LAND USE, CONSERVATION, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

The resources below focus on the role of farmland protection, land conservation and stewardship goals in a farm transfer. You’ll find information about conservation tools, creative land use options and how farmland contributes to the community’s well being as well as its bottom line.

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Community Development and Farm Transfer

A concise discussion about farm transfer, why it is important for community development and what community development practitioners can do to help.

Kathy Ruhf/Bob Bernstein, Land For Good
May 2007, 6 pages (PDF)
 

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Cost of Community Services Studies: Making the Case for Conservation

The overall contribution of agricultural and other open lands considered alongside residential, commercial, and industrial development

Julia Freedgood, et al.
American Farmland Trust
2002, 78 pages

Abstract available online
http://www.farmlandinfo.org/farmland_search/index.cfm?function=article_view&articleID=28415

Order by calling AFT at (413) 586-4593, ext. 17
$16.95 plus s/h

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Farm Transfer Guide

Fact sheets, work sheets, and checklists; includes information about conservation easements

Marion L. Bowlan, ed.
Pennsylvania Farm Link
43 pages

http://www.pafarmlink.org/resources.html

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Farmland Transfer and Protection in New England

A guide for entering and exiting farmers; includes worksheets; addresses farmland protection, stewardship, and easements

Kathryn Z. Ruhf
The New England Small Farm Institute
1999, 124 pages

Order online
$12 includes s/h
http://www.farmlandinfo.org/farmland_preservation_literature/index.cfm?function=article_view&articleID=29905

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Holding Ground: A Guide to Northeast Farmland Tenure and Stewardship

A comprehensive guide that includes a discussion of land use and conservation issues

Annette Higby, Kathryn Z. Ruhf, and Andrea Woloschuk
The New England Small Farm Institute
2004, 162 pages

Order online
$22 includes s/h
http://growingnewfarmers.org/main/bookstore/publications/

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Your Land Is Your Legacy: A Guide to Planning for the Future of Your Farm

A comprehensive guide to conservation options and farm transfer

Jeremiah P. Cosgrove and Julia Freedgood
American Farmland Trust
2002, 58 pages

Abstract available online
http://www.farmlandinfo.org/farmland_search/index.cfm?function=article_view&articleID=28416

Order by calling AFT at (413) 586-4593, ext. 17
13.95 plus s/h

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