You're Invited to the MAEAP 5,000 Verifications Celebration
On March 21st 2019, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. you have the opportunity to attend the Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Program 5,000 Verifications Celebration at the Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Avenue, Lansing.
Please register with this link: https://5000maeap.eventbrite.com or email: mda-esd-maeap@michigan.gov
The event is free, but pre-registration is required. Lunch will be served.
Please register with this link: https://5000maeap.eventbrite.com or email: mda-esd-maeap@michigan.gov
The event is free, but pre-registration is required. Lunch will be served.
MAEAP Success in Gratiot County
Eight system verifications with the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program were achieved July 28, 2017 on farms with the Alma FFA, A&E Ag, Gibson Chi-Angus Farm and G&G Farms. Congratulations to all of you!
Multi-Generational Farm Knows Value of MAEAP
What is the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP)
MAEAP is a confidential, helpful process of working with the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to meet environmental laws. It is a comprehensive, voluntary, proactive program designed to reduce farmers’ legal and environmental risks through a three-phase process.
Three-phase Process:
The program’s four systems each examine different aspects of the farm.
The four systems are:
Reasons to be MAEAP Verified:
Three-phase Process:
- Education
- Farm-specific Risk Assessment
- On-farm Verification that ensures the farmer has implemented environmentally sound practices.
The program’s four systems each examine different aspects of the farm.
The four systems are:
- Farmstead
- Cropping
- Livestock
- Forest, Wetlands and Habitats
Reasons to be MAEAP Verified:
- Confirm, improve and be proud of your natural resource stewardship and help your neighbors and community understand your respect for the environment.
- Avoid civil fines and penalties if your farm is faced with an unintentional, accidental discharge to the water or an “Act of God Weather Event.”
- Use the MAEAP logo and MAEAP sign to market your farm and farm products.
- Be recognized by peers, member organizations, and local government as a leader who is setting the bar in farm management and environmental stewardship.
- Boost your access to cost-share funds.
- Receive up to a 20% discount on the Liability Portion of your Farm Bureau Insurance Farmowner’s Policy premium.
- Confidence that you are in conformance with applicable Right to Farm Generally Accepted Agricultural and Management Practices.
- If a farm is MAEAP verified in all applicable “systems” and is in a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Watershed, the farm will be considered as implementing the practices needed to meet a TMDL.
Nicole Whitmore, MAEAP technician for the Gratiot Conservation District (GCD) has been working with landowners to offer technical advice on how they can eliminate environmental risks on their farms. Fiscal year 2017 was the first year the GCD had a full-time MAEAP technician and it was quite a successful year, nearly doubling what had previously been accomplished in Gratiot County since the program began. MAEAP has been well-received overall, and having a local technician with a farming background has significantly improved local involvement. Altogether Nicole was able to complete 20 new verifications, and six reverifications during fiscal year 2017
For more information, please contact:
Nicole Whitmore - MAEAP Technician
Office: 989-875-3900 ext. 180
Cell: 989-620-4965
email: Nicole.whitmore@macd.org
www.maeap.org
Nicole Whitmore - MAEAP Technician
Office: 989-875-3900 ext. 180
Cell: 989-620-4965
email: Nicole.whitmore@macd.org
www.maeap.org
MAEAP Fiscal Year 2015 Accomplishments in Gratiot County
The Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) is an innovative, proactive, and voluntary program that helps farms of all sizes and all commodities prevent or minimize agricultural pollution risks. MAEAP has continued to move forward this year and has seen great support from the agricultural community here in Gratiot County. While the final step in the MAEAP process is verification, many producers begin mitigating high risk practices long before that takes place. The Conservation District reached out to many producers in FY’15, providing a vast number of services and bringing the total number of MAEAP Verifications in the county to 67 throughout the life of the program.
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The Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) is an innovative, proactive, and voluntary program that helps farms of all sizes and all commodities prevent or minimize agricultural pollution risks. MAEAP has continued to move forward this year and has seen great support from the agricultural community here in Gratiot County. While the final step in the MAEAP process is verification, many producers begin mitigating high risk practices long before that takes place. The Conservation District reached out to many producers in FY’15, providing a vast number of services and bringing the total number of MAEAP Verifications in the county to 67 throughout the life of the program.
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