Will Allen: Time’s up on the Ben & Jerry’s charade
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Will Allen, who is the co-founder of Cedar Circle Farm in Thetford and Regeneration Vermont www.regenerationvermont.org , collaborating with Kate Duesterberg and...
View ArticleMichael Colby: Ben & Jerry’s has no clothes
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Michael Colby, who is a writer and maple syrup producer living in Walden. He’s the former editor of the Food & Water Journal, and the co-founder, along with...
View ArticleACORN hosts Real Organic Project Gathering, March 21
News Release — ACORN March 12, 2018 Contact: Annie Harlow ACORN 802-922-7060 annie@acornvt.org Middlebury – All farmers, food producers, environmental activists, students and citizens are invited to...
View ArticleLeahy, author Of U.S. Organic Program, hails historic U.S.-EU agreement on...
For immediate release Feb. 16, 2012 Contact Ali Peterson Email: Ali_Peterson@leahy.senate.gov WASHINGTON (WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15) – In another historic breakthrough for the burgeoning organic sector of...
View ArticleJames Maroney: Fewer cows, more pollution
Editor’s note: This commentary 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. Addison Independent articles about...
View ArticleJames Maroney: A misconstrued mission statement
Editor’s note: This commentary 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 VPR story “UVM Program Teaches...
View ArticleJames Maroney: Statehouse Dems not following party platform on agriculture
KW Editor’s note: This commentary 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. A month or so before the...
View ArticleNOFA Vermont seeks workshop proposals for the 34th Annual Winter Conference
News Release — NOFA Vermont August 20, 2015 Contact: Kim Mercer, 802-434-4122 / 802-274-3043 / kim@nofavt.org Richmond, VT – The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA Vermont) is...
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What does Horizon’s exit mean for Vermont’s organic dairy producers?
Kathleen Hescock in a barn at Elysian Fields, the organic dairy farm owned by Hescock and her husband Joe, in Shoreham on Wednesday, Sept. 15. Theirs is one of the Vermont farms whose contracts with...
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Northeast lawmakers urge federal government to close organic loopholes
A cow stands in a barn at Elysian Fields, an organic dairy farm in Shoreham owned by Joe and Kathleen Hescock, on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. Theirs is one of the Vermont farms whose contracts with...
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USDA announces support to cover certification costs for organic producers
Cows head back to the barn at Elysian Fields, an organic dairy farm in Shoreham owned by Joe and Kathleen Hescock, on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The U.S. Department...
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Once a reformist ‘Watergate baby,’ Patrick Leahy leaves office a Washington...
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., first entered Congress decrying Washington’s parliamentary rules and systems of seniority. Now, nearly five decades later, he exits one of the system’s greatest...
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