Agriculture

SHELBURNE, VT – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) spoke with Vermont Sugarmakers at Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, Vermont, about the agricultural, cultural and economic benefits of Vermont's maple industry. As the largest maple producer in the United States, Vermont's maple industry provides employment opportunities…

Legislation Would Reform H-2A Visa Program, Create Wage Certainty for Farmers, Provide Pathway to Legal Status for Undocumented Farm Workers WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of César Chávez Day, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) reintroduced the Affordable and Secure Food Act, legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) joined U.S. Representatives Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.-23) and Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02) in leading their colleagues in the bicameral, bipartisan introduction of the Making Agricultural Products Locally Essential (MAPLE) Act, legislation that supports the…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—This week, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said during a visit to Mexico’s top avocado-producing state that Mexican avocado exporters “shouldn’t have the opportunity to sell those avocados to the United States market.” The Governor of Michoacán added that Mexico will soon implement…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing this week, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to help Vermont farmers impacted by natural disasters like this summer’s brutal flooding and May freeze. He discussed the need to…