Like most Vermont dairy farmers, Joe and Kathleen Hescock, and daughter Tirzah, are committed to implementing good conservation and pasture management practices to prevent nutrient runoff and protect water quality. The family owns and operates Elysian Fields, an organic dairy farm in Shoreham that lies within the McKenzie Brook Watershed. This 21,000-acre watershed, located in southwestern Addison County, drains into an area of Lake Champlain with some of the highest total phosphorus concentrations of any p … (read more)
