Operators of a value-added dairy in Vermontâs peaceful Upper Valley are battling to save their farm-based business, with help from residents who value its fresh, local products and want to preserve the areaâs rich agricultural heritage.
In 2015, the 200-year-old Norwich Farm was donated to Randolph, Vermont.-based Vermont Technical College, which invested considerable money for dairy processing equipment and launched an ill-fated educational program that ceased a year later, after one semester.
Chris Gray and his wife, Laura Brown, run Norwich Farm Creamery at the farm under a lease with the school that expires in late June. Theyâre backed by the non-profit Norwich Farm Foundation thatâs trying to raise enough money to purchase the 6-acre property, keep the creamery on site, and have the farm host diverse agricultural uses including a training facility for young farmers.
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