Request for feedback on draft on-farm composting rules

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Attention agricultural service providers, farmers and community partners! 

Are you interested in learning more or providing input on on-farm composting? Farm to Plate's Food Cycle Community of Practice wants your feedback. 

A core group within the Food Cycle Community of Practice has been drafting recommended changes to on-farm composting rules included in Vermont's Required Agricultural Practices (per Act 41, 2021). The updated rules will directly impact farms' ability to both establish and grow existing composting efforts, a key climate change mitigation strategy that also improves farm production.

  • Everyone can view the FCC draft on-farm composting rules

  • Fill out this form to add your comments and questions - note that this document is intended to be used as a communication tool with VAAFM

  • Deadline for providing input: Friday, February 16th

If you're not comfortable within the Google Drive environment, please email or call Natasha (natasha@compostingvermont.org | 802-373-6499) and we can work together on a different system to collect your input.

Below is a recorded informational webinar about this work and the process for providing feedback. The Food Cycle Community of Practice will host discussion sessions with VAAFM to discuss our proposed edits and additions.

Video chapters:

  • 00:00 Introduction to Food Cycle Community of Practice (FCC)

  • 02:59 FCC on-farm composting work to date

  • 11:03 System for collecting input & next steps

  • 24:04 Content highlight: waste vs resource

  • 26:52 Content highlight: soil health

  • 29:29 Content highlight: proposed on-farm composting rules

  • 41:10 Final thoughts