Christopher Pearson: Farmers, money, cows and water quality

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Sen. Christopher Pearson, P-D, who represents Chittenden County in the Vermont Senate and serves on the Senate Natural Resource & Energy Committee.
For years farmers have been punished by low milk prices. That hurts everyone because farmers are central to Vermont’s economy and our way of life. We need local food. We need our lands in production. In other words, we need farmers to earn a fair price for milk.
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