Workshops
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Monday, November 13
Workshops - Session 1 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Leadership Development in Balancing Growth and Conservation
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP): Evaluation and Roundtable
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Soils and Stewardship Supersession: The Insiders' View to Making Better Land Use Decisions
Tuesday, November 14
Mobile Workshop 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Teaching Toward a Sustainable Future
Workshops - Session 2 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Evaluating Farmland Preservation Programs and Deals
Opportunity Knocks: Protecting Farmland is a Community Investment
Case Studies of Corridor Conservation
Connecting Consumers, Communities and Farmers Through New Models for Development
Farm Bill 101 - Why You Should Care: 2007 Farm Bill Session
Workshops - Session 3 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Tools for Community Visioning to Ensure the Future of Agriculture
Healthy Landscapes, Parks and Living: Protected Areas, Food Producers and Communities Working Together
Building Support and Finding Funding for Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easements (PACE) Programs
Building Grassroots Support for Farming
Innovative Financing for Acquiring Land and Easements
Workshops - Session 4 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Saving Working Lands Using Transferable Development Rights (TDRs)
Conserving Habitat in Agricultural Landscapes
Opportunities for Agricultural Economic Development
Planning a Future for Agriculture at the Town Level
Protecting Farmland and the Environment
Workshops - Session 5 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Web-Based Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) Application and Points-Based Appraisal
Gauging Support for Innovative Preservation Techniques
Working to Diversify Local Farming
Private Forests, Public Assets: Forests on the Edge
Workshop - Session 5/6 3:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Your Land is Your Legacy: Estate and Transition Planning and Farm Transfer
Workshops - Session 6 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Farmland Protection and New Enterprises for Farm and Community
Keeping Farming Viable in the Face of Sprawl
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Through Farm Profitability Grants: 2002 Farm Bill Session
Special Film Session 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Using Film, TV and the Web to Build Support for Agriculture
Wednesday, November 15
Workshops - Session 7 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Alternative Production Methods Yield New Markets
Farming for Credit
Protecting a Strategic Land Base: 2007 Farm Bill Session
Keeping Conserved Farmland Affordable for Farmers of the Future
Workshops - Session 8 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Agricultural Districts: Bundling Benefits and Packaging Protections
Next Generation of Growth Management and Farmland Protection
New Tools for Cost-Effective Farmland Conservation
Protecting Critical Farms and Critical Farmers
Workshops - Session 9 11:15 AM - 12:30 AM
Statewide Planning For Agriculture in Maryland and New Jersey
Building the Next Generation's Love for the Land
Department of Defense Protecting the American Landscape
Agricultural Zoning as a Farmland Protection Tool
