OYSTER BAY — New York Farm Bureau joined six other organizations in July to thank Sen. Carl Marcellino, R-Syosset, and Assemblyman Robert Sweeney, D-Lindenhurst, for their work passing legislation that will increase the Environmental Protection Fund to $300 million by 2009.

“By increasing EPF funding, Senator Marcellino and Assemblyman Sweeney have increased opportunities for our farm families to protect the land and water resources we so wholly depend on,” NYFB President John Lincoln said. The bill was recently signed into law by Governor Spitzer.