Agriculture in the News
Agricultural Giant Battles Small Farmers
CBS Evening News
ST. LOUIS, April 26, 2008
Video here
Big Ideas: Hardwick farmer Andrew Meyer reinvents Vermont agriculture
Burlington Free Press
By Candace Page • Free Press Staff Writer • March 30, 2008
Senate doubles raw milk threshold
Rutland Herald
April 10, 2008
By Peter Hirschfeld Vermont Press Bureau
Original Article Here
Bill Would Allow More Raw Milk Sales
WCAX
Kristin Carlson - WCAX News
Montpelier, Vermont - April 9, 2008
Original Article Here
Senate doubles limit on raw milk sales in state
Brattleboro Reformer
By DAVE GRAM, Associated Press
Thursday, April 10
Original Article Here
Chipotle Partners With Polyface For Sustainable Burritos
Eat. Drink. Better.
Written by Kelli Best-Oliver
Published on April 1st, 2008
Posted in agriculture, business, local food
Original Article Here
Retail food prices up; farmers' share still going down
Thursday, March 27, 2008, 11:54 AM
by Julie Harker
Original Article Here
Big Ideas: Hardwick farmer Andrew Meyer reinvents Vermont agriculture
Burlington Free Press
Published: Sunday, March 30, 2008
By Candace Page
Free Press Staff Writer
Original Article Here
Beef Jerky Safety Boosted Simply: Heat For Longer To Kill Salmonella And E. Coli
ScienceDaily (Mar. 24, 2008)
Original Article Here
In Praise Of Agriculture
The Daily News Record (Harrisburg, VA)
Wednesday
April 9, 2008
Original Article Here
Children With Healthier Diets Do Better In School, Study Suggests
ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2008)
Original Article Here
What they didn't tell you about recent meat recall
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
By Stephen J. Hedges
Chicago Tribune
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004276452_meat12.html
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From farm to foodbank
Times Argus
March 16, 2008
By Mel Huff Staff Writer
http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080316/NEWS02/803160423/1003/NEWS02
Women are making their mark on the farm
Times Argus
March 16, 2008
By Mel Huff Staff Writer
http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080316/NEWS02/803160428/1003/NEWS02
Commercial composting? It's a hot topic for lawmakers to figure out
February 27, 2008
By Louis Porter VERMONT PRESS BUREAU
http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080227/NEWS/353810657
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Editorial Comment on Compost: Friday, 2/29/08
http://caledonianrecord.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=3&ArticleID=38247
Intervale compost center to close
February 29, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802290339
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Raw milk law eased
Times Argus
March 16, 2008
By Peter Hirschfeld Vermont Press Bureau
Original Article Here
Vt. Senate weighs industrial hemp bill
By Cyrus Levesque
The Addison Independent
February 25, 2008
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More dairies go raw
Boston Globe
By Darry Madden
Globe Correspondent
February 23, 2008
Original Article Here
Starr is working on new milk plan
Barton Chronicle
February 27, 2008
by Bethany M. Dunbar
Original Article Here
Raw Milk Cheesemakers Work to Sustain Their Ways
Rutland Herald
March 1, 2008
By LISA RATHKE The Associated Press
Original Article Here
H.616 Testimony 2/27/8
All files are .mp3 format. Amy Shollenberger's testimony is 25 Mb, while the rest are 4 to 9 Mb.
