All through February, representatives of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets will travel around the state on a “listening tour.” It will land in Lyndonville, Brattleboro, Middlebury and St. Albans.
The gist: Newly appointed Secretary of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts — former news director of WCAX — and current Deputy Secretary and Rep. Alyson Eastman (I-Orwell) want to know what Vermont’s farmers and eaters are thinking. Feedback will help the agency “support them,” wrote Eastman in a press release, which continues: “We hope to hear from farmers of all types and sizes … [to] learn from the people who are driving Vermont’s agricultural economy.”
The agency isn’t interested solely in farmers’ opinions. If you have thoughts on topics such as raw milk, on-farm meat processing, the health of Lake Champlain or the logistics of urban farming, you’re invited, too.
The original print version of this article was headlined “Raise Your Voice”
This article appears in The Love & Marriage Issue 2017.
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