WHO/WHAT:
The Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund will hold an advisory committee meeting to:
- Review the Trust Fund budget and open grantee contracts and extensions.
- Hear Trust Fund reports on county program maps and updates; open conservation easement projects; grant monitoring and stewardship updates; and an easement status report involving recent closings.
- Receive program updates on the program calendar, local partnerships, federal partnerships with the military and USDA, and outreach and marketing efforts.
- Hear an overview on Cycle 17 grant applications and grant evaluations and proposed awards.
WHEN:
Tuesday, June 4
1:30 p.m.
WHERE:
The meeting will take place in the Hall of Fame Room at the Agriculture Building, 2 W. Edenton St., Raleigh. The public can also join via conference call. The public may access the call at conference number 984-204-1487. Enter the conference ID 348 075 804#
BACKGROUND
INFORMATION:
The Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund supports the farming, forestry and horticulture communities within the agriculture industry, purchasing agricultural conservation easements, funding public and private enterprise programs to promote profitable and sustainable family farms, and providing funding for conservation easements targeted at the active production of food, fiber and other agricultural products.