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Preserving
Wilderness and Farmland
Farmland Preservation Tools In Motion
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Butterfly Hollow Farm ____ The Path Leading Us Here ____ How The Farm Got Its Name ____ Restoring the Old Farmhouse ____ Where The Beefalo Roam ____ Saddle Up The Horses ____ Saving Wilderness and Farm Land ____ Farm Journals ____ Sharing The Farm ____ Guest Book ____ Site Map ____ |
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As our communities and country
stands at the doorway of addressing the challenges of sustaining agriculture
and preserving our decreasing land base, let me open the door and
show you one example of how some communities, counties and a
state walked the path that we are now beginning. It's
important to remember, however, that there is no one "off-the-shelf"
model farmland protection technique. Nor is there one
right way to implement a particular protection technique. Agriculture
is an industry shaped by local conditions. The issues facing
farmers and ranchers change from state to state and community to community.
The selection, creation, and implementation
of a strategy, technique, or program must be driven by needs and circumstances
of real people, places and problems. There is no
wrong answer - as long as the answer works! All three of these counties also recognized the importance of the farmer as well as the farmland and developed marketing programs to promote local farm products and services. They include a variety of elements, including a farm directory, county-sponsored farmers' markets, annual farm tour and harvest sales, farm fairs, vehicle stickers promoting the pride of the county's farmers. In addition the counties also sponsor marketing workshops for farmers and produced videos on farming in the county. As you stand here at the doorway and bring yourself back into focus with your own community and these issues that we all face, we blink an eye, a month passes and another 90,000 of America's open spaces are lost forever. People can be divided into three categories: Those that complain about what has happened, those that wonder what has happened...and those that make things happen. Where do you fall?
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info@butterflyhollow.com
Butterfly
Hollow
Gordonsville,
TN 38563