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Madrid, New York This week’s Farmer Friday blog takes us to Madrid, NY, located in beautiful Saint Lawrence County and part of the state’s ‘North Country’. The area is home to many of the 650 New York dairy farm families...

The sweetest hobby Farmers work hard. They milk the cows at least twice a day, every day. They work to ensure their cows’ comfort. They grow food for the herd. Farmers rise early, finish late and often check the barn...

Bridport, Vermont Addison County, Vermont is known as the “Land of Milk and Honey” for its natural bounty and wealth, which is apparent to any visitor who has spent even a few hours among its lakes, forests, and fields. It...

Wallace Farm, Waterbury, Vermont Rosina was raised on the Wallace Farm, which her family purchased in 1866 – making March of next year the 150th anniversary for the Wallace family up on Blush Hill Road in Waterbury Vermont. Rosina is part...

“So many young people want to be this movie star or want to be an astronaut, or something fantastic,” says the white-bearded man in the movie trailer for “Forgotten Farms,” a 2016 documentary about New England dairying. “Louis Escobar wanted...

All dairy farmers wear multiple hats and are accomplished jacks (and jills) of all trades, but fifth-generation farmer Stew Yeaton of Epsom, New Hampshire holds down a significant second job that makes an enormous difference in his community.  In addition...

Rochester, Vermont In order to survive and thrive, Cabot farm families have learned many ways to diversify. Within the Cabot Cooperative there are sugar-makers, cheese makers, potato growers, pudding makers, painters, compost businesses and even CowPots, the makers of biodegradable,...

As many farmers would say, the key to being a successful dairy farm is to diversify. Some farmers choose to add on beef cows, some grow vegetables for a farm stand, and others do something entirely different, definitely delicious; they...

Carlisle, Massachusetts Every dairy farm is distinctive. There are different sizes, barns, crops, breeds of cows, secondary businesses and history. That said, Great Brook Farm is one of the most unique farms in our Cooperative. There are many unique aspects to the...

Growing up on a family dairy farm, large family gatherings are tradition. Most of these gatherings happen in Granny’s Kitchen. Many have fond memories of the smiles and laughter around the table and dreams of raising their own children the same...

East Montpelier & Craftsbury, Vermont In the farming community there are many examples of cooperation between friends, family and neighbors. Within our cooperative, Fairmont Farm is a great example. The farm was founded in 1992 as a collaboration of three...

Lisbon, New York Paige Moulton grew up on C & M Dairy LLC of Lisbon, NY. She’s the daughter of Amy and Bernie Moulton, who co-own the farm with Paige’s aunt and uncle, Amy and Allen Chester. Paige is going into her...