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Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan
Adopted May 20111
Once upon a time … Five years ago … at another Agriculture Planning Workshop…
“Nobody in my town cares enough.”
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Once upon a time … Five years ago … at another Agriculture Planning Workshop…
“Nobody in my town cares enough.”
“I’m a farmer and nobody talked to me!”
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Once upon a time … Five years ago … at another Agriculture Planning Workshop…
“Nobody in my town cares enough.”
“I’m a farmer and nobody talked to me!”
“Planning is complicated, costs too much.”
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Once upon a time … Five years ago … at another Agriculture Planning Workshop…
“Nobody in my town cares enough.”
“I’m a farmer and nobody talked to me!”
“Planning is complicated, costs too much.”
“Farmers & conservationists won’t ever agree.”
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Once upon a time … Five years ago … at another Agriculture Planning Workshop…
“Nobody in my town cares enough.”
“I’m a farmer and nobody talked to me!”
“Planning is complicated, costs too much.”
“Don’t talk to me about ag exemptions… it just makes my taxes higher!”
“Farmers & conservationists won’t ever agree.”
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Once upon a time … Five years ago … at another Agriculture Planning Workshop…
“Nobody in my town cares enough.”
“I’m a farmer and nobody talked to me!”
“Planning is complicated, costs too much.”
“Don’t talk to me about ag exemptions… it just makes my taxes higher!”
“Nothing will come of it…so why bother?”
“Farmers & conservationists won’t ever agree.”
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Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan
Adopted May 20118
Avoiding the Six
Predictable
Planning Pitfalls
Build on Community Interests#1
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Agriculture, Open Space, Conservation
Dairy LivestockFruits & VegetablesHorsesHay & Crops
Get Farmers on Committee: represent Town’s diversity
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Get farmer participation#2
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Face the complexity & expenseof planning head on#
3 Plan communications at the start
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Develop common ground betweenfarmers and conservationists#
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Protectwater quality
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Explain Agricultural Exemptions
#5
Cows don’t go to school
Make things happen!
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Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan
Adopted May 201115
Avoiding the Six
Predictable
Planning Pitfalls