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New bill would let small farms sell meat
Times Argus
February 13, 2008
By Peter Hirschfeld Vermont Press Bureau
Original Article Here
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Vt. poultry farmers to benefit from mobile slaughterhouse
Rutland Herald
January 14, 2008
By Peter Hirschfeld Vermont Press Bureau
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Cost of milk jumps 36%
By JESS WISLOSKI
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, January 14th 2008, 4:00 AM
Original Article Here
Surprise -- Cholesterol May Actually Pose Benefits, Study Shows
Science Daily
1/10/8
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House endorses legislation clearing the way to grow industrial hemp
VPR
Thursday February 7, 2008
John Dillon
Original Article Here
Farm Fresh Meat Bill as Introduced
H. 749 AN ACT RELATING TO THE SLAUGHTER OF LIVESTOCK
View Bill Here
Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler
NY Times
By MARK BITTMAN
Published: January 27, 2008
Original Article Here
N.D. Farmers Renew Hemp Licenses
Associated Press
By BLAKE NICHOLSON 01.31.08
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Agriculture Committee supports hemp farming
by Paul Lefebvre
Barton Chronicle
January 30, 2008
Original Article Here
House Agriculture Committee OKs hemp farming bill
Rutland Herald
January 31, 2008
By Peter Hirschfeld Vermont Press Bureau
Original Article Here
NAIS Moves Forward
Christine Heinrichs
Author, How to Raise Chickens
http://poultrybookstore.com
Farm Fresh Milk Bill Factsheets
What the Farm Fresh Milk Restoration Act Would Do
Download Factsheet Here (.pdf)
List of Cosponsors
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Bill seeks to permit hemp cultivation in Vermont
Times Argus
January 23, 2008
By Peter Hirschfeld
Original Article Here
Dairy farm pledges cooperation with probe into listeria deaths
White Coat Notes
December 28, 2007 01:13 PM
By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff
Original Article Here
Seed company announces Water Optimization Technology
The Prairie Star
By ANDREA JOHNSON, Assistant Editor
Saturday, January 5, 2008 1:20 PM MST
Original Article Here
New feed source could aid dairy farms
1/7/2008 7:49:28 AM
By Lee Bloomquist
Duluth News Tribune
Original Article Here
When it comes to milk, some dairy farmers seek a raw deal
Times Argus
January 18, 2008
By Peter Hirschfeld Vermont Press Bureau
Original Article Here
Bill Would Let Farmers Sell More Raw Milk
WCAX-TV
Montpelier, Vermont - January 17, 2008
Original Article Here
F.D.A. Says Food From Cloned Animals Is Safe
New York Times
By ANDREW POLLACK and ANDREW MARTIN
Published: December 29, 2006
Original Article Here
FARM FRESH MILK RESTORATION ACT OF 2008 INTRODUCED
PRESS CONFERENCE!
DATE: January 17, 2008
TIME: 11:45 am
LOCATION: Cedar Creek Room, Vermont Statehouse, 2nd Floor
In the Farm Bill, a Creature From the Black Lagoon?
New York Times
ANDREW MARTIN
Published: January 13, 2008
Original Article Here
Jolley: Five Minutes With Sharon Zecchinelli & Doreen Hannes
Cattle Network
1/11/8
Original Article Here
Supreme Court Backs Monsanto In Seed Patent Case
C&EN
JAN 9, 2008
Glenn Hess
Original Article Here
NY ACTION ALERT: farm targeted for raw milk
Meadowsweet Farm targeted for raw milk
View their website here
Post below from Jan 12, 2008
Dairy offers raw milk
Brattleboro Reformer
By HOWARD WEISS-TISMAN, Reformer Staff
Monday, January 7
Original Article Here
Illegal milk trade ring in Bay Ridge
BY MATTHEW LYSIAK
DAILY NEWS (Brooklyn)
Tuesday, January 8th 2008, 4:00 AM
Original Article Here
State to weigh slaughterhouse
Brattleboro Reformer
By HOWARD WEISS-TISMAN, Reformer Staff
Friday, January 11
Original Article Here
RELOCALIZING VERMONT: Farmer and Rural Vermont work to legalize on-farm slaughter
Carl Etnier
01/03/2008
Original Blog Post Here
Peter Harvey: Backyard pig farmer works to legalize on-farm slaughter and sale
Interview by Carl Etnier
WGDR
1/3/08
Link to mp3 download here
In poultry slaughtering, what goes around comes around
Burlington Free Press
Published: Thursday, January 10, 2008
Ed Shamy
Original Article Here
Independent animal farmers challenge Vt. law
AP
12/27/07
Original Article in Kennebuck Gazette
Original Article in Boston Globe
'Backyard farmer' wants change in Vt. slaughter law
Times Argus
December 27, 2007
By Mel Huff Times Argus Staff
Original Article Here
Mass. dairy shuts after product is linked to 2 deaths
