What is an EMS?		Resource Materials		Assessment Tools		EMS Links		Contact Us
EMS in Agriculture EMS in General Publications	Environmental Management Systems (EMS) in Agriculture University of Wisconsin Partners for Livestock EMS website. This is a multi-year project ending September, 2005 that examined the application of EMS concepts to dairy, beef and poultry farms in nine states. The University of Wisconsin Madison agricultural EMS website includes a newsletter you can subscribe to as well. Several pilot teams within the Partners project developed websites: University of Georgia EMS for Poultry Producers Virginia Poultry EMS website University of Wisconsin Dairy EMS website. Iowa State University EMS for Beef Feedlots The United Egg Producers and the EPA worked together on Project XL to examine the application of EMS’s to poultry operations. North Carolina pork producers, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, and North Carolina State University worked with several North Carolina swine producers to develop ISO 14001 EMS processes. Integrated Farm and Livestock Management Demonstration Program. Utah State University is working with CAFO’s within their state to implement EMS’s. Environmental Management Systems in General The Multi-State Working Group on EMS’s is a consortium of organizations and businesses from the private and public sectors. National Database on Environmental Management Systems The PEER Center or Public Entity Environmental Management System Resource Center aids local, county and state governments in implementing EMS’s. To learn more about the International Organization for Standardization and the ISO 14001 standard for Environmental Management Systems visit http://www.iso.org The American National Standards Institute has information on accreditation programs. International Network for Environmental Management Environmental Protection Agency EMS Information including the agency’s position statement on EMS’s. The EPA sponsors an incentive program called Performance Track. Publications “Agricultural Environmental Management Systems” by the University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Environmental programs office. US Environmental Protection Agency EMS publications Also see the Resource Materials and Assessments pages of this website. The Partners for Livestock Environmental Management Assessment Systems project was supported by a USDA Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service (CSREES) grant # 00-52103-9650. Return to top
	What is an EMS?	Resource Materials		Assessment Tools		EMS Links		Contact Us

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Photo credits: The dairy, swine and poultry photos are courtesy of the USDA NRCS photo gallery. Other photos were taken by Jill Heemstra.