Dairy Industry

A new lawsuit filed in Vermont’s federal court alleges that the Northeast’s largest dairy cooperative has artificially lowered milk prices for the region’s farmers.

Vermont’s primary election is coming up. We're one of about a dozen states that holds an open primary. What exactly does this mean, and what’s the history of Vermont’s open primary system? We turn to Vermont Public’s senior political correspondent Bob Kinzel for some of the answers.

This hour, Vermont Edition discusses where to find some of Vermont's best ice cream, creemees and nondairy ice cream.

Vermont has hit several record highs for the average price of gas in the past few weeks. It couldn’t come at a worse time for farmers.But there is an upside — dairy farmers are now receiving a much higher price for their milk.

El primero de mayo, trabajadores de granja y sus defensores, se van a juntar para pedirle a Hannaford Supermarkets que se una a su programa de Leche con Dignidad por tercer año consecutivo.Leche con Dignidad, en inglés Milk with Dignity, es un programa creado por Migrant Justice — una organización que defiende los derechos humanos, fundada y liderada por agricultores inmigrantes en Vermont. Esta brinda recursos y busca que los líderes de compañías mejoren las condiciones laborales y de alojamiento en su granjas.

On May 1, farmworkers and their advocates will join together to call on Hannaford Supermarkets to join the Milk with Dignity program — for the third year in a row.Milk with Dignity is a program created by Migrant Justice, a human rights organization founded and led by immigrant farmworkers in Vermont. It enlists the resources and market power of companies to improve labor and housing conditions on dairy farms.

A team of New England scientists is looking into whether feeding seaweed to the country's roughly 90 million cattle could help cut their methane emissions. The early results are promising -- but skeptics argue seaweed is not a silver bullet.

Vermont's organic industry is celebrating after the U.S. Department of Agriculture closed a loophole in standards for how operations source their cows.

This hour, Vermont Edition checks in on the state's organic dairy industry after some farmers began talks with Organic Valley about a potential new outlet for selling milk.

A look at the longstanding challenges around hauling milk. Plus, the state keeps an eye on a new COVID variant, Gov. Scott threatens a veto of the clean heat standard, and a requiem for ice fishing season.