Grants available for field cover crops

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Foods and Markets recently announced that its Farm Agronomic Practices (FAP) Program invests state funds in soil-based agronomic practices to improve soil quality, increase crop production, and reduce erosion and surface runoff from agricultural fields.

Editor’s note: Commentary by Bob Foster, a member of the Foster Brothers Farm in Middlebury, which supplies milk to the Agri-Mark cooperative and recycles cow manure to make compost products called Moo Doo. Foster is on the board of the Soil Health Instit … (read more)