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Organic Dairy Leaders Urge Emergency Market Adjustment Payment as Northeast Drought Crisis Looms

organic grass-fed cows walking in a line uphill across a lush green pasture

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December 8, 2025

Farmers Speak Out About Drought Impacts

Jesse Wilber of Lazy Dog Farm chatting with Vermont Senator Steve Heffernan and the NOFA-VT Policy and Advocacy team about the impacts of the severe drought on his organic dairy farm in Orwell

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October 16, 2025

USDA Plans Major Reorganization: What’s at Stake and How to Speak Out

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August 18, 2025

When Federal Cuts Undermine Local Progress: The Termination of LFSCC and Its Impact on Vermont’s Farm to School Community

The farmers at Vermont's Long Winter Farm are pictured in their high tunnel filled with greens, holding their two children and standing with a sign that reads "this farm feeds Vermont kids"

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July 14, 2025

Tracking Key Food & Farm Legislation: What You Need to Know

A goat at Khelcom Farm enjoys munching on a head of red cabbage as a few hens hover nearby hoping for scraps

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June 17, 2025

Speaking Up for Our Small Farms in D.C.

Stephen Leslie and his daughter, Maeve, pictured with the US Capitol building behind them during their visit for the NFFC DC Fly-In

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April 11, 2025

Feeding Kids Is Our "Bread & Butter"

A food service professional from Windham Northeast Supervisory Union prepares a pizza from scratch using local, organic flour from Nitty Gritty Grain Company

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April 11, 2025

New Farm Security Fund Gains Unanimous Senate Support

Peggy Newfield of Newfield Herb Farm meets with Senator Douglass in the Vermont State House cafeteria to urge his support for the Farm Security Fund

March 24, 2025

Meet our 2025 Soil Stewards

Kagen and Elise of Blackbird Organics pictured with their crew and their dogs around a truckload of freshly harvested onions

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March 21, 2025

Isn’t All Maple Syrup Organic?

a close-up of a tap in a maple tree connected to tubing for the purpose of extracting the maple sap to make maple syrup

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March 6, 2025

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