Pesticide Pollution Of Our Public Waters
As early as 1996, the state knew that it had a problem with the use of the herbicides atrazine and simazine (both used on feed corn). Both were suspected to cause alteration in the sex of smallmouth bass and
The CAFO-Dairy Indictment (a review).
Our latest deep dive into the impacts of Vermont’s large-farm dairies focused on the extensive use of antibiotics within these confinement operations, and the Ag Agency’s “look away” approach to addressing the threat of on-farm pharmaceutical overuse, which gives rise
Vermont Negligent on Monitoring Dairy Antibiotics
Despite calls from health professionals worldwide to curb the use of farm-animal antibiotics, Vermont’s conventional dairy industry -- dominated by concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) – continues to use the antimicrobial drugs extensively, including non-therapeutic uses to prevent diseases caused
GMO Corn To Blame For Soaring Pesticide Use
Ending its three-year stall on publishing statewide pesticide usage data, Vermont’s Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets finally released the information in January in response to a public records request. The newly released data covers the years 2014-2016, and
A Failure to Regulate: Big Dairy & Water Pollution in Vermont
Vermont’s large-farm dairy industry is under increasing scrutiny for a variety of economic, ecological, and humanitarian transgressions. Ben & Jerry’s, for example, was recently the subject of a New York Times exclusive that reported on the