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Rural Vermont warns 30x30 implementation and new Act 250 interpretations could squeeze farmland and farm businesses
Summary
Rural Vermont urged the Agriculture, Food Resiliency, & Forestry Committee to examine whether Vermont’s 30x30 conservation planning and recent Act 50/Act 181 changes threaten farmland affordability and to clarify Act 250 permit requirements for accessory on‑farm businesses.
Rural Vermont urged the Agriculture, Food Resiliency, & Forestry Committee to examine how the Vermont Conservation Strategy Initiative (BCSI/"30x30") and recent Act 50/Act 181 changes could affect farmland affordability and farm operations, and to clarify whether accessory on‑farm businesses now require Act 250 permitting.
Carolyn (Caroline) Sherman Gordon, legislative director at Rural Vermont, said Rural Vermont has "been quite dissatisfied with the transparency of the process" used for implementing Act 59 (the statute authorizing the conservation inventory), and cited a Vermont Law School memo that concluded the initiative's public records and…
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