FILE - Flood waters remain on the destroyed fields at the Intervale Community Farm, July 17, 2023, in Burlington, Vt. Legislation introduced in December 2023 by Vermont U.S. Sens. Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders, and senators from Massachusetts, aims to create an insurance program better suited to small produce farms facing losses from the more frequent extreme weather. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
January 28, 2024
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Small farmers hit by extreme weather could get assistance from proposed insurance program
Since catastrophic flooding hit Vermont in July and waterlogged crops, some farmers are trying to figure out how to get to the next season.