When the answer to our economic well being depends on consumers being more willing to spend, the last thing you want to do is hide your product, or subtract from its appeal. But that is precisely what the State of Vermont is doing by suspending its Seal of Quality program.
The program is being suspended because the state’s agriculture department doesn’t have the resources to monitor the program. At present all a Vermont food producer needs to do is to send in a check for $20 and the seal is granted.
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