Annual Ohio Farmland Preservation Summit

Look here for information on the 2007 Summit or the 2008 Summit.

7TH ANNUAL OHIO FARMLAND PRESERVATION SUMMIT

On November 2, 2006, the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA), in cooperation with American Farmland Trust (AFT), The Ohio State University’s C. William Swank Program in Rural-Urban Policy and Center for Farmland Policy Innovation, hosted the seventh annual Ohio Farmland Preservation Summit in Reynoldsburg.

What an event!  We had a record-breaking attendance of 230 participants.  It was a wonderful demonstration of all the very active and strong partnerships we have across Ohio (and even across the country). 

CONFERENCE MATERIALS (check back - more will be posted as soon as they come in):

• Celebration of Ohio Farmers Slide Show - A photographic review of Ohio farms and farmers: view the on-line presentation or downloadable ppt file (very large files).
• Seven Years in Review - Michael Bailey, executive director and Kelly Carneal, program manager, Ohio Dept. of Agriculture's Office of Farmland Preservation on-line presentation
• Morning Panel:  Farmland Protection Successes:  Stories from Across Ohio  policy brief (adobe acrobat format) - add your own story - presentation, ppt file or view on-line - very large file
• Afternoon Panel:  National Successes
  Baltimore County, Maryland’s Farmland Preservation Program - Wally Lippincott, program administrator on-line presentation
  Farmland Preservation Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Matt Knepper, director, Lancaster County Agricultural Preserve Board on-line presentation
  Massachusetts Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR) Program - Bob Wagner, managing director, Field Programs and Policy, American Farmland Trust on-line presentation 
• Other Materials:
  ODA's Office of Farmland Preservation Report, 1999-2006 (adobe acrobat format)
  CFFPI''s Farmland Protection Funding Options (adobe acrobat format)

Highlights included a panel of experts from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts and Ralph Grossi, president of American Farmland Trust, as the keynote speaker. The morning panelists focused on local success stories from across the state - highlighting a local farmland protection funding technique, a local foods program, a creative annexation agreement and voluntary zoning in support of agriculture. The morning session also included a review of a number of other initiatives from across the state. 

A roundtable for local leaders followed the Summit from 3:45-5 PM.  This roundtable was an opportunity for local leaders to interact with the experts from Maryland, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.  For more information regarding our roundtable series, visit http://cffpi.osu.edu/roundtables.htm. 

Planning committee:  Brian Williams, AFT; Amalie Lipstreu, The Farmland Center; Michael Bailey, Kelly Carneal, Amy Miller and Howard Wise, ODA; Allen Prindle, Otterbein College; Jill Clark, Terri Cory, Peggy Kirk Hall, and Larry Libby, OSU; and, Krista Magaw, Tecumseh Land Trust.

You can stay informed, exchange ideas and information with other Ohioans interested in farmland preservation by subscribing to the Ohio e-mail listserv.
 

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