'We’re all grieving and heartbroken because of this.'
The Maple Wind Farm in Richmond, Vermont, which produces pasture-raised animals, was also struck.
Another problem is the loss of corn, a key source of food for the dairy industry. Thousands of acres were completely or partially underwater or flattened and unusable, he said. Flower farms were also destroyed. Damaged farms ranged from community farms to a farm with 300 acres of potatoes that were a total loss just weeks before harvest to a 230-member “community supported agriculture” farm only five weeks into a 30-week program.
In Connecticut, Bryan Hurlburt, the state's agriculture commissioner, said the flooding impacted about 2,000 acres of farmland, much of it in the Connecticut River valley."What the hell is going on here?” Lamont said, speaking in front of a flooded farmer’s field in Glastonbury. “Look behind us. We were irrigating that a couple of months ago, desperate for water in the middle of a drought. And today it’s Lake Wobegon.
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