Perspectives: Dairy Farming in the Northeast

In this episode, we get to learn more about Vermont’s Lt. Governor Phil Scott. Growing up in Vermont and working on farms Phil is a leader not only in politics but also in business.

Tune in to hear Randy Shanks, V.P. of Nutra Blend, discuss the Drive to Feed Kids initiative.

In the third episode of the Perspectives Podcast, we talk with Attorney, Mike Wool, about the details of farm ownership transfer, how to avoid unnecessary taxes, as well as many other considerations you should think about when preparing to pass the farm on to the next generation.

In the second episode of the Perspectives Podcast, we discuss the sweeping effects that FSMA regulations will have on agricultural businesses in Vermont and beyond. Our guests include Louise Calderwood, government relations director of the Northeast Agribusiness & Feed alliance and former deputy secretary of Agriculture for the state of Vermont; as well as David...

In this first episode, we bring dairy farmer and Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition Vice President, Ben Dykema, of Wilcon Farms in North Ferrisburg, Vt; Jane Clifford, of Clifford Farms, who is the Executive Director at the Green Mountain Dairy Farmers Cooperative Federation, and also part of the Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition; and Louise Calderwood, a...