Kawasaki Greenhouses, located in East Moriches, NY, was awarded over $180,000 for a water quality conservation project.
Governor Kathy Hochul announced that $25 million has been awarded statewide to help New York’s farmers support agricultural water quality conservation projects. This is a record level of funding awarded in any one round of the State’s Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Abatement and Control Program (Ag Nonpoint), which is being provided through the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) and, for the first time, the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act.
Kawasaki Greenhouses is the only project awards on Long Island. $183,694 was awarded to the Suffolk County Soil and Water Conservation District to work with Kawasaki Farms Greenhouses in the Long Island Sound Watershed (EPF).
Kawasaki Greenhouses is located on Evergreen Ave in East Moriches.
“By tapping into our Bond Act funding, we are now able to expand our reach and support even more on-farm projects across the State through our Ag Nonpoint program,” Governor Hochul said. “Our farmers care deeply for the land they work, so it’s critical we provide them with the resources they need and deserve to safeguard our waterways while protecting our communities and our natural resources from climate change.”
New York’s agriculture sector is a critically important segment of NY’s economy. Preserving water quality while expanding operations is good environmental practice and good business.
New York State Farm Bureau President David Fisher said, “Farmers are stewards of the land. They care deeply about the quality of water they use for their crops and animals, and they are active partners in practicing sustainability on their farms. This record-level funding will help protect our most valuable natural resource by allowing farmers to continue instituting best practices and to adapt new technologies as they become available.”