Agri-Environmental Policy: Trends, Programs,
and Emerging Issues for Local Communities
This program
focuses on core issues surrounding
environmental management and
modern food and agricultural
production. Key structural
trends in farm commodity production
are highlighted, along with
policy initiatives underway
at the local, state, and national
levels. Both concerns with
farmland protection and water
quality management are addressed
in this program. Emphasis
is placed on the New York
situation and the interplay
between state and local programs,
and efforts at the national
level.
Registration Information Workshop
size is from 15 to 50 persons. Costs will include
materials and speaker expenses,
plus costs at your location.
A fee of around $75 per person
is suggested.
Audience State and
local legislators and their
staffs, and the general public.
Instructors Faculty
and staff in AEM along with
collaborators off-campus.
By Attending You Will • Increase
your understanding of the factors underlying
emerging agricultural/environmental
policies
• Develop capacity to
ascertain the benefits and
costs of these policies.
• Gain insight on the
development of management
plans and techniques that
will meet both farm profitability
and environmental objectives
Teaching Format Participative
workshop with 5 to 7 hours
of learning.
This program
focuses on state and local
government policy to deal
with population settlement
patterns and the management
of agricultural and open-space
lands. Programs designed to
resolve conflicts between
competing land uses while
protecting a viable land base
for the continuation of commercial
farming are emphasized. Topics
include special-use agricultural
districts, property tax preferences
for farmland, development
and conservation easements,
and right-to-farm law.
Registration Information Workshop
size is from 15 to 50 persons. Costs will include
materials and speaker expenses,
plus costs at your location.
A fee of around $75 per person
is suggested.
Audience State and
local legislators and their
staffs, and the gen-eral public.
Instructors Faculty
and staff in AEM along with
collaborators off-campus.
By Attending You Will • Improve your understanding
of the relationships between
popula-tion growth, economic
development, and commercial
agriculture
• Develop capacity to
ascertain the benefits and
costs of alternate approaches
to farmland protection.
• Gain insight on the
development of community-based
strategies to promote the
continuation of local farm
and food production
Teaching Format Participative
workshop with 5 to 7 hours
of learning.
