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6 V.S.A. § 4722
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 211 - The Rozo Mclaughlin Farm-to-School Program|§ 4722. Farm assistance; Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets

§ 4722. Farm assistance; Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets|(a) The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall work with existing programs and organizations to develop and implement educational opportunities for farmers to help them increase their markets through selling their products to schools, registered or licensed child care providers, and State government agencies that operate or participate in child nutrition programs.(b) The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall work with distributors that sell products to schools, registered or licensed child care providers, and State government agencies to increase the availability of local products. The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall consult and cooperate with the Secretary of Education when working with distributors to schools under this subsection. (Added 2007, No. 24, § 2; amended 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 251, 302, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2017, No. 63, § 1; 2019, No. 34, § 2.)
6 V.S.A. § 4723
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 211 - The Rozo Mclaughlin Farm-to-School Program|§ 4723. Professional development for food service personnel

§ 4723. Professional development for food service personnel|(a) The Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, the Commissioner of Health, and farm-to-school organizations and partners, shall offer professional development opportunities for public school food service and child care personnel and child care resource development specialists. Training shall include information about strategies for procuring, processing, and serving locally grown foods, especially with regard to federal procurement program requirements, as well as information about nutrition, obesity prevention, coping with severe food allergies, universal recycling, and food service operations. The Secretary of Education may use a portion of the funds appropriated for this training session to pay a portion of or all expenses for attendees and to develop manuals or other materials to help in the training.(b) The Secretary of Education shall, with existing programs and organizations, provide training related to procurement of local food and technical assistance to school food service and child care personnel and use a portion of the funds appropriated for this purpose to enable the trained people to provide technical assistance at the school and school district levels.(c) Training provided under this section shall promote the policies established in the Vermont School Wellness Policy Guidelines developed by the Agencies of Agriculture, Food and Markets and of Education and the Department of Health, updated in June 2015, or the guidelines' successor. (Added 2007, No. 24, § 2; amended 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 252, 302, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2017, No. 63, § 1.)
6 V.S.A. § 4724
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 211 - The Rozo Mclaughlin Farm-to-School Program|§ 4724. Food Systems Administrator

§ 4724. Food Systems Administrator|(a) The position of Food Systems Administrator is established in the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets for the purpose of assisting Vermont producers in increasing their access to commercial markets and institutions, including schools, registered or licensed child care providers, State and municipal governments, and hospitals.(b) The duties of the Food Systems Administrator shall include:  (1) working with institutions, schools, the Agency of Education, registered or licensed child care providers, distributors, producers, commercial markets, and others to create matchmaking opportunities that increase the number of Vermont institutions that purchase foods grown or produced in Vermont; (2) coordinating funding and providing support to the farm-to-school and farm-to-institutions programs within the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, and coordinating with interested parties to access funding or create matchmaking opportunities across the supply chain that increase participation in those programs; (3) encouraging and facilitating State employee access and awareness of opportunities for purchasing local food, including: enrollment in a local community supported agriculture (CSA) organization, purchasing from local farm stands, and participation in a farmers' market; (4) developing a database of producers and potential purchasers and enhancing the Agency's and partners' ability to improve and support local foods coordination through the use of information technology; and (5) providing technical support to local communities with their food security efforts.   (c) The Food Systems Administrator, working with the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services pursuant to rules adopted under 29 V.S.A. § 152(14), shall:  (1) encourage and facilitate awareness of and opportunities to procure healthy local foods by State employees through the use of approved advertisements and solicitations on State-owned property; and (2) implement guidelines for the appropriate use of State property for employee participation in CSA organizations, including reasonable restrictions on the time, place, and manner of solicitations, advertisements, deliveries, and related activities to ensure the safety and welfare of State property and its occupants.   (d) The Food Systems Administrator shall administer a local foods grant program, the purpose of which shall be to provide grants to allow Vermont producers to increase their access to commercial and institutional markets. (Added 2011, No. 52, § 42, eff. May 27, 2011; amended 2017, No. 63, § 1; 2019, No. 34, § 3.)
6 V.S.A. § 4801
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 215 - Agricultural Water Quality|§ 4801. Purpose; State policy

