On 5/26, representatives from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets answered live and pre-submitted questions from farmers about the regulations around raw milk and on-farm slaughter.

Watch the recording below! (On-farm slaughter info begins at 00:28 in the video and raw milk info begins at 28:30.)

Throughout the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a crushing bottleneck in VT slaughterhouses as more and more people have begun to seek out and produce local meat. With many slaughterhouses fully booked for at least the next year, Rural Vermont is seeking out strategies to alleviate pressure on meat processors and to allow farmers to continue providing fresh, local meat to their communities. In Rural Vermont’s recent on-farm slaughter survey, participants were asked what they thought the best strategies were to achieve this goal.

Read the results HERE!