Governor pledges continued support for organic dairy farmers at NODPA’s 21stAnnual Field Day in Freeport
Freeport, MAINE – Governor Janet Mills today attended the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance’s (NODPA) 21st Annual Field Day in Freeport where she pledged to continue to fight for Maine’s organic dairy farmers in the wake of a recent notice from Danone of North America that it will discontinue its Horizon contracts with organic dairy farmers in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and elsewhere.
Last month, 14 of our dairy farms in Maine, as well as dozens of dairy farms across northern New England, got an unexpected and disappointing notice from Danone of North America saying that they were discontinuing their contracts with our organic dairy farmers in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and elsewhere.
I took action immediately to address this situation.
Hello, this is Governor Janet Mills and thank you for listening.
Governor Mills Urges USDA to Support Maine Organic Dairy Farms In Wake Of Danone Decision to Not Renew Horizon Brand Milk Contracts maine.gov - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from maine.gov Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Goodrich Farm of Salisbury, Vermont Wins 2021 Dairy Sustainability Award
Farmers Chase and Danielle Goodrich of Salisbury, Vermont are winners of the 2021 Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability Award by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.
Unique Farm Powered Anaerobic Digester partnership with Vanguard Renewables, Middlebury College, and VGS recycles farm and food waste into renewable natural gas BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES, June 14, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ Today the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy announced that Goodrich Farm of Salisbury, Vermont is the winner of a 2021 Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability Award. The U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards honor dairy farms, businesses, and partnerships whose practices improve the well-being of people, animals, and the planet. Among its many sustainability initiatives, the Goodrich Farm hosts an anaerobic digester in partnership with Vanguard Renewables, Middlebury College, and Vermont Gas Systems that
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by Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts 2020 was the year of all years, so to speak. Last year at this time, Vermont was going about its business; we were toasting 2019, and we were looking forward to the start of a new decade. We made it through deep winter; then came March and our routines ended.
The pandemic forced us to close our schools, restaurants and workplaces. Grocery shopping, formerly mundane, became too much for many. Plans for parties, weddings, graduations and other celebrations that bring joy to everyday life were terminated with one fell swoop.
Our health care workers and first responders took care of us as we tried to weave our way through Covid-19. Lives were lost. We learned more about how to take precautions and treat people who were ill, but the virus did not go away.