Organic Dairy

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) addressed the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research yesterday during a hearing on opportunities to support specialty crop producers in the 2023 Farm Bill. Welch’s remarks centered on the important role specialty crop producers…

BURLINGTON, VT—Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) toured organic farms at Burlington’s Intervale Center today, in celebration of the Opportunities in Organic Act, legislation introduced by the Senator this week to advance organic agriculture in Vermont and in communities across the country.  “The Intervale embodies the best…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee Hearing held today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) urged United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to support Vermont farmers, producers, and small businesses. Welch, who chairs the Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on…

WHITINGHAM, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Undersecretary Jenny Lester Moffitt toured Corse Farm Dairy today to highlight the Strengthening Organic Enforcement Rule, designed to reduce fraud and improve enforcement in the USDA Organic Marketplace. Sen. Welch…