Five Pennsylvania Farms Receive Clean Water Farm Award

Written by Shannon Wehinger on July 14, 2017. Posted in Awards, Chesapeake Bay

Beth and Dave Rice (center) accept the Clean Water Farm Award from (left to right) Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, Secretary of Environmental Protection Patrick McDonnell, PACD Outgoing President Glenn Seidel, and PACD Executive Director Brenda Shambaugh.

PACD in conjunction with the award sponsor, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), presented the operators of five farms with the Clean Water Farm Award during its annual conference on July 12, 2017 in Harrisburg, PA. The honor is awarded annually to farmers who manage their daily farm operations in an environmentally conscious manner that helps to protect Pennsylvania’s water quality.

DEP has sponsored this award for the past thirty-one years. Recipients receive a certificate signed by the DEP Secretary and a large Clean Water Farm Award sign to erect on their property.

The 2017 Clean Water Farm Award Recipients are:

• Billy Porter (Armstrong County)
• BAD Farm (Berks County)
• Mark & Beth Steck of Green Valley Farm (Franklin County)
• Claude Bennett (Susquehanna County)
• Luke & Julie Hess (Tioga County)
  

Click here to read a press release on the recipients and here to see photos of the award recipients.