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On the recordMarch 10, 2020
I want to take a moment to recognize a Vermont gem, Elmore Mountain Bread, a small business founded by a wife and husband team. Blair Marvin is a native Vermonter, who met her husband, Andrew Heyn, in Seattle, where she attended culinary school and worked. Blair brought Andrew to Vermont, where after working in several local restaurants, they took over a small bakery. Their work has been recognized locally, regionally, and nationally, in publications including Kids VT, Yankee Magazine and over the airwaves on National Public Radio. An article by Amelia Nierenberg in the February 18, 2020, edition of the New York Times focuses on Blair and Andrew's development of soft, sliced organic loaves, inspired by Blair's effort to provide healthier bread to their son Phineas's classmates at a local one-room schoolhouse. Small businesses like Elmore Mountain Bread are the cornerstone of our local economies, are fixtures in our communities, and are at the very heart of the American dream. In recognition of Blair and Andrew's efforts, I ask that the article ``The Whole-Grain Grail: A Sandwich Bread With Mass Appeal,'' be printed in the Congressional Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the New York Times, Feb.…
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Mar 10, 2020

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