Small farmers hit by extreme weather could get assistance from proposed insurance program
by Lisa Rathke
Jan 26, 2024
2 minutes
Since catastrophic flooding hit Vermont in July and upended plantings, some farmers are trying to figure out how to get through the next season.
washed away seeds planted in the summer at Bear Roots Farm, which grows about 20 acres (8 hectares) of mostly root vegetables at a high altitude. Farmers and co-owners Jon Wagner and Karin Bellemare are now asking themselves whether they want to take
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