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News
Neighbors Band Together to Save Cattle From Hinesburg Floodwater
When Denise and John Daly heard moos at 3 a.m. on Thursday, they knew that something was amiss with their herd of 20 Murray… -
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Arts + Culture
Q&A: Meet the Family Running the Last Dairy Farm in Strafford
When Earl Ransom was growing up, milking cows at his family's Rockbottom Farm in Strafford, there were 24 dairy farms in town. Now his… -
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Arts + Culture
Video: Meet Earl & Jackson Ransom and Amy Huyffer of Strafford Organic Creamery at Rockbottom Farm
Episode 691
When Earl Ransom was growing up, milking cows at his family’s Rockbottom Farm, there were 24 dairy farms in Strafford. Now his second-generation family farm — home of Strafford Organic Creamery — is the last one remaining. Ransom runs it with his wife, Amy Huyffer, and their four sons. Eva stopped by on a Thursday afternoon during the busy haying season. -
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Food + Drink
As People Consume More Dairy Products, Vermont’s Commodity Is Churned Into Many Forms
The bad news for Vermont dairy farmers: Americans are drinking less milk. Per capita consumption of milk fell almost 21 percent from 2010 to… -
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Food + Drink
Rise ‘n Shine Makes Home Milk Delivery Cool Again
Peter Carreiro roared up in a white refrigerated truck, its sides emblazoned with his company's colorful logo: "Rise 'n Shine ...it's the milkman." It… -
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News
Vermont Sues State's Largest Dairy Over Permit Violations
Vermont is suing the largest dairy in the state for dramatically expanding its operations without proper permits in 2017. Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan… -
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Arts + Culture
Muralist DJ Barry Brings World Cow to Montpelier
A new cow has come to Vermont's capital city — or Moo-ntpelier — and it's for a good cause. DJ Barry, a 34-year-old Middlesex… -
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News
Hot for Heifer: Montpelier Cops Find a Cow in a Car
This was no ordinary moo-ving violation. Cops responding to a parking complaint on Barre Street in Montpelier last Friday found two animals left unattended… -
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Food + Drink
Selling the Herd: A Milk Price Crisis Is Devastating Vermont's Dairy Farms
For 71 years, Mark Lussier has weathered good times and bad on the northern Vermont dairy farm his French-Canadian father bought in 1938. But… -
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News
Moooving Scene on Church Street: PETA Activists Say No to Cow's Milk
A trio of animal-loving activists parked themselves by Burlington's Church and Bank streets last Thursday with an eye-catching cow replica. The reason? The People… -
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Arts + Culture
The Wittiest Milk Ad You'll Ever See
I hate advertisements. I use browser plug-ins to remove them from all the webpages I visit, and they’re one of the main reasons I no… -
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Food + Drink
Frappe the Rain
In parts of New England, "frappes" and "milkshakes" are more or less synonymous. At Brigham's, the Boston-based ice cream chain that closed its last parlors… -
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Food + Drink
Is Selling Raw Milk Viable in Rural Vermont?
On a sunny Saturday in mid-July, a would-be customer approaches a farmstand at the Barre Farmers Market. He pauses and peruses the table spread… -
News
Milking Fear
Congressman Bernie Sanders — and Vermont's own Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield — stir up opposition to bovine growth hormone, or BGH.
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