Agriculture

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) and Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) investment of more than $7 million in the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center, housed within the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. The Innovation Center, which was a…

RICHMOND, VT – Today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Chair of the Rural Development and Energy Subcommittee, joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in welcoming Robert Bonnie, the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation with the U.S. Department of…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) spoke on the Senate floor late last night to call for additional support for Vermont’s farmers as they recover from catastrophic flooding. The office of Governor Phil Scott estimates that 10,000 acres of farmland have been damaged by flooding. That number…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced the Fairness for Small Scale Farmers and Ranchers Act and the Agricultural Worker Justice Act, legislation to support farmworkers and uplift small, family farms across the United States. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) co-sponsored both bills in the Senate. Senator…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today introduced the Farmland Access Act, legislation that will help protect American farmland for its intended use and expand access to farming for the next generation. The bill updates an existing, but underutilized, program within the…