Agricultural Clean Water Initiative Program supports local and regional partners delivering education and technical assistance to improve water quality and sustain the viability of Vermont farms.
Clean Water Grants support Vermont’s clean water partners with water-quality projects and workforce capacity development to protect and restore waterways and help them meet state water quality standards.
Best Management Practices (BMP) Program & Engineering Services supports Vermont farmers with engineering guidance and structural farmstead improvements that reduce agricultural waste discharges to Vermont waters.
Viability Program Grants support Vermont farm and forest businesses with projects that carry out business plans or make lasting on-farm improvements to water quality, soil health, and runoff control.
Farm Agronomic Practices Program supports Vermont farms and service providers through soil conservation practices and agricultural water-quality training to protect soil and reduce nutrient runoff.
Vermont Pay for Performance Program supports Vermont farmers carrying out conservation work and reducing phosphorus losses from agricultural fields to improve water quality and target resources where they matter most.