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Schubart: UVM should lead on agricultural innovation

Editor’s note: This piece by Bill Schubart was originally produced by Vermont Public Radio. The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College is the formal name of UVM. It has served Vermonters...

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Allen: Keeping land in farming has big rewards

Editor’s note: This oped is by Alice Allen of Al-lens Farm in Wells River. To conserve the land you’ve got to conserve the farmers. To conserve the farmers you’ve got to constantly encourage an...

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Vermont showcases food and farm experiences with DigInVermont.com

NEWS RELEASE July 30, 2012 Contacts: Koi Boynton, 802-828-2084, koi.boynton@state.vt.us Meghan Sheradin, VT Fresh Network, 802-434-2000, meghan@vermontfresh.net Jen Butson, Vermont Dept. of Tourism...

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Stroll’s 2013 Locavore Index ranks states in terms of commitment to local foods

News Release — Strolling of the Heifers April 9, 2013 Contact info: Martin Langeveld, Marketing Director, Strolling of the Heifers 802-380-0226, newsafternewspapers@gmail.com Orly Munzing, founder...

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USDA looks make applying for energy grants easier after suggestion from Welch

News Release — Congressman Peter Welch April 15, 2013 Contact: Scott Coriell (202.225.4115) WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 15, 2013) – After prodding from Rep. Peter Welch, the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

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Maroney: Immigrant farm workers – driver’s licenses or not – are part of a...

Editor’s note: This op-ed is by James H. Maroney Jr., who has a master’s degree in Environmental Law & Policy from Vermont Law School and is a former farmer. In his editorial “Granting Farm Workers...

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Maroney: Vermont should follow Bhutan’s lead to all-organic farms

Editor’s note: This op-ed is by James H. Maroney Jr., who has a master’s degree in Environmental Law & Policy from Vermont Law School and is a former farmer. The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, a...

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New slaughtering rules are a way forward from Vermont’s ‘black market’ in meat

A chart at a Montpelier farmer’s market vendor shows various cuts of beef. Photo by Tom Brown/VTDigger John Winn’s growing market providing farm-raised lambs to Muslim families for halal slaughter, as...

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Farming out the milking chores … to a robot

Ashley Farr of Farr Farm in Richmond programs his Lely Astronaut robotic milker while a cow is milked by the machine. Farr bought the machine used last year. Photo by Andrea Suozzo Inside the barn at...

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Tracking a tiny bird’s long migration that begins and ends in Vermont hayfields

Researcher Noah Perlut, right, and an assistant release a bobolink at Shelburne Farms after equipping the little bird with a light-sensing device that — if the bird is recaptured next year — will allow...

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Welch: A new approach on federal dairy policy

Editor’s note: This op-ed is by U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Later this week, the House will debate a new Farm Bill that holds the best hope for stabilizing the price Vermont’s dairy farmers receive...

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In This State: At Allenholm Farm, everything’s coming up apples

Ray Allen shows off some of the apples at his 53-acre orchard in South Hero. Photo by Dirk Van Susteren Editor’s note: In This State is a syndicated weekly column about Vermont’s innovators, people,...

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Jack Lazor: Lake remediation starts with soil restoration

Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Jack Lazor, the owner of Butterworks Farm in Westfield, and author of The Organic Grain Grower. Just about everyone in Vermont agrees that Lake Champlain and its...

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Schubart: UVM should lead on agricultural innovation

Editor’s note: This piece by Bill Schubart was originally produced by Vermont Public Radio. The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College is the formal name of UVM. It has served Vermonters...

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Allen: Keeping land in farming has big rewards

Editor’s note: This oped is by Alice Allen of Al-lens Farm in Wells River. To conserve the land you’ve got to conserve the farmers. To conserve the farmers you’ve got to constantly encourage an...

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Vermont showcases food and farm experiences with DigInVermont.com

NEWS RELEASE July 30, 2012 Contacts: Koi Boynton, 802-828-2084, koi.boynton@state.vt.us Meghan Sheradin, VT Fresh Network, 802-434-2000, meghan@vermontfresh.net Jen Butson, Vermont Dept. of Tourism...

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Stroll’s 2013 Locavore Index ranks states in terms of commitment to local foods

News Release — Strolling of the Heifers April 9, 2013 Contact info: Martin Langeveld, Marketing Director, Strolling of the Heifers 802-380-0226, newsafternewspapers@gmail.com Orly Munzing, founder...

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USDA looks make applying for energy grants easier after suggestion from Welch

News Release — Congressman Peter Welch April 15, 2013 Contact: Scott Coriell (202.225.4115) WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 15, 2013) – After prodding from Rep. Peter Welch, the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

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Maroney: Immigrant farm workers – driver’s licenses or not – are part of a...

Editor’s note: This op-ed is by James H. Maroney Jr., who has a master’s degree in Environmental Law & Policy from Vermont Law School and is a former farmer. In his editorial “Granting Farm Workers...

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Maroney: Vermont should follow Bhutan’s lead to all-organic farms

Editor’s note: This op-ed is by James H. Maroney Jr., who has a master’s degree in Environmental Law & Policy from Vermont Law School and is a former farmer. The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, a...

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