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We’re excited to have a new intern this summer and happy to introduce you to Allison Akins of Five Mile Farm in Lisbon, NY. For those of you who have always wondered what farmers are doing out in the fields all summer, Allison...

The Cabot Creamery farmers at Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock, Vermont are very fond of their small herd of Jersey cows. Like all our member-farmers, they pay close attention to their cows’ behavior to keep them as happy and healthy as...

To celebrate Cabot’s Centennial, we sought to find dietitians who share in Cabot’s principles of cooperation, commitment to community, and other core values and honor them with the Cabot Community Celebrity Award.    And the winners are:  Pat Terry (Alabama)  Toni Bowman (DC)  David Trinkle (Florida) ...

The farm families who own Cabot make their ties to community a priority. They know that neighbors helping neighbors is the most important way to keep their communities healthy, vibrant, and thriving. It is in that spirit that Cabot is...

In order for a community to truly thrive, there needs to be a spirit of compassion among its members. Raising children with an understanding of how to use this compassion to help others in need is a lofty goal. Thankfully,...

Stronger Together In 2008, two longtime dairy farming families joined forces to create C&M Dairy, LLC. The Chesters of Cedar Meadows Farm and the Moultons of Paradise Valley Farm combined acreage and animals to work together to keep their operations going in far northern New York just twelve miles south of...

The Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont’s rural heritage, features one of the finest dairy farms in America and a museum of Vermont’s rural past. The farm continues a long tradition of agricultural excellence, dating back to 1871, when...

Precious Heritage In 1930, when Frank and Edith Moore bought their 120-acre farm in Malone, they walked 30 Holstein cattle 35 miles to the new farm over the course of three days. Twenty-five years later, their eldest son Carl, took...

Bristol County Agricultural High School is most unique amongst its cooperative members. Seated along the banks of the Taunton River in Dighton, MA, the school owns more than 280 acres and features 27 buildings, many built by the schools students...

Power Pioneer The average person wouldn’t look at a cow pat and think “clean energy,” but Blue Spruce Farm has been a pioneer in efficiently recycling manure from their cows into electric power, fertilizer and even cozy bedding for their herd. In partnership with Green Mountain Power, the farm served as...

Divide and Conquer Bill Banker, his wife Corinne, and his brother Bruce are partners in Blue Hill Farm. They brought the name with them from Connecticut where the brothers grew up on a farm overlooking a hill with a blue tint. When they moved to...

Sustainable Systems Longview Farm has been in the Barstow family since 1806 and the sixth and seventh generations now in charge are doing everything they can to continue this long run far into the future. Brothers David and Steven and...