The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets is set to distribute $8 million in grants to improve water quality across the state, officials said in an announcement Oct. 16.

Part of the Agricultural Clean Water Initiative Program, the grants aim to reduce nutrient runoff on Vermont farms by funding local and regional partners who can work with farmers on conservation practices.

“These are important long-term investments to improve water quality that support those who are working the land and providing us food,” Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts said in the announcement. “Our farmers have contributed greatly to reductions in phosphorus pollution over the last 10 years, and these grants are a contributor to that success.”

Since its inception in 2017, the grant program

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