USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service says agricultural officials representing 23 countries will tour New Hampshire and Vermont this week to see food and agricultural products in those states as part of an annual FAS orientation tour. FAS Administrator Michael Michener says, FAS orientation tours not only showcase U.S. farm and food products, but facilitate the face-to-face interactions that open and expand opportunities for US producers and enhance global food security. This year's tour will begin in Weare, New Hampshire and finish in Greensboro, Vermont. Some of the destinations include Abigail's Organic Bakery; the Stonyfield farm yogurt facility; Local Harvest, a Community Supported Agriculture operation; and the University of New Hampshire in Durham, where officials will visit an organic dairy farm complex, a student-operated dairy, and a horticulture research farm. The group will continue to Vermont to visit a maple syrup operation; an apple cider mill; and an independent organic seed business. Officials will wrap up the tour by visiting an organic vegetable farm; a Community Supported Enterprise that specializes in food prepared with local ingredients; and a cheese production operation. Foreign officials pay for their own travel, lodging, and expenses.
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