Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 6, § 4962
Definitions
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As of July 1, 2021
As used in this subchapter:
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.
(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: contributes to generating or building soils and soil fertility and health;
(2) “Regenerative farming” means a series of cropland management practices that: contributes to generating or building soils and soil fertility and health;
(3) increases water percolation, increases water retention, and increases the amount of clean water running off farms;
(3) increases water percolation, increases water retention, and increases the amount of clean water running off farms;
(4) increases biodiversity and ecosystem health and resiliency; and
(4) increases biodiversity and ecosystem health and resiliency; and
(5) sequesters carbon in agricultural soils. Added 2019, No. 64, § 11.
(5) sequesters carbon in agricultural soils.
Official source: Vermont General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Vermont statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.