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EPA Presses Amish Farmers To Lessen Run-Offs Into Chesapeake Bay

By Howard M. Friedman

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Today's New York Times carries a long article on the efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency to get Amish farmers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to take steps to reduce the manure run-off from their farms. The run-off from the 61 million pounds per year of manure produced in that county adds substantially to the pollution of Chesapeake Bay. EPA is trying to persuade plain-sect farmers to build fences and buffers, with the aid of federal grants, in order to reduce the run-off. Some farmers are taking advantage of the offers, but others resent the government intrusion and oppose taking government grants. A number of farmers are building manure pits to deal with the problem.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on June 09, 2010 (boomark / email).

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