Subject: Preserving Farmland (fwd)

From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 01:19:24 -0400 (EDT)

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Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 16:35:08 EDT
From: KIRSTEN FAHRENKAMP OF PARTNERSHIPS <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Subject: Preserving Farmland

Mary Feldblum,

The loss of farmland in your state, New Mexico, is a problem 
that is occurring with increasing speed across the nation.  Many local 
communities and states are grappling with this and coming up with 
creative solutions, such as zoning, land trusts, purchase of 
development rights (PDR's), transfer of development rights (TDR's), 
and farmer/public owner partnerships.

Your best bet would be to contact some of the following organizations 
to learn about some of these strategies and local solutions:
    Trust for Public Land
    P.O. Box 2383
    Sante Fe, NM 87504
    (505) 988-5922
    
    Farmland Preservation Report
    900 La Grange Road
    Street, MD 21154
    (301) 692-9741
    
    American Farmland Trust
    1920 N Street, NW, Suite 400
    Washington, DC 20036
    (202) 659-5170
    
    Natural Lands Trust
    1031 Palmers Mill Rd.
    Media, PA 19063
    (215) 353-5587,   and
    
    Land Trust Alliance
    900 17th Street, NW, Suite 410
    Washington, DC 20006
    (202) 785-1410
    
    Goodluck........Some of these organizations and their programs are 
quite interesting.    
       
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Kirsten Fehrenkamp
Agriculture, Food, and Environment 
Tufts University