Vermont state and federal officials are urging farmers to document and report their losses from the catastrophic flooding that hit the state two weeks ago and inundated crops.
They toured Paul Mazza's Fruit and Vegetable farm, where fields were under 20 feet of water during the flooding, including row after row of blueberry bushes laden with berries and corn. The crops are now contaminated and unsellable. Mazza, who has seven farms in different locations, estimates he has about 25% of his produce left. Fields are covered with sediment and piles of sand from the river.
The fields are so laden with silt that they don’t even want to put their equipment through them, he said.Vermont is the top dairy producing state in New England and has a strong local foods movement. Republican Gov. Phil Scott has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a federal disaster designation, which would make farms eligible financial assistance, including low-interest emergency loans.
“You have berries still on the vine, and you have apples still up there on the trees but they can't be utilized," Scott said. “This is going to be a long, long-term effort for them and for many parts of the state with different experiences.”
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