Conference Track Focuses on Building Local Support
and Funding for Farmland Conservation
and Funding for Farmland Conservation
Since the 1980s, New York has lost nearly half a million acres of farmland to development, an area equivalent to 4,500 farms. Once farmland is paved over, it’s gone forever. We cannot get it back.
But, we can help the family farmers who remain -- caring for the land and growing our food.
Please join us at the Harvesting Opportunities in New York 2015 conference, November 4th at the Empire State Plaza in Albany. Participants will discuss how farms benefit communities of all kinds -- urban, suburban and rural -- and will learn how to work with New York State and other partners to generate support for the permanent protection of our disappearing agricultural land.
Save Farms in Your Community workshops include:
- Farming in the City & the Country-- Land, Economics, & Public Benefits
- Eminent Domain: Strengthening Protections for Farmland in Your Community
- Growing Resources for Farmland Conservation Funding
To learn about our other conference tracks and details of the event, please visit our conference webpage. Register now to reserve your spot at this special event for New York agriculture.
Sincerely,
 |  David Haight New York State Director American Farmland Trust *Please note this is not my original content |
