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Know Before You Grow: Understanding Site Risks for Garden and Growing Activities
EPA-560-F-21-201, October 2021This fact sheet provides information on how to assess soils for urban gardening to determine whether the lot is a brownfield and the level of soil contamination. -
Agricultural Conservation Easements
April 2019by: Julia Freedgood, Jennifer DempseyThis fact sheet provides definitions for agricultural conservation easements, gives an overview of its history, and describes some of the benefits and risks of this farmland protection tool. -
Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easements
November 2020by: Farmland Information CenterThis fact sheet defines purchase of agricultural conservation easement (PACE) programs, gives an overview of the history of PACE programs, and describes their function and purpose. -
Agricultural District Programs
September 2016This fact sheet describes state-level agricultural district programs and gives an overview of the history of the program. -
Local Governments Support for Local Food Systems
January 2012The fact sheet talks about county level plan policies, food councils, and public-private partnerships and how these can help further food systems. -
Farmland Protection Policy Act
June 2021This fact sheet gives an overview of the Farmland Protection Policy Act (FPPA), which is part of the 1981 Farm Bill and addresses the need to minimize the degree to which federal projects contribute to the conversion of farmland to other uses. -
Protecting California Farmland and Ranchland
May 2020This fact sheet gives an overview of California's Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALC), a program established to help protect the state farmland and ranchland. -
2021 Status of State Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement Programs
September 2021by: Jennifer Dempsey, Laura BarleyThis fact sheet from the American Farmland Trust’s Farmland Information Center tracks the status and summarizes important information about the 27 purchase of agricultural conservation easement (PACE) programs currently active among U.S. states. -
Planning for Food Trucks
PAS QuickNotes 49by: Patrick Terranova, David Morley, AICPThis edition of PAS QuickNotes summarizes the opportunities and challenges associated with food trucks and discusses four key policy considerations for localities looking to update business licensing and development regulations to clarify rules for mobile food vendors.List price$10.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
The Farmland Protection Toolbox
PAS QuickNotes 36by: Jennifer DemseyThis edition of PAS QuickNotes presents an overview of the tools most commonly used locally to reduce farm and ranch land conversion and to permanently protect agricultural land.List price$10.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Food Systems Planning
PAS QuickNotes 24This edition of PAS QuickNotes provides a primer on how planning affects the development of healthy, sustainable local and regional food systems.List price$10.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00
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