Dairy farming occupies three-quarters of Vermont’s working agricultural landscape and has been a leading industry since the 19th century. Its impacts are all around us: the rolling green pastures and ramshackle, slate-roofed barns; the smell of manure on fields in springtime; and, of course, creemees. Whether we see, taste or smell it every day, dairy […]
The Dairy Issue
Dairy farming shaped Vermont, but does it have an expiration date? Seven Days explores the future for dairy farms and Vermont’s agricultural landscape in the Dairy Issue.