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Topic: EPA and Perdue Farms Sign Water Protection Initiative
| Replies: 0 Last Post: Feb 12, 2009 3:30 PM By: Jenna Allain |
| Jenna Allain
Staff Member Posts: 4 Registered: Aug 26, 2008 | EPA and Perdue Farms Sign Water Protection Initiative Posted: Feb 12, 2009 3:30 PM |
| By Janie Gabbett on 1/7/2009 from meatingplace.com The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement with Salisbury, Md.-based Perdue Farms to implement a four-year program aimed at protecting waters in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. The agreement grew out of a pilot program initiated by EPA and Perdue on the Delmarva Peninsula in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Beginning in 2007, EPA and Perdue provided training and assistance to the largest independent contract poultry farms growing for Perdue throughout the peninsula. Under the new four-year, environmental management program, Perdue, EPA and their partners will provide training and assistance to poultry farmers so that they can learn how to achieve or exceed compliance with guidelines for controlling runoff and managing litter disposal. As part of the initiative, Perdue poultry processing facilities will each implement an environmental management system - a set of processes and practices designed to reduce environmental impacts and increase operating efficiency. The initiative also will include an awards program to recognize poultry farms that demonstrate environmental excellence in protecting and restoring waterways. |
