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.
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.
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.
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.
Farmland Retirement Program supports conservation organizations and public bodies in acquiring Vermont farmland or easements to retire agricultural uses that harm water quality and secure lasting benefits.
Water Quality Restoration Formula Grant supports nonprofits and municipalities with clean water project funding to measurably reduce phosphorus loading in Vermont’s Lake Memphremagog Basin.