The Committee for the Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the 2011 Inductees to the Hall. This year’s inductees include:
The Honorable Robert E. Graf (posthumously) from Rupert. He served as a legislator for 26 years on a variety of committees and conserved his Southwind Farm with the Vermont Land Trust, continuing his commitment to environmental conservation and his dairy farm. Mr. Frederick H. Webster of Coventry. He has been a dairy farmer in at least three towns as well as a 40-year career in Vo-Tech Agricultural education. In retirement, he has acquired an extensive collection of antiques focusing on the history of rural farm life in Vermont. Mr. Ed Eurich (posthumously) from Waitsfield. Former member of the Vermont House and chair of the House Ag Committee, he also served two separate terms as Commissioner of Agriculture and for three years was manager of the Champlain Valley Exposition. He held many other posts of leadership in agriculture during his lifetime. Mr. Kenley Squier from Stowe. The owner and operator of WDEV and its sister stations throughout northern Vermont, he has supported agriculture through his promotion of programming such as Dairy Line (featuring milk price reports and related topics) and equipment sales or farmers markets on the Trading Post. The station is always in attendance at the Vermont Building during Eastern States or the Vermont Farm Show. This is the ninth year of honoring Vermonters who have made outstanding contributions to agriculture. Please visit the entryway to the Miller Building at the Champlain Valley Exposition to view the beautiful photographs of past honorees. Nomination forms for the Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame are due by May 31, 2012. For further information, please contact Jackie Folsom at 802-426-3579 or crdbrks@aol.com. |