Sen. Welch, USDA undersecretary visit Corse Farm


Officials gathered at the Corse Farm Dairy on Friday to speak about the importance of organic farms. From left: USDA Undersecretary Jenny Lester Moffitt; Sen. Peter Welch; Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts; Abbie Corse; Linda Corse; and Leon Corse. To the left of the crowd: the cows of the Corse Farm Dairy. Lauren Harkawik

Announce new relief for organic farms
WHITINGHAM - At midday on Friday, Sen. Peter Welch, United States Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Jenny Lester Moffitt, and Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts ducked out of the cold and into an enclosure with the cows at the Corse Farm Dairy. There, they gathered with members of the Corse family and other officials to speak on the importance of organic farms and to share information about the government’s new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program. 

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