2008 was a banner year for agriculture and farmland protection in the Massachusetts Legislature! Key legislative priorities identified by American Farmland Trust and other farm and conservation organizations were enacted, including increased funding for farmland protection, an economic safety net for the state’s dairy farmers, and new initiatives to spur on-farm energy conservation and reinvestment in farm infrastructure. Another priority—a state conservation tax credit that will expand opportunities for land protection—is likely to become law this fall.
Many thanks to everyone who contacted their legislators, visited the State House on “Rally Day” or joined the Coalition for the Environmental Bond. Please take a moment to thank Governor Patrick and our champions in the Legislature for their leadership on these issues this year." - Cris Coffin, New England Director
2008 was a banner year for agriculture and farmland protection in the Massachusetts Legislature! Key legislative priorities identified by American Farmland Trust and other farm and conservation organizations were enacted, including increased funding for farmland protection, an economic safety net for the state’s dairy farmers, and new initiatives to spur on-farm energy conservation and reinvestment in farm infrastructure. Another priority—a state conservation tax credit that will expand opportunities for land protection—is likely to become law this fall. 