It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: After 10 years of red tape, disagreements and construction, Waitsfield’s cow underpass is finally complete.

Now, instead of driving their herd of 50 milkers across busy Route 100 twice a day, dairy farmers Doug and Sharon Turner have their very own concrete crossing underneath the roadway.

According to a piece in the Valley Reporter, the high-tech bovine walkway cost between $200,000 and $300,000 to build.

If you watch the “Rachael Ray Show,” keep your eyes peeled this Thursday, October 1. On that day, Vermont Cookie Love’s sweet treats will be featured as the “snack of the day.”

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Former contributor Suzanne Podhaizer is an award-winning food writer (and the first Seven Days food editor) as well as a chef, farmer, and food-systems consultant. She has given talks at the Stone Barns Center for Agriculture's "Poultry School" and its...