Friday, February 27, 2009

St. Albans Co-op Annual Meeting

Congratulations to the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, Inc., which held its 90th annual meeting on Saturday, February 21st. Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Roger Allbee was among the people who addressed the attendees. Co-op leaders, industry experts and staff representatives of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch also spoke.

Several vendors set up booths at this meeting each year, including Yankee's Shantel Thomas. Shantel enjoys talking with farmers about the risk management benefits of crop insurance. If you have questions about crop insurance, please e-mail Shantel or call her in our St. Albans office at 802-524-2938 or 800-545-1097.

UPDATE 3/23/09: The St. Albans Co-op newsletter dated March 25, 2009 has a good discussion of the annual meeting, including pictures. See pp. 6-7.