Friday March 27: Ontario Farmland Forum in Oshawa
Registration is now open for the 11th annual Ontario Farmland Forum – Reserve your seat today
The Forum is a day of networking, learning and creative-thinking about how we expand and enhance farmland protection in Ontario.
Date: March 27, 2015
Time: 10:00 – 6:00
Place: Durham Banquet Hall & Convention Centre, Oshawa
Cost: $100 (includes lunch & dinner)
This year’s event includes presentations on:
– Tools for communicating the value of ON farmland,
– Policy that enables vibrant local farm economies,
– Agriculture in the new Rouge National Park,
– Development offsetting for farmland protection in
California, and
– Pennsylvania’s model farmland protection program
Join the discussion and help shape the future of farmland protection in Ontario!
Keynote speaker:
Doug Wolfgang, Director of the Pennsylvania State Bureau of Farmland Preservation will be feature speaker at this year’s Forum.Pennsylvania has seen $1.3 billion invested in farmland protection over the past 25 years. The state`s agricultural easement program partners with 57 counties and 60+ land trusts, and has resulted in more than 4,700 farms and 500,000 acres being protected. What can Ontario learn from this model of public investment and community partnerships?
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