This came out a couple of days ago, but my eagle eye only spotted it today. Press release from the state Ag department, as seen on Vermont Digger:

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets announced today that the Mobile Poultry Processing Unit has been sold to Lila Bennett and David Robb of Tangletown Farm in Middlesex. The unit was sold via an online auction site, and after a competitive bidding process, the final sale price was $61,000.

Lila and David are regular vendors at the Montpelier farmers’ market, and they also do a meat CSA program. Their purpose is to raise and sell local, humanely-raised meat, and they do a really good job.

I’m happy to see the state’s processing in their hands, because I’m sure they will use it to further their mission and help other similarly-minded farmers get their products to market. I wish them all the best.