A dairy expands near polluted lakes, putting regulators to the test

Pleasant Valley Farms’ manure pit, under construction in Franklin County in 2017. From video by Teo Zagar and Michael Colby/Regeneration Vermont
Pleasant Valley Farms built one of the state’s largest farming operations last year, in one of Vermont’s most polluted watersheds, without a permit, according to documents obtained by VTDigger.The only action taken thus far by the state’s Agency of Agriculture, which is responsible for regulating Vermont farms and has the enforce