Attention All New England-Area and Upstate New York Middle-School Poets!

November 6, 2009

Middle-School Students from New England and Upstate New York (Grades 5-8) Can Enter Their Poem to Win Cash Prizes and a Chance for Their Work to be Featured on a Cabot Butter Box

CABOT, Vt., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Famous writer and poet Robert Frost once said, "Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." In that spirit, the farm family owners of Cabot Creamery Cooperative, want New England and Upstate New York-area middle-school students to submit poems that capture the spirit of dairy farming and living life on a dairy farm.

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"The farm family owners of Cabot want to raise awareness about dairy farming and agriculture and all of the important things our farmers are doing to sustain family dairy farming throughout New England and upstate New York," said Cabot Community & Education Program Manager, Marie Frohlich. "The Butter Up Your World poetry contest is a great way for students to practice the art of poetry and to highlight the wonderful aspects of dairy farming. And best of all, one lucky winner will have their work printed on our Cabot butter boxes, and be seen by tens of thousands of people in hundreds of supermarkets all across America."

The Butter Up Your World contest is co-sponsored by Potato Hill Poetry, a Massachusetts-based studio founded by Andrew Green, a former English teacher in the Vermont public school system who saw a need for students to share poems and to read and learn about poetry. Potato Hill Poetry is a realization of that need.

"Poetry can be about anything in the world that interests us," Green said. "And poetry and farming go so well together that we thought this contest would be a great way for middle-school students to showcase their talents while highlighting all of the positive attributes of dairy farming. It's no secret that many farmers are struggling these days -- especially small, family-owned dairy farms. This contest gives students poetic license to talk about this issues and to help make a difference."

The rules are simple. Poems must be on the topic of dairy farming from 5th-8th grade students. Entries must be your own original, unpublished work. You may submit only one poem, no longer than 20 lines in length. Poems must be received by December 31, 2009. Winners will be chosen by January 31, 2010. Entry is free. Submissions will not be returned.

To be accepted, the author's name, address, telephone number, grade level, and the name and address of the poet's school must accompany all entries. Find out more at

www.potatohill.com.

Entries, including the information mentioned above, can be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to:

Cabot Creamery Cooperative

Attn: Marie Frohlich

One Home Farm Way

Montpelier, VT 05602

FAX: 802.371.1200

Email healthinfo@cabotcheese.coop

Prizes include:

First Place $100 plus inclusion on Cabot Butter Boxes

Second Place: $50

Third Place: $25

ABOUT CABOT CREAMERY COOPERATIVE

Cabot Creamery Cooperative has been in continuous operation in Vermont since 1919, and we make a full line of cheeses, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, and butter. Best known as makers of "The World's Best Cheddar," Cabot is owned by 1200 dairy farm families located throughout New England and upstate New York. For additional information on Cabot Creamery, visit http://www.cabotcheese.coop

    Contact: Bob Schiers
    (888) 214.9444 or bschiers@cabotcheese.coop

SOURCE Cabot Creamery Cooperative