“How can you put a price on the environment?” Farmer perspectives on stewardship and payment for ecosystem services

Article Figures & Data

View popup
Download powerpoint
Table 1
Demographic summary of all focus groups.
View popup
Download powerpoint
Table 2
Description of focus groups and participants.
View popup
Download powerpoint
Table 3
A diversity of factors are considered by farmers when making management decisions. Farmers discussed these ideas at various scales, thinking about management at the level of farm, household, state, and globe.
View popup
Download powerpoint
Table 4
Values imparted by payment for ecosystem services (PES), as described by Vermont farmers. Comparative analysis with Chapman et al. (2020) reveals that perspectives in our study context included the same three primary types of PES values described in their study (market, ecosystem services, and relational). The relational and market values that emerged in our study differed slightly when compared to Chapman et al. (2020).