jgiuntoli October 28th, 2009
The October edition of the Farmland Preservation Newsletter is now available. Included in this month’s edition is an update on agriculture in San Juan County, information on a new grant opportunity, the upcoming water forecast, and many other issues of interest.
If you have suggestions for newsletter content, please feel free to contact OFP at jgiuntoli@scc.wa.gov
jgiuntoli October 12th, 2009
The Northwest Agriculture Business Center in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture will host a half-day grant writing workshop to assist producers in applying for a USDA Value-Added Producer Grant. The class will be taught by Sharon Exley, USDA Business Programs Specialist, and will be held on October 20th from 8:30 am -12:00 pm at the Burlington Public Library located at 820 East Washington Avenue, Burlington.
jgiuntoli June 17th, 2009
In 2007, it was recognized by staff of the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) and the Washington State Conservation Commission (WSCC) that there was a need to provide financial and technical assistance to county planning staff to develop local farmland preservation programs. By providing support to local entities to develop agriculture strategic plans, it was hoped farmland preservation actions could be sustained over time.
To further these goals, RCO identified and set aside $200,000 from the farmland preservation portion of the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) funding to be used for grants to local entities. The grant program would be administered by the Office of Farmland Preservation (OFP). There were 14 applications for the grants, from which eight were selected: Clallam, Clark, Jefferson, Kittitas, Klickitat, San Juan, Thurston, and Whatcom.
The summary results of these grants is available for download.
County Assistance Grants Final Report to RCO
apoire January 18th, 2008
Eight counties in Washington State will begin or further develop farmland preservation programs this year with grants recently announced by the state’s new Office of Farmland Preservation.
Kittitas, Clark, Clallam, Jefferson, Whatcom, Thurston, San Juan and Klickitat Counties will benefit from the grants, which are for a maximum of $25,000 each. A block grant from the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program, which is administered by the Recreation and Conservation Office, provided the funding for the grant program.