Rural Vermont continues to engage in multiple dialogues and groups (locally & nationally), focused on immediate and long term support for commodity dairy farms, farmers, and farmworkers - and a just transition to an equitable and accessible grass-based dairy economy which provides just livelihoods for farmers and farmworkers while improving our soils and waterways. We are engaging in conversations about how best to support the Vermont farmers who were recently dropped by Horizon, and are using the opportunity to call for systemic change in the dairy industry to better serve farmers, farmworkers, the communities they feed, and the ecology they rely on. We continue to support the migrant farmworker community and our friends and allies at Migrant Justice and work to expand their Milk with Dignity Program.
