Recipient: Housing Authority of City of Fort Valley

Recipient: Fort Valley City of

Farmers' markets are becoming all the rage across the nation. As more consumers become concerned about the safety and quality of mass-produced and processed foods, others just enjoy the fresh fruits and vegetables sold in a festival atmosphere.

Communities in 40 states and 3 Tribes will share $76 million in EPA Brownfields grants to help clean up, revitalize, and sustainably reuse contaminated properties, turning them from problem properties to productive community use. The grants, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will provide funding to eligible entities through brownfields assessment, revolving loan fund, and cleanup grants. Since the beginning of the Brownfields Program, EPA has awarded 1,895 assessment grants totaling $447.6 million, 279 revolving loan fund grants totaling $273.1 million and 752 cleanup grants totaling $140.8 million.