Good News ‘Pay for performance’ program aims to pay Vermont farmers for pollution reduction The new program, run through Vermont’s Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, aims to compensate farmers for amounts of phosphorus they reduce that go beyond what’s expected through regulatory programs.
Impacts Harmful algal blooms kill farmed salmon near Tofino Cermaq first reported the die-off on Nov. 15. A local environmental group estimates thousands of fish were affected.