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Amber and Scott Hoyt found pieces of wire on their cows’ feed in Tunbridge, Vt., after a cable company completed a broadband project in their hay fields. Three cows have died and more are showing symptoms of “hardware disease.” (VtDigger - Emma Cotton)

Town-City-Government

Tunbridge incident that led to cows eating wire spurs bill putting accountability on utilities

by Emma Cotton VTDiggerJanuary 15, 2022

A cow stands in a barn at Elysian Fields, an organic dairy farm in Shoreham owned by Joe and Kathleen Hescock, on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. Theirs is one of the Vermont farms whose contracts with Horizon Organic will be terminated next year. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

Horizon farmers get more money, 6-month contract extension as company exits Northeast

by Emma Cotton VTDiggerDecember 15, 2021

Town-City-Government

Aid will rehab Vermont water pipes

by Emma Cotton VTDiggerDecember 5, 2021

John Kimmich of The Alchemist in Stowe explains how the brewery is capturing and recycling its CO2 emissions on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

Vermont brewery turns carbon emissions into beer bubbles

by Emma Cotton VTDiggerOctober 16, 2021

A Brown Swiss dairy cow gets inspected during the FFA competition at the Deerfield Fair on Friday, October 1, 2021. The fair runs through Sunday.

Stonyfield agrees to buy milk from some organic farmers dropped by Danone

by Emma Cotton VTDiggerOctober 15, 2021

Town-City-Government

Centuries-old dam removed in Rutland

by Emma Cotton VtDiggerOctober 11, 2021

Mayor David Allaire addresses the Rutland Board of Aldermen Sept. 7, about the possibility of resettling Afghan refugees.

Town-City-Government

Officials express broad support for Afghan refugee resettlement in Rutland

by Emma Cotton VtDiggerSeptember 12, 2021

Major buyer says it will cancel milk contracts with Vermont organic dairy farm

by Emma Cotton VTDiggerAugust 24, 2021

Amber and Scott Hoyt at their Hoyt Hill Farmstead in Tunbridge in early July. The Hoyts found pieces of wire in their cows’ feed after a cable company completed a broadband project in their hay fields.

Tunbridge farmers’ insurance claim denied after cows ingested leftover telecom wire

by Emma Cotton VtDiggerAugust 19, 2021

A corn field where farmer Mark Boyden and septic company operator Lawrence Young had been spreading septage is seen in Cambridge, Vt., on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Between May 26 and July 14, roughly 416,900 gallons of septage were spread on Boyden's field in Cambridge, according to a state inspection report. (VtDigger - Glenn Russell)

Vermont farmer’s septic waste fertilizing raises a stink

by Emma Cotton VtDiggerJuly 29, 2021