[ESSP] APR forum this Thursday!

[Vanessa Paulman]

Amherst Area Farm Forum

Thursday, October 16, 2003
7 to 9 P.M.
Red Barn
Hampshire College

A forum to examine the Agricultural Preservation Restriction Program (APR):
whereby development rights are purchased and frozen and thus local 
farms are preserved

	v	History
	v	Achievements
	v	Current challenges
Current Massachusetts budget problems and cuts threaten APR program funding and
therefore threaten the continued existence of some local farms and open lands!

Panel:
Robie Hubley, Moderator. 
Alexandra Dawson, Attorney. 
Annie Cheatham, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture. 
Nancy Hanson, Hampshire College Farm Center. 
Joseph Swartz, farmer. 
State Representatives Ellen Story, John Scibak, and Peter Kocot are 
invited to join us
     to comment on the panel presentation, current issues with state 
funding and other 
     legislation affecting farming. 

Sponsors:
Town of Amherst Farm Committee
Hampshire College Farm Center
The Kestrel Trust
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA)
The New England Small Farm Institute (NESFI)
Western Massachusetts Land Trusts
And other organizations devoted to the preservation of open space and quality
      community life.


Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:APR Forum22 1.doc (WDBN/MSWD) (00050D31)

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Vanessa Paulman       
Science Outreach Coordinator
Center for Science Exploration
Hampshire College

phone: (413) 559-5792
fax: (413) 559-5438
Adele Simmons Hall #132

http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu


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