A Middlesex County farmer receives the Chesapeake Bay Coastal Clean Water Farm Award for 2020. Sam Markwith with the Tidewater Soil and Water Conservation District tells the Gazette-Journal that Jason Benton of Benton Farms has always been a proponent of implementing agricultural Best Management Practices to protect the soil and waterways and participates in several conservation programs offered by the district. Benton has also taken steps to ensure the land will be maintained with conservation in mind for years to come.