Farm policy redux: Q&A with ag chief, Chuck Ross
The Agency of Agriculture’s new secretary, Chuck Ross is bringing a new focus to the economic role agriculture plays in the state’s economy.
“Blue card” for migrant workers obstructed by DC politics
Leahy: “Some continue to put a premium on obstructing virtually any meaningful legislation, and immigration issues are even more difficult to address.”
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.
Tragedy spurs a movement: Grassroots group forges connection between Mexico, Vermont
The death of a young migrant worker on a Vermont farm is the catalyst for a documentary film about a village in Chiapas and its direct link to the Green Mountains.
Maroney: Dairy Price Stabilization Act will drive Vermont’s small farms out
There is no scenario anyone can articulate that makes conventional dairy farming profitable in Vermont that does not decimate 70 percent of our farms.
Vermont Folklife Center presents “Invisible Odysseys: Art By and About Mexican Farm Workers in Vermont”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Bob Hooker, 802-388-4964 bhooker@vermontfolklifecenter.org March 30, 2010 (photos available upon request) Vermont Folklife Center Presents Invisible Odysseys: Art By and About Mexican Farm Workers in Vermont As a part of the Vermont Folklife Center’s spring 2010 Community Exhibitions Program we are pleased to present two bodies of work that focus on [...]
If dairy farmers want a higher price for their milk, they must give consumers a good reason to pay it
The conventional dairy model is predicated upon surplus production, low prices, farm attrition and lake pollution.
Statement of Agriculture Secretary Roger Allbee regarding Vilsack Visit to Vermont
For Immediate Release: January 29, 2010 Contact: Kelly Loftus 802-828-3829 Statement of Agriculture Secretary Roger Allbee regarding USDA Agriculture Secretary Visit to Vermont “I am very pleased that the Vermont Congressional Delegation has collaborated to arrange for USDA Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to visit Vermont. “This is an important time, some might say critical time, for [...]
Sec. Vilsack to attend dairy town meetings in Burlington, St. Albans
Vilsack will also be the keynote speaker at the Northeast Organic Farming Association annual conference at the University of Vermont’s Ira Allen Chapel in Burlington.
Santiz Cruz will be buried Monday in Chiapas
One Vermont dairy farmer raised $4,000 in donations from the farming community toward the cost of sending the body to Mexico.