The Boston Globe
By Stephen Smith
Globe Staff / December 28, 2007
Original Article Here
Cutting edge
Vermont Today
Published December 30, 2007
By Paula Routly
Original Article Here
Finally, a new slaughterhouse opens, and Carl Cushing and family get all the credit
Subsidies’ Harvest of Misery
Published on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 by the Washington Post
by Jimmy Carter
Milking a rural tradition
Columbia Tribune
By T.J. GREANEY of the Tribune’s staff
Published Sunday, December 9, 2007
Article Here
France suspends planting of GMO crops
Reuters
Oct 26, 2007
Sybille de La Hamaide
Original Article Here
Promoters of national livestock ID plan shift to focus on benefits of global traceability
The New Farm
11/16/7
By Amy Shollenberger
Original Article Here
Resistance to NAIS as integrated mega-database continues as smaller farmers question its cost, benefits and risks compared to improving livestock health at the farm level.
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My Turn: Compost: A solution, not a problem
Burlington Free Press
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
By Pat O'Neill
Original Article Here
Ag panel confronts new and shifting concepts in farming
Times Argus
November 7, 2007
Louis Porter
Original Article Here
Beef with E. coli slips through "loophole"
11/11/7
Stephen J. Hedges
Chicago Tribune
Original Article Here
Down on the Farm: CAP Talks to Farmers About the Farm Bill
Center for American Progress
12/5/7
Original Article Here, with audio interviews and related links
Senate ends farm bill impasse, may pass in days
Reuters
Thu Dec 6, 2007
Charles Abbott
Original Article Here
State explores buying local food
Burlington Free Press
Thursday, November 8, 2007
By Nancy Remsen
Free Press Staff Writer
Original Article Here
Agritourism might be growing, but is it sustainable?
Crosscut Seattle
Oct 19
Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel
The question is pondered while visiting Whidbey and Orcas islands in Washington.
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UN expert calls turning food crops into fuel "a crime against humanity"
The Associated Press
Published: October 26, 2007
State's tough new raw milk standards upset consumers, farmers
San Fransisco Chronicle
Carol Ness, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, October 26, 2007
New Article to Help Organic Farmers Understand Laws Prohibiting Use of Genetically Modified Organisms
The report this article refers to is available here (pdf)
October 2007
Jill Krueger
Local produce available year-round
Burlington Free Press
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
By Phyl Newbeck
Correspondent
Original Article Here
Farm Disaster Proposal Divides Senators
AP
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
10/15/07
Original Article Here
State locks up raw milk at Lodi dairy
Where raw milk distributed appears to be at issue
The Ithica Journal (NY)
Neil Chaffie
10/12/07
Original Article Here
Grass-fed dairying tops other systems
By JILL GALLOWAY - Manawatu Standard | Tuesday, 9 October 2007
Original Article Here
Ethanol Isn't Sole Food Price Culprit
AP
By DAVID MERCER – Oct 8, 2007
Original Article Here
Food safety dangers linked to consumer behaviors
Brownfield Network
Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 4:17 PM
by Peter Shinn
Original Article Here
Diet With A Little Meat Uses Less Land Than Many Vegetarian Diets
ScienceDaily (Oct. 10, 2007)
Article Here
Agricultural Tour Shows Small Farms Sprouting
Lincloln County News (Maine)
10/10/2007
By Greg Foster
Article Here
Letter to the Editor: Disease Response Methods are Overkill
October 18, 2007
Mike Eastman
Addison, Vermont
Compost operation fuels farm definition debate
Rutland Herald (VT)
October 10, 2007
LOUIS PORTER Herald Staff
New Article to Help Organic Farmers Improve Disaster Readiness and Recovery
October 2007
Jill Krueger
USDA report: Rice tainting a mystery
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
BY NANCY COLE
Posted on Saturday, October 6, 2007
Original Article Here
Download Report Here (pdf)
Brasher: Animal ID program loses steam
USDA budget for '08 doesn't allocate even a dime for it
WASHINGTON FARM REPORT
By PHILIP BRASHER
REGISTER WASHINGTON BUREAU
October 7, 2007
Original Article Here
Organic transition goes smoothly for this conventional cow specialist
Careful management, grass-based dairying, a commitment to cow health and a stubborn independence serve him well.
