PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 15, 2022
State lawmakers are considering the creation of a $100 million fund to help those farmers pay for PFAS water and soil tests, and to cover crop and herd losses caused by PFAS contamination, water and soil cleanup, farm relocation or outright buyouts, and long-term healthcare. Dozens of farmers testified in favor of the bill, L.D. 2013, before the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee, as did Amanda Beal, the state agriculture commissioner. The biggest concerns raised came from those who worried that $100 million would not be enough, or be handed out fast enough, to save Maine’s farming industry.