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Vermont's government responded with a series of laws controlling development and with some pioneering initiatives to prevent the loss of Vermont's dairy industry. Still, the number of Vermont dairy farms has declined more than 85% from the 11,206 dairy farms operating in 1947. In 2003 there were fewer than 1,500 dairy farms in the state; in ...
Nordic Farms was the first farm in Vermont to install robotic milking machines in its 44,000-square-foot dairy barn in 2004, drawing thousands of schoolchildren and plenty of farmers for tours on ...
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The farm property was settled in 1787 by Dan Johnson, who was, along with members of the state's prominent Chittenden family, one of Williston's first proprietors. The Greek Revival farmhouse was probably built by Johnson's son Nathan, as were some of the surviving barns. Nathan and later his son John expanded the dairy aspect of the farm ...
By 1960, the cooperative had 600 member farmers, although the number of farms in Vermont and across the nation was steadily shrinking. Following a decline in membership, the Cabot Farmers Cooperative Creamery merged in 1992 with Agri-Mark, a cooperative of 1,800 farm families in New England and New York , [ 3 ] and was reincorporated as Cabot ...
Cheyenne Frontier Days features nightly concerts by popular music and comedy acts, a midway, a fair with rides, games, and food vendors, wild west shows featuring Western riding, an Indian village, and a large PRCA nationally-sanctioned rodeo. A common moniker for the event is "The Daddy of 'em All®", based on its long history and the fact ...
The Bellows Falls Co-operative Creamery Complex is a historic industrial property in Bellows Falls, Vermont.Developed over a period of about 40 years beginning c. 1906, the complex, with two surviving buildings, it represents one of Vermont's largest commercial enterprises of the period.
Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit education center for sustainability, 1,400-acre (570 ha) working farm, and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. The property is nationally significant as a well-preserved example of a Gilded Age "ornamental farm", developed in the late 19th century with architecture by ...