Community gardens expand across Vermont
Vermont community gardens grew rapidly with over 2,000 families participating and more than 7,000 individuals cultivating food on land they did not own. About 150 acres were used, with gains driven by Project Vermont Gardens and Champlain Valley programs and supported by local agencies and churches.
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Burlington
Vermont
Gallup
U.S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
BOR
Gardens-For-All
Burlington Park Department
Vermont Gardens
Champlain Valley
Jon Cloud
Morrisville
Bob Lincoln
Central Vermont Community Action Council
Sigfrid Lonegren
Episcopal Diocese
Anthony Adams
Sharon Boun
Bennington County
Therogram
Harlan Llewllyn
Bennington Opportunity Council
Metric system comes to Vermont schools this year
Dianne E Hall reports the Vermont State Board of Education requires metric education at all levels starting 1975-76. The piece notes dual labeling on foods, metric labeling in nutrition, and the shift from ounces to grams. It highlights a public meeting on cooking with metrics in Arlington on November 12 at 9 30 a m led by Beth Munger about preparing for metric use at home and helping children with homework.
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Vermont
Vermont State Board of Education
Beth Munger
Rutland County Extension Home Economist
Arlington Community House
Arlington
Beth
Burlington
Leonard Mercia
University of Vermont
Turkey
Salmonella advisory committee formed by USDA
The USDA plans an advisory panel on salmonella to cut human animal and poultry infections. APHIS will study controlling live poultry spread during slaughtering and processing, seek industry cooperation, set regulatory needs, and promote preventive practices. Nominal chair is assistant secretary for marketing and consumer services. Comments due by November 7 in Washington DC.
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New York
US Department of Agriculture
USDA
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APHIS
Meat and Poultry Inspection Program
Federal Register
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
USS
Department of Agriculture
Administration Building
Washington, DC
Earthen Storage Pits Used for Liquid Manure
Burlington reports earthen storage basins and ground pits proving effective for storing liquid manure. The note highlights widespread adoption of these pits across farms, emphasizing practical success and ongoing use in agricultural waste management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Family food waste raises wasteful costs nationwide
Burlington reports suggest the average family of four wastes about $8 in food weekly. University of Vermont experts warn that bulk buying, poor storage, and shopping patterns worsen waste as prices rise. Advice includes careful meal planning, prudent shopping, proper storage, refrigerating leftovers promptly, and using them within days.
Milk order comment deadline extended to Nov 17
The USDA has extended the comment deadline to November 17 on recommendations to merge the Boston and Connecticut marketing orders and to adjust the New York New Jersey market order. The prior deadline was October 28 and hearings were held in Auburn and Worcester in 1974 at the request of eight New England cooperatives.
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New York
S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Boston
Connecticut
New York-New Jersey
Auburn
Worcester
Mass
New England
Agriculture Marketing Service
AMS
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
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Ted Flanagan
UVM
Dianne E. Hall
Meat and Poultry Producing and Processing Industries
Aline Coffey
Extension Foods
University of Arizona
Grant Wells
Wells
Men’‘s Department
Sabre Shop
Eisenhower
Yhi
Taupe
Berkshire Plaza
North Adams, Mass
Shoe Department
Aayet
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