The Minnesota Agricultural Water Resource Center was formed ten years ago.  And over the past decade, executive director Warren Formo says perceptions about farmers and water quality have changed.

“The big difference is that ten years ago we were spending a lot of time interacting with agencies like the Pollution Control Agency, and at that time they were generating a lot of reports that farmers felt were over-exaggerating or over-emphasizing the role of agriculture in our big picture of water pollution.”

Now, he tells Brownfield conversations with agencies like Pollution Control are different.

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