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                        Feb 29, 2024
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            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…
                        
                     
                    
                
                            
                                            
                            In The News
                        
                                        
                        Feb 16, 2024
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            A panel of local, state, and federal officials discussed housing in St. Johnsbury Thursday. The group, which included Sen. Peter Welch and USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Farah Ahmad, weighed in on the challenges and opportunities to address what is widely considered one…
                        
                     
                    
                
                            
                                            
                            Press Release
                        
                                        
                        Feb 15, 2024
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            ST. JOHNSBURY, VT – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Farah Ahmad, Vermont State Director for USDA Rural Development Sarah Waring, and…
                        
                     
                    
                
                            
                                            
                            Press Release
                        
                                        
                        Feb 15, 2024
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            ST. JOHNSBURY, VT – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, celebrated the ribbon cutting for the Fairbanks Museum Science Annex with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Farah Ahmad…
                        
                     
                    
                
                            
                                            
                            Press Release
                        
                                        
                        Jan 24, 2024
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated the announcement of $3.7 million in grants from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to seven clean energy projects across Vermont. The investments are funded through USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) and will work to…