§ 4801. Purpose; State policy|It is the purpose of this chapter to ensure that agricultural animal wastes do not enter the waters of this State. Therefore, it is State policy that:  (1) All farms meet certain standards in the handling and disposal of animal wastes, as provided by this chapter, and the cost of meeting these standards shall not be borne by farmers only, but rather by all members of society, who are in fact the beneficiaries. Accordingly, State and federal funds shall be made available to farms, regardless of size, to defray the major cost of complying with the requirements of this chapter. State and federal conservation programs to assist farmers should be directed to those farms that need to improve their infrastructure to prohibit direct discharges or bring existing water pollution control structures into compliance with U.S. Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) Natural Resources Conservation Service standards. Additional resources should be directed to education and technical assistance for farmers to improve the management of agricultural wastes and protect water quality. (2) Officials who administer the provisions of this chapter:  (A) shall educate farmers and other affected citizens on requirements of this chapter through an outreach collaboration with farm associations and other community groups; (B) shall, in the process of rendering official decisions, afford farmers and other affected citizens an opportunity to be heard and give consideration to all interests expressed; and (C) may provide grants from a program established under this chapter to eligible Vermont municipalities, local or regional governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, and citizen groups in order to provide direct financial assistance to farms in implementing conservation practices. (Added 2003, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 3, 2004; amended 2013, No. 83, § 10, eff. June 10, 2013.)
6 V.S.A. § 4802
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 215 - Agricultural Water Quality|§ 4802. Definitions

§ 4802. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) "Agency" means the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. (2) "Farming" has the same meaning as used in 10 V.S.A. § 6001(22). (3) "Good standing" means a participant in a program administered under this chapter:  (A) does not have an active enforcement violation that has reached a final order with the Secretary; and (B) is in compliance with all terms of a current grant agreement or contract with the Agency.  (4) "Healthy soil" means soil that has a well-developed, porous structure, is chemically balanced, supports diverse microbial communities, and has abundant organic matter. (5) "Manure" means livestock waste in solid or liquid form that may also contain bedding, spilled feed, water, or soil. (6) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets. (7) "Top of bank" means the point along the bank of a stream where an abrupt change in slope is evident, and where the stream is generally able to overflow the banks and enter the adjacent floodplain during an annual flood event. Annual flood event shall be determined according to the Agency of Natural Resources' Flood Hazard Area and River Corridor Protection Procedure. (8) "Waste" or "agricultural waste" means material originating or emanating from a farm that is determined by the Secretary or the Secretary of Natural Resources to be harmful to the waters of the State, including: sediments; minerals, including heavy metals; plant nutrients; pesticides; organic wastes, including livestock waste, animal mortalities, compost, feed and crop debris; waste oils; pathogenic bacteria and viruses; thermal pollution; silage runoff; untreated milk house waste; and any other farm waste as the term "waste" is defined in 10 V.S.A. § 1251(12). (9) "Water" has the same meaning as used in 10 V.S.A. § 1251(13). (Added 2003, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 3, 2004; amended 2015, No. 64, § 2; 2019, No. 64, § 5.)
6 V.S.A. § 4803
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 215 - Agricultural Water Quality|§ 4803. Agricultural Water Quality Special Fund

§ 4803. Agricultural Water Quality Special Fund|(a) There is created the Agricultural Water Quality Special Fund to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets. Fees collected under this chapter, including fees for permits or certifications issued under the chapter, shall be deposited in the Fund.(b) The Secretary may use monies deposited in the Fund for the Secretary's implementation and administration of agricultural water quality programs or requirements established by this chapter, including to pay salaries of Agency staff necessary to implement the programs and requirements of this chapter.(c) Notwithstanding the requirements of 32 V.S.A. § 588(3), interest earned by the Fund shall be retained in the Fund from year to year. (Added 2015, No. 64, § 5a.)
6 V.S.A. § 4811
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 215 - Agricultural Water Quality|§ 4811. Powers of Secretary

