Austyn Gaffney

4 days ago | vtdigger.org | Austyn Gaffney

In December 2019, state agriculture investigators observed manure from Iraburg’s Nelson Farms, a dairy in the Northeast Kingdom, running into a local waterway. The staff from Vermont’s Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets were required under a 2017 interagency agreement to report the runoff to Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources immediately. But they failed to do so until four months later, according to a petition filed to federal officials by environmental advocates.

1 week ago | vnews.com | Austyn Gaffney

A Vermont migrant farmworker, one of nine who were detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in April, has been released on bond, while two others had their bond denied during hearings on Thursday. Jose EdilbertoMolina-Aguilar’s $10,000 bond will be paid by Vermont Freedom Fund, an independent nonprofit that Migrant Justice helped set up during the first Trump administration, according to Will Lambek, a spokesperson at Migrant Justice, an advocacy organization for migrant rights.

2 weeks ago | vtdigger.org | Austyn Gaffney

A Vermont migrant farmworker, one of nine who were detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in April, has been released on bond, while two others had their bond denied during hearings on Thursday. Jose Edilberto Molina-Aguilar’s $10,000 bond will be paid by Vermont Freedom Fund, an independent nonprofit that Migrant Justice helped set up during the first Trump administration, according to Will Lambek, a spokesperson at Migrant Justice, an advocacy organization for migrant rights.

2 weeks ago | newsfromthestates.com | Austyn Gaffney

A Vermont migrant farmworker, one of nine who were detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in April, has been released on bond, while two others had their bond denied during hearings on Thursday. Jose Edilberto Molina-Aguilar’s $10,000 bond will be paid by Vermont Freedom Fund, an independent nonprofit that Migrant Justice helped set up during the first Trump administration, according to Will Lambek, a spokesperson at Migrant Justice, an advocacy organization for migrant rights.

2 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Austyn Gaffney |Morgan Hornsby

Share The forest behind Ryan Huish’s home doesn’t look like a traditional farm, but beneath the bright green canopy in southwest Virginia, he’s nurturing a thriving garden of medicinal herbs.On a warm afternoon in April, Dr. Huish, a biology professor at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise, led a troop of students along a footpath that wove through part of his family’s 60-acre property near Duffield.