Delegation announces $8.7 million in Irene recovery assistance for Vermont farmers and property owners
Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) – today announced that Vermont will receive nearly $8.7 million for two flood relief programs integral to helping Vermont farmers and property owners recover from Tropical Storm Irene.
Will leafy greens safety regulations hurt small farmers?
Small-scale Vermont farmers who want to sell their greens to distributors may soon find they have to follow new regulations being advocated by large-scale greens growers in California.
Vermont farmers hit hard by flooding
“We’ve had reports from farmers in a number of counties that they have holes in their fields and scattered debris on their fields,” said Bob Paquin of the Vermont Farm Service Agency. “In many cases it’s impossible to survey the damage because there is still standing water on many fields.”
Sanders: Senate struck the right balance on FDA bill
Sanders supported a provision written by Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) under which food producers who sell more than half of their goods directly to consumers and have less than $500,000 in annual sales would not be subject to the new requirements designed for industrial-scale food producers.
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 [...]
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.