By Warren Schultz
Posted September 14, 2007
New Farm
Original Article Here
Farmers slow to sign up for animal ID program
VPR
Thursday September 20, 2007
Original Story Here
Speak Your Piece: Government Requires Children to Play 'Tag'
Daily Yonder
Lee Pitts
10/3/7
Original Article Here
Who is minding compost in Vt.?
Rutland Herald
October 1, 2007
By Louis Porter
Original Article Here
Farmers give mixed reviews of dairy plan
Bennington Banner
NEAL GOSWAMI, Staff Writer
09/05/2007
Original Article Here
Download the report this article refers to here (pdf)
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Government wants industrial hemp lawsuit thrown out
Bismarck Tribune
Aug 23, 2007 - 04:06:03 CDT
By BLAKE NICHOLSON
Associated Press Writer
Original Article Here
Area farmer still hopes door opens to industrial hemp
By Seth Nidever
Hanford Sentinel
8/28/07
Original Article Here
Speak Your Piece: Tag EVERY Animal?
by Sharon Zecchinelli
Daily Yonder
9/24/07
Original Article Here
Hemp bill awaits Arnold's autograph
Legislation would revise marijuana's definition in California
By Sarah Terry-Cobo, STAFF WRITER
Inside Bay Area
9/24/07
Original Article Here
Virus Is Seen as Suspect in Death of Honeybees
New York Times
9/7/7
ANDREW C. REVKIN
Original Article Here
Banned strain of alfalfa planted in 43 Michigan counties
AP
August 26, 2007
Original Article Here
California farmer groups sign on to Vt. price plan
Burlington Free Press
By Sam Hemingway
Free Press Staff Writer
August 28, 2007
GM ALFALFA HOTLINE
Seed Week
August 28, 2007
Volume: 9 Issue: 34
Sponsored by Dow AgroSciences LLC
Wheat is poised for a comeback, driven by demand from bakers and localvores
Times Argus
Aug 13, 2007
Original Article Here
Vermont Milk Company
Art Edelstein
Vermont Business Magazine
August 2007, Volume 35, Issue 9
Original Article Here
High Mowing grows organic business
Art Edelstein
Vermont Business Magazine
August 2007, Volume 35, Issue 9
Original Article Here
New farm bill offers a mixed bag
July 28, 2007
By DANIEL BARLOW Vermont Press Bureau
Full Story Here
Sober North Dakotans Hope to Legalize Hemp
New York Times
Monica Davey
July 21, 2007
Full Article Here
Penn State Equine Survey to Gather Information on Micro-chipping
PA Farm News
July 23, 2007
Story at:
http://www.pafarmnews.com/Articles/2007/070723_PSU_microchipping.htm
VT dairy herd is isolated after test
Rutland Herald
Article published May 18, 2007
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10,000-Cow Dairy Producing ‘Organic’ Milk Loses Certification
Lancaster Farming
Submitted by Editor
06/15/2007
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Milk prices predicted to hit record high
By Leslie Wright
Free Press Staff Writer
June 12, 2007
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Could Vermont Feed Itself?
