Before It's Too Late: Local Perspectives on Preserving Farmland
Learn about opportunities, challenges, and trends in local efforts to preserve farmland. Collaborative efforts bring together different groups, agencies, and funding sources to work with landowners to protect valuable land resources. Learn how the federal Farm & Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) and other USDA conservation programs can help keep farming viable in the ag-urban interface.
Speakers: Cris Coffin, New England Policy Director, American Farmland Trust;
Steve Hundley, NH state soil scientist, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Lorraine Stuart Merrill, dairy farmer