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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [permaculture] [Fwd: Fw: Farm and Forest land Protection Workshops]
  • Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 14:38:53 -0700

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Subject: Fw: Farm and Forest land Protection Workshops
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:47:01 -0500
From: Maura McDermott <maura@OKLATEL.NET>
Reply-To: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group

Training in Farm and Forest land Protection Offered this Summer

How to protect farm and forest land from urban and other unwanted
development will be the topic of workshops being offered this summer to
agricultural educators and leaders in the southern U.S. Registration is
just $25 for the two-day workshop conducted by the American Farmland
Trust and supported by a grant from SARE.

This is a great opportunity to learn practical information and solutions
from experts. Class discussion will be encouraged.

Scholarship money to cover some travel and accommodation expenses is
available. Those interested should apply by June 25. Scholarship
applicants should submit a letter identifying the organization they work
for and explaining why they need the scholarship. Send letters to Anita
Poole at apoole@kerrcenter.com <mailto:apoole@kerrcenter.com>
or Kerr Center, PO Box 588, Poteau, OK 74953. 918.647.8712 (fax)
918.647.9123

Regular registration deadline is July 2.

The training workshops are being held at three locations to make it
easier for people to attend one nearby. One workshop will be held in
Oklahoma City on July 24 and 25, another in the Memphis area on August 5
and 6, and the last in Atlanta on August 12 and 13. Each workshop will
cover the same information except for the addition of a special topic at
each. (see below).

The goal of the workshops is to “train the trainer”: educate leaders and
educators who will pass on what they learn to those who contact them for
assistance.

Extension educators and officials, NRCS, FSA, and other USDA personnel,
state agriculture and forestry officials, educators from non-profit
organizations, outreach staff from farm organizations, college and
university instructors, and farmers involved in educational activities
are examples of people who will find the workshop helpful. In many cases
professional development credits will be available.

Each workshop is limited to approximately fifty participants. For a
registration form or more information about the workshops, instructors
and hotel accommodations contact Barbara Chester or Anita Poole at the
Kerr Center, 918-647-9123, bchester@kerrcenter.com
<mailto:bchester@kerrcenter.com>
or visit www.kerrcenter.com <http://www.kerrcenter.com>

Scholarship applicants should submit a letter identifying the
organization they work for and explaining why they need the scholarship.
Send letters to Anita Poole at apoole@kerrcenter.com
<mailto:apoole@kerrcenter.com>
or Kerr Center, PO Box 588, Poteau, OK 74953.
Participants should come from one of the states/territories in the
region: Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina,
Virginia, or from the two US protectorates, Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands.


The workshops are being funded by a grant from the southern region of
the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) professional
development program. The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture is the
sponsor.

Topics

Gerry Cohn and Kevin Schmidt of the American Farmland Trust will be
instructors. In addition, knowledgeable local speakers will also
participate.

Session titles include:
· What is the Problem and Why Should We Protect Agricultural Land?
· Using information from the Southern SARE region and across the
country, the speakers will provide an in-depth look at why we are losing
agricultural land to development and other uses, the social,
environmental and economic impacts of this loss, and why communities
across the country have decided to address these issues.
· Farmland Protection Toolbox I: Planning for Agriculture
· This session will provide a detailed overview of how communities
across the South and the nation have used various tools and techniques
to plan for the future of agriculture in their community, including
agricultural districts, comprehensive land use plans, agricultural
economic development and agricultural zoning.

· Farmland Protection Toolbox II: Agricultural Conservation Easements
· This session will provide a detailed overview of how agricultural
conservation easements have been used across the South and around the
country to protect farm, ranch and forest land. Purchase of Development
Rights programs and opportunities in the 2002 Farm Bill will be
highlighted.

· Farmland Protection Programs at the State Level
· This session will provide a detailed case study of how one or two
states have combined the tools and techniques previously discussed as
part of their statewide farmland protection strategy

· Group Discussion: Bringing This Back to Your State
· Participants will break into small groups by state to discuss
what they see as the opportunities and challenges of addressing farm and
forestland protection when they return home. Each state will be asked to
prepare an action plan that outlines possible next steps after the workshop.

· Special Topics
· Each workshop will highlight a different topic here, targeting a
specific interest area identified by SSARE advisory committee.
§ Farm Transfer—linking the generations and supporting beginning
farmers-- Oklahoma
§ Minority Land Loss—Tennessee
§ Forestry Issues—Atlanta

· Responding to Questions from Your Community
· This session will cover how participants can answer common
questions from their communities about land use and agricultural and
demographic issues. It will identify the major sources available
nationwide for data on land use, farm, forest and ranchland, and
demographics, and how this data should and should not be used.

· Small Group Discussion: Bringing this Back to your Community
· Participants will break into groups that reflect the audiences
that they most often work with in their communities, such as farmers,
elected officials, Extension/university, etc. Once in these small groups
we will ask participants to create action plans for providing technical
assistance and training to their target audiences.



Maura McDermott
Communications Director
Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
PO Box 588
Poteau, OK 74953
918.647.9123
www.kerrcenter.com

"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world: and that
is an idea whose time has come." --Victor Hugo






  • [permaculture] [Fwd: Fw: Farm and Forest land Protection Workshops], Lawrence F. London, Jr., 06/21/2003

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