June 11, 2007
By Tim Johnson
Burlington Free Press Staff Writer
Full Story
New Haven farmer tapped to run USDA's Farm Service Agency in Vermont
Burlington Free Press
May 23, 2007
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Preserving Fossil Fuels and Nearby Farmland by Eating Locally
New York Times
April 25, 2007
By MARIAN BURROS
Farm viability bill scheduled for action
Addison Independent
March 22, 2007
By JOHN FLOWERS
Federal Farm Bill hearings slated for Vermont
Vermont Gaurdian
full story
Farm Bill Hearings set for March 12 at 10 AM
Precedent-setting Decision May Block Planting, Sales of Monsanto Alfalfa
FEDERAL COURT FINDS USDA ERRED IN APPROVING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ALFALFA WITHOUT FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
February 14, 2007
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Officials explain dairy-aid funding
By Nancy Remsen
Free Press Staff Writer
February 8, 2007
full story
Anti-cheese campaign is seen as 'nannying gone mad'
read full story
Sunday, 4th February 2007
UK
Tue 2 Jan 2007
Anti-cheese campaign is seen as 'nannying gone mad'
CHRIS COURT
A Grass-roots Push for a 'Low Carbon Diet'
www.csmonitor.com
December 28, 2006
A grass-roots push for a 'low carbon diet'
David Gershon's book guides readers through a series of behavioral changes to reduce their 'carbon footprint.'
By Moises Velasquez-Manoff | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
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State opens dairy incubator to nurture future farmers
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
BY MARY KLAUS
Of The Patriot-News
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1167228019139310.xml&coll=1
Has Politics Contaminated the Food Supply?
December 11, 2006
New York Times
Op-Ed Contributor
By ERIC SCHLOSSER
Anson Tebbetts Appointed Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
www.burlingtonfreepress.com
December 19, 2006
Subsidies Hurt Future of Farms, Nature
Posted on Thu, Dec. 07, 2006
Sun Times
AGRICULTURE section
By GEORGE PYLE
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/news/opinion/16182954.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
USDA official to be Vermont's next agriculture secretary
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=5814498
December 14, 2006
Giard Promises Legislation to try to Reform Ag Policies
Published on Addison Independent (http://addisonindependent.com)
By Addison Independent
Created 2006-12-07 14:14
By JOHN FLOWERS
An open letter to Gov. Jim Douglas
http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061122/NEWS/611220331/1039/OPINION03
November 22, 2006
By KEN VAN HAZINGA
Wanted: Agricultural Savior
The County Courier
Written by Ethan Dezotelle
Thursday, 16 November 2006
http://www.countycourier.com
Steve Kerr steps down as agriculture secretary
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=5658941&nav=4QcS
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The Organic Myth-Pastoral ideals are getting trampled as organic food goes mass market
Business Week
COVER STORY
OCTOBER 16, 2006 http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_42/b4005001.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_top+story
Dairy plant producing milk with a longer shelf life
The Daily Star
Article By Patricia Breakey, Delhi News Bureau
Published September 11, 2006
End of the Myth? Economic Realities may doom medium-sized dairy farms
Vermont Today
Article published Oct 22, 2006
By John Margolis
Feed shortage adds to dairy farmers' troubles as winter sets in
By Leslie Wright
Free Press Staff Writer
December 9, 2006
Ag chief Backs Milk Hormone Ban
must be an election year...
Article published Oct 7, 2006
Rutland Herald
FARM REGISTRATION PROPOSAL ON HOLD
Burlington Free Press
Published: Wednesday, August 16, 2006
By Nancy Remsen-Staff Writer
State Supported Bread and Butter
Wednesday, July 19 2006
Brattleboro Reformer: http://www.reformer.com/editorials/ci_4068595
GOT ORGANIC? DEMAND LIFTS VT. DAIRIES
Author(s): Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff Date: June 19, 2006
Panel seeks to put organic loophole out to pasture
Posted on Wed, Mar. 02, 2005
BY ANDREW MARTIN
Chicago Tribune