Annual Ohio Farmland Preservation SummitLook here for information on the 2006 Summit or the 2008 Summit. 8th ANNUAL OHIO FARMLAND PRESERVATION
SUMMIT: On November 1st, 2007, the Ohio Department of Agriculture hosted the eighth annual Ohio Farmland Preservation Summit in Reynoldsburg - the largest ever! The sessions focused on growing your local economy through food and agriculture, and planning for agriculture. Lunch and snacks for the conference were provided by Northstar Café which purchases more than 25% locally grown ingredients and more than 50% organic ingredients. In addition, all plate and silverware were were composted by Tom Price of Price Farms Organics. AGENDA (PDF format) - Ohio Department of Agriculture - November 1, 2007 ( to view many of the files, you will need adobe acrobat reader) PRESENTATIONS FOR DOWNLOAD
Planning committee organizations: American Farmland Trust Ohio Field Office; Center for Farmland Policy Innovation, Ohio State University; The Farmland Center; Office of Farmland Preservation, Ohio Department of Agriculture; Otterbein College; and Tecumseh Land Trust.
Look here for information on the 2006 Summit. You can view online presentations and reports, including those by our guest speakers from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. For more information, contact the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Office of Farmland Preservation: 614-728-6210 or farmlandpres@agri.ohio.gov. You can stay informed, exchange ideas and information with other Ohioans interested in farmland preservation by subscribing to the Ohio e-mail listserv. Also, if you would like to stay informed about Center events and news, join our mailing list. |
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