§ 4811. Powers of Secretary|The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter may:  (1) Make, adopt, revise, and amend reasonable rules that define practices described in section 4810 of this title as well as other rules deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (2) Appoint assistants, subject to applicable laws, to perform or assist in the performance of any duties or functions of the Secretary under this chapter. (3) Enter any lands, public or private, and review and copy any land management records as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (4) Sign memorandums of understanding between agencies when the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets agrees it is necessary for the success of the program. (5) Solicit and receive federal or private funds. (6) Cooperate fully with the federal government or other agencies in the operation of any joint federal-state programs concerning the regulation of agricultural non-point source pollution. (7) Establish programs to improve agricultural water quality. (8) Provide grants or contracts from agricultural water quality programs established under this chapter, or by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets for the purpose of providing technical and financial assistance in preventing agricultural pollution from entering groundwater and waters of the State, provided that the Secretary shall only use capital funding available to the Agency for water quality programs or projects that are eligible for capital assistance. (Added 1991, No. 261 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2019, No. 64, § 7.)
6 V.S.A. § 4813
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 215 - Agricultural Water Quality|§ 4813. Basin management; appeals to the Environmental Division

§ 4813. Basin management; appeals to the Environmental Division|(a) The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall cooperate with the Secretary of Natural Resources in the basin planning process with regard to the agricultural non-point source waste component of each basin plan. Any person with an interest in the agricultural non-point source component of the basin planning process may petition the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets to require, and the Secretary may require, best management practices in the individual basin beyond required agricultural practices adopted by rule, in order to achieve compliance with the water quality goals in 10 V.S.A. § 1250 and any duly adopted basin plan. The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall hold a public hearing within 60 days and shall issue a timely written decision that sets forth the facts and reasons supporting the decision.(b) Any person engaged in farming that has been required by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets to implement best management practices or any person who has petitioned the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets under subsection (a) of this section may appeal the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets' decision to the Environmental Division de novo.(c) When requiring implementation of a best management practice, the Secretary shall inform a farmer of the resources available to assist the farmer in implementing the best management practice and complying with the requirements of this chapter. (Added 1991, No. 261 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2005, No. 78, § 3, eff. June 24, 2005; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 236; 2015, No. 64, § 14.)
6 V.S.A. § 4814
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 215 - Agricultural Water Quality|§ 4814. Education and technical assistance

§ 4814. Education and technical assistance|The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets may:  (1) Develop educational programs dealing with agricultural non-point source reduction, with the assistance of other organizations, utilizing various types of media, group meetings, tours, on-farm demonstrations and one-on-one farm visits. (2) Provide technical assistance, or contract for services to provide technical assistance, to qualified persons engaged in farming for reducing agricultural non-point source pollution. (Added 1991, No. 261 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 4815
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 215 - Agricultural Water Quality|§ 4815. Waste storage facility

§ 4815. Waste storage facility|(a) No person shall construct a new waste storage facility or expand or modify a waste storage facility in existence on July 1, 2006 unless the facility meets the standard established for such facilities by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or an equivalent standard. If an equivalent design standard is used, the design and construction shall be certified by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets or a licensed professional engineer operating within the scope of his or her expertise.(b) The Secretary may require the owner or operator of a waste storage facility in existence on July 1, 2006, to modify the facility to meet the standard set forth in subsection (a) of this section if the facility poses a threat to human health or environment as established by a violation of the State groundwater protection standards. If the Secretary determines that a facility that meets the standard set forth in subsection (a) of this section poses a threat to human health or the environment, the Secretary may require the owner or operator of the facility to implement additional management measures. The costs of initial groundwater monitoring conducted to determine if a facility poses a threat to human health or the environment shall be paid by the Secretary. Within 21 days of a determination under this subsection that a facility poses a threat to human health or the environment, the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall notify the Department of Health and the Secretary of Natural Resources of the location of the facility and the name of its owner or operator.(c) As used in this section, "waste storage facility" means an impoundment made for the purpose of storing agricultural waste by constructing an embankment, excavating a pit or dugout, fabricating an inground and aboveground structure, or any combination thereof. (Added 2005, No. 78, § 4, eff. June 24, 2005; amended 2015, No. 39, § 1.)
6 V.S.A. § 4816
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 215 - Agricultural Water Quality|§ 4816. Seasonal application of manure

