The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 6 : Agriculture
Chapter 215 : Agricultural Water Quality
Subchapter 007A : Regenerative and Innovative Agriculture
(Cite as: 6 V.S.A. § 4962)-
§ 4962. Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Certified Vermont Environmental Steward” means an owner or operator of a farm who has achieved the thresholds for the Vermont Environmental Stewardship Program to be certified as a farm that improves soil health and contributes to improving water quality.
(2) “Regenerative farming” means a series of cropland management practices that:
(A) contributes to generating or building soils and soil fertility and health;
(B) increases water percolation, increases water retention, and increases the amount of clean water running off farms;
(C) increases biodiversity and ecosystem health and resiliency; and
(D) sequesters carbon in agricultural soils. (Added 2019, No. 64, § 11.)
