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2019 Vermont Statutes
Title 6 - Agriculture
Chapter 215 - Agricultural Water Quality
§ 4962 Definitions
Universal Citation: 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.)
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