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Damien Boomhower and his wife, Jessica, hoped to celebrate their organic dairy farm’s 10-year anniversary in 2022 with the pop of a champagne bottle. Instead, he was more nervous about the farm’s financial state than he’d been since he bought.
“We, best of anyone, know all farms are important,” a young farmer told lawmakers last month. “But right now, organic farms are the ones in trouble. You don’t just leave 25% of an industry by the wayside. We need help in immediate action.”
I do talk a lot about COVID-19 in this space, but it has been an unavoidable topic this season for local high school sports. Some teams have gotten through the season so far mostly unscathed, while others have had to struggle with outbreaks that have disrupted their schedules. The .
Bellows Falls, the state Division II football champions, put their stamp on the 20th North-South All-Star game on Nov. 20 at Castleton University’s Dave Wolk Stadium. The South won the game, 39-35, as BF quarterback Jonathan Terry ran in the winning touchdown on a 7-yard keeper with 2:39 left .