{"id":27275,"date":"2026-03-20T15:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=27275"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:05:38","slug":"pda-and-epa-sign-letter-of-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=27275","title":{"rendered":"PDA and EPA Sign Letter of Understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_27281\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27281\" class=\" wp-image-27281\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PDAEEPA_LOU.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PDAEEPA_LOU.jpg 880w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PDAEEPA_LOU-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PDAEEPA_LOU-768x424.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo caption: EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Amy Van Blarcom-Lackey and PA Department of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding signed the MOU at Flinchbaugh\u2019s Orchard and Farm Market in York County, Pennsylvania, on March 18, 2026. Also pictured are Doug Wolfgang, PA State Conservation Commission, Mike Flinchbaugh, Flinchbaugh Family Orchard, Amy Brown, PACD, and distinguished guests. (Photo credit: Christine Gonnelli, Public Affairs, U.S. EPA Region 3).<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>On March 18, 2026, PA Department of Agriculture (PDA) Secretary Russell C. Redding and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Amy Van Blarcom-Lackey met at Flinchbaugh&#8217;s Orchard in York County. The two agencies signed a letter of understanding on collaborative efforts. PACD Executive Director Amy Brown attended the event.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 18, 2026, PA Department of Agriculture (PDA) Secretary Russell C. Redding and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Amy Van Blarcom-Lackey met at Flinchbaugh&#8217;s Orchard in York County. The two agencies signed a letter of understanding on collaborative efforts. PACD Executive Director Amy Brown attended the event. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pacd-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}