Innovative Practices Protect Natural Resources at First-Generation Dairy Farm
Posted by Rebecca Harris, Conservation Easement Stewardship Assistant, ECO AmeriCorps in Conservation Farming
The barn below the farmstead helps tell the story of this land’s rich agricultural heritage.
Overlooking the southernmost shores of Vermont’s Lake Champlain lies Lucas Dairy Farm. Two years ago, first-generation farmer Jon Lucas moved his family and 150 milking cows and young stock to Orwell, Vermont, to lease the hillside land.
Posted by Rebecca Harris, Conservation Easement Stewardship Assistant, ECO AmeriCorps in Conservation Farming
The barn below the farmstead helps tell the story of this land’s rich agricultural heritage.Overlooking the southernmost shores of Vermont’s Lake Champlain lies Lucas Dairy Farm. Two years ago, first-generation farmer Jon Lucas moved his family and 150 milking cows and young stock to Orwell, Vermont, to lease the hillside land.





