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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.
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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.
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Vermont's organic industry is celebrating after the U.S. Department of Agriculture closed a loophole in standards for how operations source their cows.
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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.
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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.
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The dairy industry relies on truckers to get milk from the farm to the processing plant. People in the industry say while the pandemic exacerbated transportation issues, not having enough milk haulers is a longstanding problem.
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Organic Valley, a farmer-owned dairy cooperative based in Wisconsin, has offered new contracts to up to 90 farms across the Northeast, which stood to lose their contracts with the company Horizon Organic.
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According to a recent VPR-Vermont PBS poll, nearly three-quarters of Vermonters say they would support Vermont’s dairy industry by paying more for products. But who in the industry Vermonters actually want to support — and how they can do that — is a little more complicated.
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Paul Percy reflects on his family's loss of more than 100 Jersey cows in a fire that destroyed the Stowe farm's barn last week.
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Max Howes grew up on a dairy farm, which ceased operations in 2018. The 12-year-old still feels a strong connection to the farm, which he says he'll never leave.