[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 140 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5826]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO CLARA AYER

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, on behalf of all Vermonters, I want to 
honor Clara Ayer of East Montpelier, VT, who will this month be 
inducted into the Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame, in recognition of 
her status as an emerging leader in the Vermont agriculture community. 
Clara is a proud 2010 alumna of Cornell University with a degree dairy 
science who, after graduation, went to work for Yankee Farm Credit. She 
began working full time at Fairmount Farm, a third-generation dairy 
farm, alongside her brother Ricky in 2014. Clara is married to Dana 
Ayer, and the couple has a little boy, Carson. She is a well-respected 
advocate for agriculture, both in Montpelier and Washington, DC.
  In addition to her membership in several dairy-related organizations, 
Clara also promotes dairy to young people, through a ``Life on the 
Farm'' summer camp, through educational field trips by the local 
elementary school, and through the formation of a Dairy 4-H Club. As 
Clara has provided exceptional service to the Vermont dairy community, 
further described in her well-deserved nomination to the Vermont 
Agricultural Hall of Fame, I ask unanimous consent that the citation of 
her nomination be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

       Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame 2018 Inductee Clara Ayer

       Clara is a third-generation dairy farmer and family farm 
     advocate. She works alongside her family at Fairmount Farm, 
     where she wears many hats from overseeing human resources for 
     their staff of fifty employees, to bookkeeping, to marketing, 
     and events management. She plays an active role in shaping 
     agricultural policy through her advocacy at the Vermont 
     Statehouse, and in Washington D.C. as part of her work as an 
     Agri-Mark Young Cooperator and member of the National Milk 
     Producers' Federation. She currently serves as the secretary 
     of the Vermont Holstein Association, and is a delegate of 
     both Vermont and New England Dairy Promotion. Clara also 
     created and manages a ``Life on the Farm'' summer camp for 
     youth, which offers kids the opportunity to experience 
     agriculture through fun, educational on-farm activities. 
     Clara graduated from Cornell University in 2010 with a B.A. 
     in Dairy Science. She and her husband Dana are excited to be 
     raising their two-year-old son, Carson, on the family farm.

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