Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan - Town of Liberty

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Draft Town of Liberty Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan Organic Alliance: www.organic.org Small Business Administration: www.sba.gov/ Small Cities Program - Community Development Block: www.nysmallcities.com Sullivan County Division of Planning And Environmental Management: www.sullivan.ny.us Sullivan County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD): www.sullivancountyswcd.com The Farmers’ Market Federation Of New York: www.nyfarmersmarket.com United States Department Of Agriculture (USDA): www.usda.gov University of Vermont’s Women’s Agricultural Network: uvm.edu/wagn USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA): www.fsa.usda.gov USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service: www.nrcs.usda.gov/ or in New York: www.ny.nrcs.usda.gov USDA Rural Business Programs: www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs Value Added Producer Grant (Contact Is the Local Rural Development Office at 225 Dolson Ave. Suite 104, Middletown, NY 10940 At 548-343-1872, X 4) Interns and internships may be located at a variety of web sites and organizations, especially through universities that offer agricultural programs. See also www.agcareers.com, www.attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/internships, or www.idealist.org. Page 109
Draft Town of Liberty Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan Appendix 10. Farmer and Agri-business Surveys Summary of Liberty Farmer Survey Q 1 and 2. There is a small variety of farms represented in the survey with the prevalent products being livestock (including horses and alpaca) and dairy. Other farms were much less prevalent but included one horticulture, and one maple products farm. Secondary farming operations included logging, garden center, farm market, and fire wood. Q 3. One farm sold goods or services at farmers markets at the Catskill Harvest Farmers Market. Q4. Within Liberty, 1766 acres are owned by the farmers who participated in the survey and 1754 additional acres are rented. The average size of owned land is 110 acres and rented lands average slightly larger (146 acres). Q5. Participants categorized about 3452 acres of the total land into farmsteads, actively farmed land, wooded, idle, and rural residential acres. About 64% of the land is actively farmed and 30% is wooded. Less than 2% is considered idle. Q6. Ninety seven people are employed by the farms that participated in the survey. This included 82 full time workers, 12 part time workers employed year-round, 3 full time seasonal and 6 part time seasonal workers. Q 7 – 9. These farms typically support one household. Almost all farms have been in existence for a long time: the average number of years the farmer owned the farm was 31, with an average of 49 years in the family. Q10. This question explored the level of support for various farmland protection strategies. There was support for most of these techniques from most farmers. However, there was much less support for overlay zoning districts, and exclusive agricultural zones. Those techniques that were strongly supported by more than half the participants included farm friendly zoning, differential assessments, the Sullivan County Ag and Farmland Protection Plan, and Loan programs. There were very few people who strongly opposed these techniques. Most were strongly supported to general support. Q11. The participants ranked the farmland protection strategies and in order, chose: farm friendly zoning, conservation subdivisions, purchase of Page 110
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