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State
Executive Orders Governors of at least 10 states have issued executive orders that document the importance of agriculture and direct state agencies not to engage in or provide funding for projects that would result in farmland conversion. By establishing state policy and creating task forces to investigate farmland conversion, state executive orders have the potential to build public and institutional support for other farmland protection programs. By restricting the use of state funds for projects that would result in loss of agricultural land, executive orders influence the actions of local governments. For example, Massachusetts' Executive order 193 recently invoked this provision to prevent a town from acquiring farmland by eminent domain. The town had intended to incorporate the land into an industrial park, but abandoned its plan when it learned that the state would not approve economic development funds for the project. Colorado, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio have all used executive orders to create task forces to identify trends, causes and consequences of farmland conversion and to describe voluntary methods and incentives for maintaining land for agricultural production.
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Butterfly
Hollow
Gordonsville,
TN 38563