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EPA and America's Rural Communities
By Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Yesterday I was in Warwick Township and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a rural community that has been a model for resource conservation and sustainable economic...
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America’s Farmers and Ranchers: Our Original Conservationists
Earlier today, I was in Fresno, California in the San Joaquin Valley meeting with farmers—and even got to drive around a clean fuel burning tractor. One of my first trips as Administrator was to the...
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Community Engagement in the Philippines: A Return Peace Corps Volunteer’s Story
By Leah Ettema Like almost any other coastal community in the Philippines, my Peace Corps site (Laoang, Northern Samar) is primarily composed of fishermen and farmers who report that their fish catch...
View ArticleThanking America’s Sustainable Farmers
By Christina Badaracco While working on education and outreach in EPA’s Office of Wetlands, Ocean, and Watersheds, I have been particularly inspired by our work with agriculture. As an environmentalist...
View ArticleNew Biogas Opportunities Roadmap is Part of Climate Change Solution, Emerging...
Cross posted from the USDA blog. Farmers have long understood the need to care for our air, land and water. They know that farms are more productive and efficient when they’re properly cared for....
View ArticleAmerican Innovators Step in Again – This Time to Tackle Pesticide Spray Drift...
When I am out in the field in rural farm communities it’s obvious to me that when pesticides drift it creates problems for everyone. Drift happens when pesticide application sprays and dusts move...
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Farmers Using Special Crops in Holtwood, PA to Protect Soil & Help Their...
By Kate Pinkerton and Erika Larsen It is hard to imagine anything growing in fields during winter, but last fall, we visited a farm in Pennsylvania that was covered in thriving, green crops. This farm...
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