Posted October 5, 2023 at 03:59pm by Caroline Gordon

Sign-On! Vermonters Endorse the Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act

Farms on which excess levels of PFAS are found in their fields or products face a sudden end to their business ventures with generations of work at risk. Farmers facing this threat are in need of support on all levels. In an effort to build support for the PFAS Relief for Farmers Act (S.747) in the 2023 farm bill, the Protect Our Soils Coalition is gathering signatures from across Vermont to endorse the national bill that aims to provide critical financial and technical assistance to farmers whose operations and revenue are seriously reduced or halted entirely due to PFAS contaminants. Read more in the recent VTDigger commentary here and please sign-on here