allbee: Recent milk price uptick will prevent dairy farms from failing in droves
“I think at this stage, we don’t expect to see an exodus. In the worst-case scenario, I had said we could lose up to 200 (farms), but I think at this stage, we don’t see that number happening right now.”
Allbee: Increase in Current Use penalties would hurt farmers
The financial strains and uncertainties our farmers are facing, especially dairy farmers, is unprecedented. The economic recession that has impacted many of us has perhaps hurt our rural communities more than others. H.485 would impose additional taxes and requirements on our agriculture sector at a time when they are struggling under already significant burdens.
Schubart: Legislators have an opportunity to set new standards for humane slaughter
Lawmakers seem caught in a wrangle between industry interests and the opportunity to lead Vermont agriculture into the new slow food market.
