Sentences with phrase «for farmland protection»

A great testament to its success in forging collaboration, the Foodshed Conservation Plan was key to securing $ 20 million in state funds from Governor Andrew Cuomo for farmland protection in the region.

More than $ 5 million in two new state grants is available for farmland protection efforts in New York.

Not exact matches

The grants are funded through the Farmland Protection Implementation Grant program, and the projects will support the preservation of farmland for agricultural use and protect it from degradation through the use of perpetual conservation eaFarmland Protection Implementation Grant program, and the projects will support the preservation of farmland for agricultural use and protect it from degradation through the use of perpetual conservation eafarmland for agricultural use and protect it from degradation through the use of perpetual conservation easements.

«We also want to thank the Farmland Protection Plan Advisory Committee, Oneida County Farm Bureau, Oneida County Planning Department and Cornell Cooperative Extension for all their hard work for the past two years to help write and publish the 2017 Farmland Protection Plan.

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;

The new Erie County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan creates innovative strategies to guide the County to identify and protect agricultural land with development pressure, support new farms and attract new farmers to Erie County, identify strategies to increase the financial viability of agriculture in the County, connect rural and urban farmers with consumers and new markets, and increase accessibility of healthy, local food for consumers.

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.

Taking money meant for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, such as solar panels for schools and modernizing inefficient buildings, and putting it into the EPF for clean water protection, farmland preservation and recycling programs is a shell game.

Actions on this priority will be in many directions ranging from environmental protection, saving farmland, public transit, bikeways, attracting sustainable jobs from non-polluting industries, increasing recycling, finding a better solution to sending our trash 240 miles away for disposal and more.

Haitis need for farmland and timber rapidly deforested the already sparse trees on its side of the island, with disastrous consequences: soil erosion, loss of timber for building and of wood for charcoal fuel, heavier sediment loads in rivers and decreased watershed protection that reduced the potential for hydroelectric power.

This Foodshed Conservation Plan provides a sound blueprint for ramping up farmland protection efforts.

While this has resulted in the protection of more than 80,000 agricultural acres — including nearly 11,000 acres by Scenic Hudson — it represents only 11 percent of the region's total farmland, and falls far short of the acreage needed to meet even current needs for local food.

It communicates the urgency of conserving our family farms, the foundation of the region's robust agricultural economy, and offers a method for prioritizing farmland protection to ensure the greatest possible public and economic benefits from stakeholders» investments.

Or see this release for details about Scenic Hudson's other farmland protection efforts in the Rondout Valley.

Today, as Scenic Hudson's Assistant Land Conservation Director, I direct our work in farmland protection - and I'm even more excited because we've become a national leader in developing innovative strategies to secure productive agricultural land essential for sustaining supplies of fresh, healthy food.

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.

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.

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The report looks at 15 county level case studies from 14 different states, and covers topics ranging from production inputs, marketing, farmland protection and outlook for the future.

See this news release for further details about this farmland protection victory.

Another factor clouding the future of farmland preservation is uncertainty about funding for, and the direction of, federal protection programs.

Under these easements, land owners voluntarily give an environmental organization or government entity a nonpossessive interest in property for conservation purposes such as the protection of a natural habitat or preservation of a forest or farmland.