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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics

  Joint efforts will reduce waste, increase recycling of organics, reduce climate pollution, save families and businesses money, and support a circular economy for all 

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics

  • Release Date: June 12, 2024

• EPA Awards Florence Fang Community Farm in San Francisco’s Bayview $75,000 Environmental Justice Grant to Increase Food Access

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Florence Fang Community Farm in San Francisco’s Bayview $75,000 Environmental Justice Grant to Increase Food Access

  • Release Date: June 28, 2022

• EPA Fines Owner of San Joaquin Valley Almond Orchard for Clean Water Act Violations, Orders Restoration of Wetlands

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Owner of San Joaquin Valley Almond Orchard for Clean Water Act Violations, Orders Restoration of Wetlands

  • Release Date: February 8, 2022

• U.S. EPA Fines Pesticide Application Company TriCal $44,275 for Pesticide Misuse

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Fines Pesticide Application Company TriCal $44,275 for Pesticide Misuse

  • Release Date: November 18, 2021

• U.S. EPA Penalizes Four California Facilities More Than $800,000 for Clean Air Act Chemical Safety Violations

  Under settlements, facility owners will pay fines, make safety improvements

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Penalizes Four California Facilities More Than $800,000 for Clean Air Act Chemical Safety Violations

  • Release Date: September 9, 2021

• EPA Announces two Northern California Winners of President’s Student Environmental Awards

  Watsonville, Calif. student group and Pleasanton, Calif. student among those recognized in a virtual ceremony by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces two Northern California Winners of President’s Student Environmental Awards

  • Release Date: August 16, 2021

• EPA Commits to Helping Sacramento Food Hubs

  Three Sacramento area food hubs to lead downtown and neighborhood revitalization

  EPA News Release: EPA Commits to Helping Sacramento Food Hubs

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021

• U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  $2.5 million to be awarded nation-wide

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  • Release Date: November 18, 2020

• EPA Announces Availability of Funding for Farmer-led, Farm Focused Projects in the Gulf

  Applications are due no later than October 16, 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Availability of Funding for Farmer-led, Farm Focused Projects in the Gulf

  • Release Date: September 1, 2020

• U.S. EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Californian Members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Californian Members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: June 17, 2020

• EPA Launches Agriculture Smart Sectors Program to Achieve Better Environmental Outcomes

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches Agriculture Smart Sectors Program to Achieve Better Environmental Outcomes

  • Release Date: October 2, 2019

• U.S. EPA settles with Growers Ice Company to improve chemical safety at Salinas facility

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA settles with Growers Ice Company to improve chemical safety at Salinas facility

  • Release Date: October 1, 2019