Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts have launched the Keep Local Farms program, urging consumers to help save the region's dairy farms.Vermont Vermont (vərmŏnt`) [Fr.,=green mountain], New England state of the NE United States. It is bordered by New Hampshire, across the Connecticut R. , New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). and Massachusetts Massachusetts (măsəch  `sĭts), most populous of the New England states of the NE United States. have launched the Keep
Local Farms program, urging consumers to help save the region's
dairy farms. Organizers have set up a Web site--at
keeplocalfarms.org--for people to make contributions, which will be
divided among farmers. Also under the program, they're urging
universities and other institutions to charge a little extra for dairy
products dairy products dairy npl → produits laitierdairy products dairy npl → Milchprodukte pl, Molkereiprodukte pl in their cafeterias, with the proceeds going to farmers. The University of Vermont is the first to sign on. |
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