The Vermont Dairy Industry Association, or VIDA, this past winter announced its awards for quality milk produced on farms in the Green Mountain State.
David Houde of St. Johnsbury won the award for Overall Best Quality.
Nominees for VDIA milk quality awards included several Addison County dairies. They were:
•Allendale Farm LP, Panton.
•B. Danyow Farm LLC, Ferrisburgh.
•Debra & Andrew Hogan, Whiting.
•Deer Valley Farms Partnership, Ferrisburgh.
•Dirk Jay Smits & Carole McBride, Addison.
•Elysian Fields, Shoreham.
•Essex Farm LLC, Vergennes.
•Hatch Farm Inc., Vergennes.
•Jeffrey & Olive Phillips, Bristol.
•Mark & Sarah Russell, Orwell.
•Michael & Lawrence Quesnel LLC, Whiting.
•Michael Eastman, Addison.
•Raplip Farm Inc., Orwell.