Partnerships between EPA and the agricultural community

EPA is committed to a strong partnership with the agriculture community to assist in fulfilling our mission of protecting human health and the environment.  EPA is engaged in a number of partnership activities, including place-based initiatives where EPA is working with the agricultural community to restore the quality of water, land or air resources. 

Partnership programs

• AgSTAR Program
• Animal Feeding Operation Inspection Webcast Exit from the Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center
• Delta FARM Exit- Farmers Advocating Resource Management
• eXtension Exit
• Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC)
• Hypoxia Task Force Partnerships
• The Fertilizer Institute, myRMP (Risk Management Plan) Exit
• National Clean Diesel Campaign - Clean Ag USA
• National Milk Producers Federation Exit - Information on SPCC plans for milk producers, including a tool for developing an SPCC plan
• SmartWay^SM Partnership

Place-based partnership initiatives

EPA is working with the agricultural community on a number of place-based initiatives to restore the quality of water, land or air resources. Each geographic area represents a unique set of resources that through broad-based support promise to create benefits now and in the future.

• Chesapeake Bay Restoration
• Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
• Gulf of Mexico
• Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force
• National Water Quality Initiative
• New York City Watershed, agriculture program Exit
• Lake Champlain Basin Program Exit
• Rocky Mountain National Park Initiative Exit