jgiuntoli January 5th, 2009
The Farmland Preservation Task Force 2009 Meetings scheduled:
February 4, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Willaby Room
1835 Black Lake Blvd. Suite D
Olympia WA 98512-5623
May 6, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Ellensburg, Washington
Location: TBD
September 2, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Omak, Washington
Location: TBD
December 2, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Spokane, Washington
Location: TBD
apoire September 3rd, 2008
The Office of Farmland Preservation is pleased to present it’s newsletter to the public! The Office of Farmland Preservation Newsletter will be published monthly in the Preservation News segment of the OFP website, it will also be made available via the OFP listserv, please see the newsletter for more details.
apoire July 21st, 2008
This year’s 2008 Vim Wright Stewardship Award Dinner, celebrating the best of those living the dream of sustainable agriculture, is being held in beautiful Carnation, Washington. Nestled in the
apoire May 21st, 2008
Representative Joel Kretz has been appointed to the Farmland Preservation Task Force by Frank Chopp, Speaker of the Washington State House Representatives. Representative Kretz replaces Representative Steve Hailey, who had served since the inception of the Task Force.
Representative Kretz is a Republican who represents the 7th Legistlative District, which includes Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln, and parts of Okanogan and Spokane Counties.
apoire January 18th, 2008
A Skagit County farmer with a long history of public and industry service has been elected chairman of the Washington State Farmland Preservation Task Force. Bob Hart was elected to the position by his fellow Task Force members at the group’s initial meeting last month.
apoire January 10th, 2008
The Farmland Preservation Task Force has established a meeting schedule for calendar year 2008. The February 2008 meeting place and time are confirmed, Other meetings in 2008 will be held in various regions of the State, and more information about locations and events will be published as they become available, for up to date information on the OFP meeting schedule please check the Meetings and Meeting Materials segment of the OFP website.
apoire October 31st, 2007
The newly-formed Washington State Farmland Preservation Task Force has scheduled its first meeting in December 2007. December 5 will see the beginning of the operation of the 18-member group formed as a result of a bill passed during this year’s legislative session.
apoire October 16th, 2007
An 18-member Farmland Preservation Task Force has been appointed to provide the first statewide guidance for such efforts in Washington. “Maintaining the capacity to provide adequate food and fiber resources is essential to the long-term sustainability of the state’s citizens and economy,” stated Substitute Senate Bill 5108, which was passed by overwhelming majorities of the state House of Representatives and Senate and signed by Governor Chris Gregoire. (Substitute Senate Bill 5108 is now encoded as Chapter 89.10 Revised Code of Washington.) Continue Reading »
apoire July 3rd, 2007
State Representative Steve Hailey, R-Mesa, has been named to the newly created Farmland Preservation Task Force. The appointment was announced July 11 by House Speaker Frank
Chopp.
The task force advises the Office of Farmland Preservation, established
during the 2007 legislative session in Senate Bill 5108, and which
operates within the Washington State Conservation Commission.
“With a rapidly growing population in the state, there’s increasing
pressure from developers to convert farmland to non-agricultural uses,
particularly residential, commercial and industrial,” said Hailey. “Our
mission on the task force is to protect productive farmland areas from
development and help preserve the viability of Washington’s agricultural
economy.”