Letter to the editor

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To the Editor:

I love farm fresh milk. I love the taste, the freshness, the health benefits (see realmilk.com) and I love being able to give my money directly to our local farmers. For these reasons, I hope that the Farm Fresh Milk Restoration Act will be made into law as soon as possible. Commodity conventional milk brings approximately $1.82 per gallon to the farmer and commodity organic milk about $2.36 per gallon. Farm fresh milk? $5 to $8 per gallon!? Currently, our farmers are barred from advertising that they have farm fresh milk available and they are only allowed to sell fewer than 25 quarts a day. Let's give them a chance to provide more consumers with the farm fresh milk they want and get the money they deserve for their hard work! I hope our Ag Committee at the statehouse will get this bill moving, starting by taking a closer look at H.616. And I hope that everyone who supports family farmers will speak with their representative and tell them how important this bill is for both farmers and farm fresh milk consumers in Vermont. To find out more about the bill, visit ruralvermont.org.

Sincerely,

Kate Corrigan
Shoreham, Vermont