Land Trust sues Vermont Technical College over coveted farmland

The Upper Valley Land Trust has filed a lawsuit against Vermont Technical College over the purchase of a dairy farm in Norwich used by a cheesemaker who refuses to leave.

The lawsuit alleges the college breached a purchase and sales agreement by allowing Chris Gray and his wife Laura Brown to live there and produce cheese and other dairy products for their private business, Norwich Farm Creamery.

The sales contract for six acres of land, a house and farm buildings, was signed in 2015 and requires the land to be “free of all tenants” and “free and clear of encumbrances.”

The lawsuit says Gray has “refused to leave” and “will resist all reasonable attempts” to end his lease.

Read more: https://vtdigger.org/2019/04/29/land-trust-sues-vermont-technical-college-coveted-farmland/