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Synopsis
Farmers, who own or rent most of the private land in America, hold the key not only to the nation's food supply, but also to managing community growth, maintaining an attractive landscape, and protecting water and wildlife resources.
While the issue of protecting farmland and open space is not new, the intensity of the challenge has increased. Farmers are harder pressed to make a living, and rural and suburban communities are struggling to accommodate increasing populations and the development that comes with them. Holding Our Ground can help landowners and communities devise and implement effective strategies for protecting farmland. The book:
- discusses the reasons for protecting farmland and how to make those reasons widely known and understood
- describes the business of farming, federal government farm programs, and the role of land in farmers's decisions
- analyzes federal, state, and local farmland protection efforts and techniques
- explores a variety of land protection options including purchase of development rights; transfer of development rights; private land trusts; and financial, tax, and estate planning
- reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the farmland protection tools available
Holding Our Ground provides citizens, elected officials, planners, and landowners with a solid basis for understanding the issues behind farmland protection, and will be an invaluable resource in developing techniques and programs for achieving long-term protection goals.
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About the Author
Tom Daniels is director of the Agricultural Preserve Board, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Deborah Bowers is editor and publisher of the Farmland Preservation Report based in Street, Maryland.
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- PublisherIsland Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1559634820
- ISBN 13 9781559634823
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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