Annual Ohio Farmland Preservation Summit10th Annual Ohio Farmland
Preservation Summit: REGISTRATION & Brochure (*.pdf) For this landmark anniversary, we offer exciting and information-packed breakout sessions to inform and invigorate. There will also be exhibition space and a fresh produce market with live music in the afternoon. To help us celebrate a decade of gatherings, The Ohio State University President, Gordon Gee, will give a welcome and USDA Deputy Secretary, Kathleen Merrigan, will provide an address via video. You often hear that farmland provides services beyond food and fiber production. The morning panel will begin by addressing the question: How can we begin to value these services, such as carbon sequestration and nutrient management and what selling and trading of these services mean for farmland protection? The afternoon session focuses on the role of farmland protection in balancing growth and restoring prosperity to Ohio. Breakout sessions are available on a variety of topics ranging from the basics of preserving the farm business, adapting to climate change through soil management, using surveys to gauge support for farmland protection, results from the latest census, to food policy and Ohio farmland.
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. PLANNING COMMITTEE: Office of Farmland Preservation, Ohio Department of Agriculture; Center for Farmland Policy Innovation, Ohio State University; Otterbein College; American Farmland Trust; Western Reserve Land Conservancy; Ohio Farm Bureau Federation; Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts; Denison University; Ohio Township Trustees Association; Ohio Environmental Council; Ohio Farmers Union; County Commissioners Association of Ohio; Countryside Conservancy; Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission; and Tecumseh Land Trust. PREVIOUS SUMMIT INFORMATION: 2008 Summit, 2007 Summit, or 2006 Summit. |
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