Equity Trust's Hudson Valley Farm Affordability Program complements and enhances
the farmland protection efforts of the many conservation groups working in the Hudson Valley by supporting the use of critical tools for keeping farmers on the land.
Or see this release for details about Scenic Hudson's other
farmland protection efforts in the Rondout Valley.
This Foodshed Conservation Plan provides a sound blueprint for ramping up
farmland protection efforts.
More than $ 5 million in two new state grants is available for
farmland protection efforts in New York.
Land preservation groups and elected officials will be on hand in two Hudson Valley, New York locations to announce
farmland protection efforts.
Then this afternoon in Taghkanic, Scenic Hudson's Sullivan and Columbia County officials will gather at Triple Creek Farm, a dairy farm, to announce
the farmland protection effort there.
Not exact matches
The New York State Department of Agriculture and markets and the Erie County Community Development Block Grant program provided key funding for the project, and the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning led the local
effort to gather and assess public input with guidance from the Erie County Agricultural and
Farmland Protection Board;
WHEREAS, In 2010, Erie County embarked on a process to develop a new Agricultural and
Farmland Protection Plan to guide County efforts to support local farms and protect f
Farmland Protection Plan to guide County
efforts to support local farms and protect
farmlandfarmland.
Discussions pertaining to farming, food production, and
efforts to plan for agriculture in Erie County will be led by Agricultural and
Farmland Protection Board, the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning and American
Farmland Trust.
Walt's Dairy was ranked the highest priority for
protection among all the farms identified in Scenic Hudson's Foodshed Conservation Plan, a data - driven blueprint for ramping up collaborative
farmland -
protection efforts to create a secure source of fresh, local food for the Hudson Valley and New York City.
Conserving this
farmland supports the goals of Scenic Hudson's NYC / Hudson Valley Foodshed Conservation Plan, a blueprint for ramping up collaborative
farmland -
protection efforts to create a secure source of fresh, local food for the Hudson Valley and New York City.