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Better Farming Ontario magazine is published 11 times per year. After each edition is published, we share featured articles online.


Regenerative farming advocated in Vermont

Friday, April 8, 2016

Different ideas come from Vermont (think Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders). One of those ideas is Regenerative Agriculture Certification. Vermont Senate Bill 159 is working its way through the Legislature.

As farmer blogger J.S. McDougall describes it – and he claims it's his inspiration – "this program, if created, would test volunteering farms throughout the state and award all the soil-building, carbon-sequestering, food-producing farms with certification. Certified farms and farmers would label their products with the State of Vermont's 'Certified Regenerative' crest."

McDougall adds: "Currently, food produced on regenerative farms sits on grocery shelves right next to food produced in industrial, soil-degrading, carbon-spewing operations. Since current labelling laws (wisely) prevent food producers from making untested claims on their packaging, a consumer would need to be impossibly-familiar with the inner-workings of both operations to make an informed choice." BF

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