Dairy Farmers

BURLINGTON, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) delivered remarks at the Vermont Dairy Producers Conference on Monday. He discussed the path forward to protect Vermont’s dairy industry from harmful policies put forth by the Trump Administration, including the Administration’s actions on immigration and the…

SHELDON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) held a press conference today at the Howrigan Dairy Farm in Sheldon, Vermont, calling for passage of the DAIRY PRIDE Act to reverse a proposed FDA rule allowing beverages derived from plants to be labeled ‘milk’. The rule…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s proposed guidance last week allowing nut, oat, soy, and other non-dairy products to use the name "milk,” U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced bipartisan legislation…