The farm has a single, undulating field — with four distinct watersheds — that’s being used to test out conservation practices for soil and water quality.
The project is called Discovery Acres. It’s part of a multi-state program where farmers host water quality monitoring sites for researchers to produce credible information about effective environmental management that’s compatible with profitable agriculture. This is done in partnership not only with farmers and UVM researchers, but with water quality organizations, state agencies and other stakeholders.
Discovery Acres is among Extension’s efforts to find more sustainable agricultural practices, particularly around phosphorus. Read the full story: https://www.uvm.edu/extension/news/uvm-extension-researchers-are-conducting-years-long-farm-experiments-phosphorus