• Feds approve $31.7 million in disaster aid for flood-hit Vermont farmers

    Feds approve $31.7 million in disaster aid for flood-hit Vermont farmers
    The flooded greenhouse at the New Farms for New Americans farm in the Intervale. File photo by Hannah Cho/VTDiggerVermont farmers impacted by sweeping floods in 2023 and 2024 will receive more than $30 million in specialized relief funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the office of U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., confirmed Wednesday. In a Senate committee hearing Wednesday with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Welch asked for an update on the status of the more than $62 mill

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