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Field Days launches capital campaign to cover gaps

ADDISON COUNTY Fair & Field Days Board Members Paul Quesnel, left, Tricia Foster and Ken Button are among the many individuals who help organize the well-loved agricultural fair each year. Field Days officials are launching a capital campaign in hopes of raising $500,000 to support projects at the fairgrounds and ensure it remains a place for the community to enjoy for years to come. Independent photo/John S. McCright

For more than 75 years, Addison County Fair & Field Days has been a fixture of summertime in Addison County. But while the agricultural fair has remained a constant in the region, the world around the fairgrounds has continued to change. Field Days organizers have had to navigate those changes and their impacts, from rising costs to severe weather events to shifts in Vermont agriculture.