Annual Ohio Farmland Preservation Summit

9th Annual Ohio Farmland Preservation Summit:  BONDING OHIO TOGETHER
The NEW Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, OSU Campus
2201 Fred Taylor Drive, Columbus, OH 43210
October 2, 2008

Presentations and Audio files from Concurrent Sessions

Brochure and Registration (*.pdf format)
Map and Parking Instructions
Accommodations

The theme of this year’s summit is Bonding Ohio Together and the Clean Ohio Fund’s renewal will be the focal issues of the gathering. The Summit key note speaker is David Kline, farmer, Amish minister, author and publisher of Farming magazine. Other highlighted speakers include leaders from successful township, county and nonprofit programs (both in and outside of Ohio) who will provide examples of creative collaboration strategies. The day will feature breakout sessions for attendees to choose from a variety of topics ranging from landowner basics, statewide land-use policies, creative local funding sources, and agriculture in the local economy. There will also be exhibition space and a lunch prepared with local foods.

Audio files from the plenary sessions are available after session title.
You can right-click on the hyperlink to open the file or download the file to you computer.
Presentations and Audio files from Concurrent Sessions

AGENDA
8:15 - 9:00 a.m. - Opening Reception & Registration

9:00 - 9:25 a.m. Welcome AUDIO (.mp3)
Bobby Moser, Dean, College of Food, Agricultural and Env. Sciences, OSU
Jack Fisher, Executive Vice President, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation

9:25 - 10:30 a.m. Collaboration for Preservation AUDIO (.mp3)
Matt Knepper, Executive Director, Agricultural Preserve Board, Lancaster County, PA
Dan Zimmerman, Administrator, Warwick Township, Lancaster County, PA
Jeff Swinehart, Deputy Director, Lancaster Farmland Trust, PA

10:45 - 12:00 noon Concurrent Session A - CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE

12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Luncheon

1:15 - 2:30 p.m. Concurrent Session B - CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE

2:45 - 3:45 p.m. Keynote Speaker  AUDIO (.mp3)
David Kline, Farmer, Amish Minister, and Author and Publisher of Farming Magazine

3:45 - 4:00 p.m. Vision for Farmland Preservation  AUDIO (.mp3)
Robert J. Boggs, Director, Ohio Department of Agriculture

GENERAL SUMMIT INQUIRIES - General Summit Information For any information not available on the Web site contact Jody Fife at 614.728.6210 or farmlandpres@agri.ohio.gov

If you would like to stay informed about Center events and news, including the Summit, join our mailing list.  You can also stay informed, exchange ideas and information with other Ohioans interested in farmland preservation by subscribing to the Ohio e-mail listserv.

Summit planning committee organizations: Agriculture & Resource Law Program, Ohio State University; 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 or the 2007 Summit.

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e: cffpi@osu.edu; p: 614.247.6479; f: 614.292.0078
m: Center for Farmland Policy Innovation, Dept. of Agricultural, Environmental, & Development Econ.
103 Agricultural Administration Bldg., 2120 Fyffe Rd., Columbus, Ohio  43210  USA