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Where's Dairy Headed? Farmers In Our Region Weigh In

Vermont Public | By Ric Cengeri,
Mitch Wertlieb
Published March 28, 2019 at 2:56 PM EDT
As representatives of the region's dairy industry get ready to meet at a summit, "Vermont Edition" assembles a roundtable of dairy farmers to discuss the state of the business.
Ric Cengeri
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VPR FILE
As representatives of the region's dairy industry get ready to meet at a summit, "Vermont Edition" assembles a roundtable of dairy farmers to discuss the state of the business.

There's a lot of talk about the struggles dairy farmers are facing, the continuing loss of Vermont farms and ways to improve or restructure the dairy industry. We're hearing from dairy farmers themselves about the challenges, the future and the changes they'd make to the system. And why they continue to do this difficult work.
Our panel of dairy farmers include:

  • Abbie Corse of the Corse Farm Dairy in Whitingham
  • Paul Doton of the Doton Farm in Barnard
  • Gerard Vermeulen, a dairy farmer from Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Quebec

We'll also learn about the Northern Tier Dairy Summit from Laura Ginsberg, agricultural development section chief for Vermont's Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets.

Broadcast live on Friday, March 29, 2019 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
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Programs The Vermont EconomyVermont EditionDairy IndustryFood & Agriculture
Ric Cengeri
Ric was a producer for Vermont Edition and host of the VPR Cafe.
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Mitch Wertlieb
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
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