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Ohio Farmland Preservation Summit
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Registration is now open for 10th Annual Ohio Farmland Preservation Summit - http://cffpi.osu.edu/summit09.htm
For this landmark anniversary, we offer an exciting and information-packed agenda. 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. There will also be exhibition space and a fresh produce market with live music in the afternoon.
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.
For more information about session and speakers, please visit the following page: http://cffpi.osu.edu/summit09_speakers.htm
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Announcements
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| Agricultural Land Protection WorkshopLake County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) will be presenting a workshop on agricultural land protection resources on Thursday, November 19 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Madison Public Library, 6111 Middle Ridge Road in Madison Ohio, 44057.
The program is open to all agricultural land owners in Northeast Ohio. Presentations will include information about agricultural conservation easements, state and federal easement purchase programs (Clean Ohio Agricultural Easement Purchase Program and Federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program), easement donations, the Agricultural Security Area (ASA) program, the Current Agricultural Use Value (CAUV) program, Agricultural Districts, the FarmLink program- including “12 Ways to Hold or Secure Land”, and the basics of estate planning.
Speakers will include Meredith Fox, FarmLink Coordinator with the Countryside Conservancy, Ernie Brass, President of Money Concepts Financial Planning Centre and Chairman of the Lake County Development Council (LCDC) and LCDC Agribusiness Committee, and Maurine Orndorff, Agricultural Programs Technician with Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District. Lynne Bittinger, with the Lake County Auditor’s Office will be on hand to answer questions about the CAUV program.
Refreshments will be served, and reservations appreciated. For more information contact Maurine Orndorff, Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District at 440-350-5863; morndorff@lakecountyohio.gov. |
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Lake County SWCD will provide leadership and technical expertise
to guide the protection and conservation of the unique soil and water resources
of the county
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125 East Erie St.
Painesville OH 44077
Phone: (440) 350-2730
Fax: (440) 350-2601
soil@lakecountyohio.gov
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Office hours are 7:30-4:00
Monday through Friday
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