January 27, 2010, Lancaster, PA – When the federal Environmental Protection Agency announced last fall it had targeted nearly two dozen small farms near Intercourse for farm-related water pollution inspections, fears of a crackdown rippled through farm and regulatory circles.

The three-square-mile area was chosen from tax maps but the agency wasn’t initially aware that 23 of the 24 farmers in the watershed were Plain Sect.

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