§ 4816. Seasonal application of manure|(a) Prohibition on application. A person shall not apply manure to land in the State between December 15 and April 1 of any calendar year unless authorized by this section.(b) Extension of prohibition. The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall amend the required agricultural practices by rule in order to establish a process under which the Secretary may prohibit the application of manure to land in the State between December 1 and December 15 and between April 1 and April 30 of any calendar year when the Secretary determines that due to weather conditions, soil conditions, or other limitations, application of manure to land would pose a significant potential of discharge or runoff to State waters.(c) Seasonal exemption. The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall amend the required agricultural practices by rule in order to establish a process under which the Secretary may authorize an exemption to the prohibition on the application of manure to land in the State between December 15 and April 1 of any calendar year or during any period established under subsection (b) of this section when manure is prohibited from application. Any process established for the issuance of an exemption under the required agricultural practices may authorize land application of manure on a weekly, monthly, or seasonal basis or in authorized regions, areas, or fields in the State, provided that any exemption shall:  (1) prohibit application of manure:  (A) in areas with established channels of concentrated stormwater runoff to surface waters, including ditches and ravines; (B) in nonharvested permanent vegetative buffers; (C) in a nonfarmed wetland, as that term is defined in 10 V.S.A. § 902(5); (D) within 50 feet of a potable water supply, as that term is defined in 10 V.S.A. § 1972(6); (E) to fields exceeding tolerable soil loss; and (F) to saturated soils;  (2) establish requirements for the application of manure when frozen or snow-covered soils prevent effective incorporation at the time of application; (3) require manure to be applied according to a nutrient management plan; and (4) establish the maximum tons of manure that may be applied per acre during any one application. (Added 2013, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
6 V.S.A. § 4817
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 215 - Agricultural Water Quality|§ 4817. Management of non-sewage waste

§ 4817. Management of non-sewage waste|(a) As used in this section:  (1) "Non-sewage waste" means any waste other than sewage that may contain organisms pathogenic to human beings but does not mean stormwater runoff. (2) "Sewage" means waste containing human fecal coliform and other potential pathogenic organisms from sanitary waste and used water from any building, including carriage water and shower and wash water. "Sewage" shall not mean stormwater runoff as that term is defined in 10 V.S.A. § 1264.   (b) The Secretary may require a person transporting or arranging for the transport of non-sewage waste to a farm for deposit in a manure pit or for use as an input in a methane digester to report to the Secretary one or more of the following:  (1) the composition of the material transported, including the source of the material; and (2) the volume of the material transported.   (c) After receipt of a report required under subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary may prohibit the import of non-sewage waste onto a farm upon a determination that the import of the material would violate the nutrient management plan for the farm or otherwise present a threat to water quality. (Added 2019, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 16; amended 2021, No. 47, § 8.)
6 V.S.A. § 4820
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 215 - Agricultural Water Quality|§ 4820. Definitions

§ 4820. Definitions|As used in this subchapter:  (1) "RAPs" means "required agricultural practices" as defined by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets pursuant to subchapter 1 of this chapter. (2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets. (3) "Agency" means the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. (4) "FSA" means the "Farm Service Agency," formerly named the "Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service," of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (5) "NRCS" means the "Natural Resources Conservation Service," formerly named the "Soil Conservation Service," of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (6) [Repealed.]  (Added 1995, No. 62, § 37, eff. April 26, 1995; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2015, No. 39, § 2; 2019, No. 64, § 8.)