Farmland Protection - Openlands 2007 Illinois Farmland Protection Conference

Nearly seventy farmers, government officials, and concerned citizens gathered at Waubonsee Community College, in Kane County, Illinois, to hear experts discuss a wide range of farmland protection issues, including:

• Farmland Protection and the Outlook for the 2007 Farm Bill, Keith Eichorst, Natural Resources Conservation Services;
• Evaluation of the Federal Farm and Ranchlands Program, Anita Zurbrugg, American Farmland Trust;
• Farmland Protection Funding Options, Daniel Patrick O’Connell, Evergreen Capital Advisors
• Agricultural Areas as Farmland Protection Tools, Terry Savko, Illinois Department of Agriculture;
• Kane County Protection Program: Five Years of Success, Janice Hill, Kane County;
• Donated Conservation Easements, Dan Lobbes, The Conservation Foundation; and
  
• Protecting Farmland in the Face of Development—A Case Study, Dave Wadden, Land Vision.

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