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• Gebbers Farms pays $17,000 penalty for failing to protect workers from pesticides

  EPA News Release: Gebbers Farms pays $17,000 penalty for failing to protect workers from pesticides

  • Release Date: August 14, 2024

• Simplot pays $65K EPA penalty for pesticides violations

  Idaho & Oregon storage facilities cited for storage problems

  EPA News Release: Simplot pays $65K EPA penalty for pesticides violations

  • Release Date: July 22, 2021

• EPA Awards Nearly $1 Million to Help Farmers in Wisconsin

  Sand County Foundation will use EPA funds for soil sensor technology

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Nearly $1 Million to Help Farmers in Wisconsin

  • Release Date: July 1, 2021

• EPA Region 5 Administrator Kurt Thiede Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Illinois Farm Bureau

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 5 Administrator Kurt Thiede Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Illinois Farm Bureau

  • Release Date: October 27, 2020

• EPA Announces Selection of WSU for $129,727 Grant to Help Communities Turn Food Waste into Fuel and Fertilizer

  Washington State University is among 12 Organizations to Receive National Funding to Support Anaerobic Digestion in Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Selection of WSU for $129,727 Grant to Help Communities Turn Food Waste into Fuel and Fertilizer

  • Release Date: October 1, 2020

• EPA awards $2 million in grants to reduce toxics throughout Columbia River Basin

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $2 million in grants to reduce toxics throughout Columbia River Basin

  • Release Date: September 16, 2020

• EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Member from the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Member from the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: June 17, 2020

• EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Member from Purdue University to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Member from Purdue University to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: June 17, 2020

• EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Member from the Illinois Farm Bureau to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Member from the Illinois Farm Bureau to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: June 17, 2020

• Evansville to Receive EPA Technical Assistance to Spur Economy with Locally-Produced Foods

  Part of Local Foods, Local Places program

  EPA News Release: Evansville to Receive EPA Technical Assistance to Spur Economy with Locally-Produced Foods

  • Release Date: May 15, 2020

• Springfield to receive EPA Technical Assistance for Downtown Food Space

  Part of Local Foods, Local Places program

  EPA News Release: Springfield to receive EPA Technical Assistance for Downtown Food Space

  • Release Date: May 14, 2020

• Pelican Rapids to Receive EPA Technical Assistance to Spur Economy with Locally-Produced Foods

  Part of Local Foods, Local Places program

  EPA News Release: Pelican Rapids to Receive EPA Technical Assistance to Spur Economy with Locally-Produced Foods

  • Release Date: May 14, 2020

• Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska Actions finalized in January and February 2020

  EPA News Release: Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska Actions finalized in January and February 2020

  • Release Date: April 29, 2020

• EPA and Army Deliver on President Trump's Promise to Issue the Navigable Waters Protection Rule - A New Definition of WOTUS

  New rule announcement made at Idaho Potato Conference and AG Expo in Pocatello

  EPA News Release: EPA and Army Deliver on President Trump's Promise to Issue the Navigable Waters Protection Rule - A New Definition of WOTUS

  • Release Date: January 24, 2020

• EPA announces finalists for GLRI grants to address nutrients in the Great Lakes

  Projects to receive $11.5 million in funding, including $2 million for water-quality trading projects

  EPA News Release: EPA announces finalists for GLRI grants to address nutrients in the Great Lakes

  • Release Date: December 19, 2019