Vermont likes to be first, even if it is one of the smaller states. Vermont was the first state to ban slavery in 1777; the first to endow a state university, first to endow a land grant university, first to
Originally published on MyChamplainValley.com By Torrance Gaucher Regeneration Vermont, a fairly new non-profit based out of East Thetford, Vermont is working hard to keep the food supply safe in the Green Mountain State. The organizations main goal is to educate farmers
The battleground over industrial agriculture has, understandably, been centered around GMOs for the last two decades. In the U.S., the GMO debate has largely revolved around labeling, both nationally and, more successfully, on a state-by-state basis. Vermont, of course, was
The history of Vermont’s heavy adoption of industrial – or degenerative – forms of agriculture is also the history of its failure and decline. At every stage, beginning with chemical agriculture in the post-WWII era, the new techniques being promoted
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vermont has proven itself to be a leader when it comes to showing its concern over the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture and food production. It was the first state in the nation to pass GMO-labeling legislation,
