House rep seeks to make farmers’ plans private

Rep. Carolyn Partridge, D-Windham, chair of the House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger
As lawmakers look for ways to fund hundreds of millions of dollars in water pollution reduction measures, the chair of the House agriculture committee is looking for a way to keep from public view documents the state uses to determine farmers’ compliance with environmental regulations.
Rep. Carolyn Partridge, D-Windham, chair of the House Committee on Agriculture