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Lancaster County Wins EPA Award for Smart Growth |
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Monday, January 04, 2010 22:27 |
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Los Angeles: On the GOOD blog, Andrew Price wrote on December 3, 2009 that "the EPA just announced the winners of the 2009 Smart Growth Achievement Awards. The awards are sort of like the Oscars for sensible city planning. There are four categories: Overall Excellence in Smart Growth; Policies and Regulations; Built Projects; and Smart Growth and Green Building. And the envelope please...
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania won the Overall Excellence award. Lancaster is in the heart of Amish country and it looks like they're doing a good job of balancing growth with tradition:
One of the defining features of Envision Lancaster County is its emphasis: a balance between protecting natural resources and farmland and encouraging growth and development in appropriate areas. Using the plan's principles, the Lancaster County Agricultural Preserve Board and the Lancaster Farmland Trust worked together to permanently protect almost 82,000 acres of farmland." To see the whole article, click here. |
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Bay Cleanup Efforts Highlighted at Ag Issue Forum |
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Sunday, January 03, 2010 11:15 |
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Lancaster: On December 11, the Ag Issues Forum of The Lancaster Chamber highlighted local and state efforts that will help the region in addressing the anti-pollution regulations that are a part of a new mandate from the federal government to clean up the Chesapeake Bay.
Some local farmers participated in a program to reduce the amount of fertilizer that they use as a part of an American Farmland Trust "Best Management Practices Challenge". The reduction in fertilizer earned credits for putting conservation practices in place that can then be sold to other entities that are mandated to reduce discharges. Mount Joy Boro has purchased such credits in the past. The credits in this program were donated instead to the Lancaster Farmland Trust for their use in local conservation efforts.
Locally, the LFT has worked with farmers on no-till farming and the development of conservation plans. The Trust specifially reaches out to Plain Sect farmers. The goal is sustainable agriculture in Lancaster County that takes responsibility for the local role in cleaning up the Bay.
For more information, contact Gary Willier at The Lancaster Chamber at
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or Don McNutt at the Lancaster County Conservation District at
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Redding Confirmed as Ag Secretary |
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Saturday, December 19, 2009 21:57 |
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Harrisburg: Russell C. Redding of Adams County was confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate as the state's 24th Secretary of Agriculture, Governor Edward G. Rendell announced on Wednesday, December 16. The Governor nominated Redding on Sept. 12. Since then, he has served as acting secretary.
As secretary, Redding oversees the department responsible for encouraging, promoting and protecting the state's leading economic industry, agriculture, and its related industries. The department also has regulatory authority over food safety, animal health and the state's dog law, as well as inspection of weight and measurement devices and amusement rides.
"For the past 15 years I have had the pleasure of working each day with some of the best public servants, both elected and appointed, this state has known," said Redding. "My experiences during this period have confirmed for me that the achievements of the Pennsylvania agriculture industry are a reflection of the great work done by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture staff, as well as the more than 63,000 farms and thousands of related agricultural businesses that we serve.
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