CFFPI - Policy Briefs and Audio Files

• UPDATED Farmland Protection Successes:  Stories from Across Ohio -- Local farmland protection in Ohio - It's been done!  This publication updates the 2006 Success Stores that celebrate local farmland protection activities across the state.  Do you have a story to add?  If so, email us or use our online submission form.

          policy brief (adobe acrobat format)

• Zoning in Support of Agriculture -- This roundtable series took place in March of 2007 in four locations across the state: Findlay, McGonigle, Newark, and Boston.  This brief focuses on local zoning options to support agriculture, and includes explanations of Ohio zoning law, discussion on different approaches to agricultural zoning in Ohio, and recommendations for utilizing zoning to support agriculture.
  
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• Agri-Business Retention and Expansion -- This roundtable series took place in February of 2007 in three locations across the state: Medina, Lima, and Zanesville. This brief explores strategies local leaders can implement to retain and expand their local agricultural sector.
  
  policy brief (adobe acrobat format)
   

• Farmland Protection Successes:  Stories from Across Ohio -- Local farmland protection in Ohio - It's been done!  This publication and presentation were developed to celebrate local farmland protection activities across the state.  Do you have a story to add?  If so, email us or use our online submission form.

          policy brief (adobe acrobat format) - presentation: ppt file or view on-line

• Farmland Protection Funding Options -- This roundtable took place on October 10, 2006. Peggy Kirk Hall, Center law director gave a short presentation on legally available and potential future funding tools for Ohio local governments. Clark County Commissioner John Detrick shared insights on how Clark County has leveraged local funding to attract both state and federal farmland protection dollars.  Granville Township Trustee Jim Havens was on hand to share how he and other local officials pioneered the first successful open space levy in Ohio and gained support for a second levy.  Tracy Hatmaker, a Prairie Township administrator, provided insight on several regional strategies for generation of funds for local land protection.