Sector Event: PFAS: What do they mean for Maine land trusts?

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022 -
9:30am to 10:30am EDT
Where: 
Virtual Meeting
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Presented by Maine Land Trust Network and Maine Farmland Trust

PFAs are a group of chemicals that are very persistent in the environment and in the human body. PFAS enter agricultural soils through a variety of means, including biosolids from municipal sewage and contaminated irrigation water.

Maine Farmland Trust (MFT) has been working with easement landowners and farmers of leased land that have found high levels of PFAs on their farms, and is partnered with MOFGA on a PFAS Emergency Relief Fund for impacted farms. Maine Coast Heritage Trust staff have been looking into how PFAs impact not only food production, but also the programs that take place at Aldermere Farm and the hayfields they manage. MFT is also doing state and federal level advocacy work around this issue, and working on updating their easement due diligence process to include PFAS testing when there is a potential risk.

Join us for a Zoom discussion on PFAs and their potential impact on Maine land trusts. Learn more and register on MLTN's website.

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