This press release from Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) was published on 2026-05-06 and titled "Welch Speaks with Vermonters About Rising Grocery Prices and Food Production Costs". It focuses on foreign policy and touches on trade policy, agriculture.
Welch Speaks with Vermonters About Rising Grocery Prices and Food Production Costs Welch hosted events with Vermont farmers, nutrition advocates, and working families while in Addison County ADDISON COUNTY, VT –U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture and Senate Finance Committees, today traveled to Addison County and heard directly from Vermont farmers, producers, and families about how President Trump’s economic policies, trade war, and war with Iran have caused the costs of food production and household items to skyrocket. “Everyday costs were already too [ ]