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Rural Vermont warns shifting required agricultural practices rule to ANR could weaken farmer representation
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Carolyn Sherman Gordon of Rural Vermont told a March 12 legislative committee that a House proposal to move the state's required agricultural practices rule from the Agency of Agriculture to the Agency of Natural Resources risks reducing farmer representation and could shift CAFO permitting oversight to ANR without sufficient farmer engagement.
Carolyn Sherman Gordon, legislative director for Rural Vermont, told a March 12 legislative committee that a House bill proposing to move the state's required agricultural practices rule from the Agency of Agriculture to the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) could strip farmers of representation in decisions that define agricultural practice.
"This miscellaneous ag bill is really something we've been hoping for," Gordon said, praising parts of the miscellaneous-agenda bill but warning that the House proposal would be "such a radical move" that it requires "thorough due diligent consideration with lots of farmer…
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