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    How farms are tackling ag runoff and cleanup

    Know the old adage “farmers need to feed the world?” Maybe so. But where does that leave us on the issue of ag runoff? Because whether you like it or not, pollution from farms is ending up in our lakes, rivers and oceans. Paul Greenberg wrote about the subject for the Food and Environment Reporting Network .

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    By Evan Kleiman • Sep 8, 2017 • 1 min read

    Know the old adage “farmers need to feed the world?” Maybe so. But where does that leave us on the issue of ag runoff? Because whether you like it or not, pollution from farms is ending up in our lakes, rivers and oceans. Paul Greenberg wrote about the subject for the Food and Environment Reporting Network. His article is “How Vermont tackled farm pollution and cleaned up its waters.”

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