Community Forum on Sustainable Agriculture in Maryland:

Notice for a Forum on Sustainable Agriculture, sponsored by Food & Water Watch

Poultry Pollution and the Chesapeake Bay

Speakers: Carole Morison,  Katherine Ozer, Sophia Maravell, Mike Tabor and Terrill North

Join on November 20th to learn about and discuss the Poultry Fair Share Act, the poultry industry's impacts on the Bay, and sustainable alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture.

When: 6:00 to 7:00pm

Where: Takoma Park Seventh Day Adventist Church

Church Center
6810 Eastern Avenue NW
District of Columbia
The Chesapeake Bay is a global treasure and was once one of the most productive estuaries on Earth. But these days, phosphorus pollution contributes to the persistence of a vast dead zone in the Chesapeake Bay. The poultry industry dumps more phosphorus pollution into the Bay than any other single source. Yet under current law, the industry is not held fully accountable for that pollution and contributes far too little to save the Bay.

State elected officials will introduce the Poultry Fair Share Act in the Maryland General Assembly next January. The Poultry Fair Share Act will require large poultry companies to contribute to the Bay Restoration Fund, and use the revenue generated through this common-sense legislation to support local farmers efforts to plant cover crops. Cover crops are the most cost-effective practice to simultaneously enrich the soil and reduce runoff pollution.

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