ROOM AT THE TABLE - Intersight - University at Buffalo
ROOM AT THE TABLE - Intersight - University at Buffalo
ROOM AT THE TABLE - Intersight - University at Buffalo
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and a review of processing procedures including hand washing, sanitizing,<br />
equipment sinks, w<strong>at</strong>er potability and food prepar<strong>at</strong>ion. 6<br />
AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS AND FARMLAND PROTECTION BOARDS<br />
Article 25AA of the New York St<strong>at</strong>e Agriculture and Markets Law<br />
provides for the cre<strong>at</strong>ion of agricultural districts. In noting the possible loss<br />
of agricultural land for any agricultural purposes, the Constitution of the<br />
St<strong>at</strong>e of New York provides for the protection of agricultural lands. 7 Thus,<br />
Art. 25AA provides for a locally initi<strong>at</strong>ed mechanism for the protection<br />
and enhancement of New York’s agricultural land, <strong>at</strong> the local level. 8<br />
Each county is permitted to establish a county Agricultural and Farmland<br />
Protection Board, as approved by the local county legisl<strong>at</strong>ive body. The board<br />
is composed of eleven members, four of whom must be active farmers. 9<br />
At least one member must represent agribusiness and one member shall<br />
represent an organiz<strong>at</strong>ion dedic<strong>at</strong>ed to agricultural preserv<strong>at</strong>ion. 10 These six<br />
selected members must reside in the county in which the agricultural board<br />
represents. The membership of the board must also include the chairperson<br />
of the county’s soil and w<strong>at</strong>er conserv<strong>at</strong>ion district’s board of directors or an<br />
employee of the county’s soil and conserv<strong>at</strong>ion district (as design<strong>at</strong>ed by the<br />
chairperson), a member of the county legisl<strong>at</strong>ive body, a county cooper<strong>at</strong>ive<br />
extension agent, the county planning director and the county director of<br />
real property tax services. 11 In addition to advising the county legisl<strong>at</strong>ive<br />
body, the board is to work with the county planning board on the proposed<br />
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district. 12 The board must also submit expert guidance regarding the n<strong>at</strong>ure<br />
of farming within any proposed or established area, review “notice of intent”<br />
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and approve county Agricultural and Farmland Protection plans. 13<br />
The county Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board is also<br />
empowered to submit requests to the Commissioner of Agriculture and<br />
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