Digging Into Farmland: Strategies for Municipal & Regional Farmland Planning
January 19, 2027 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Massachusetts is losing farmland at an alarming rate, making farmland protection, access, and farm viability critical planning priorities.
Join Katharine Otto (MDAR), Trish Settles (CMRPC), Tamsin Flanders (FRCOG), and Karen Pettinelli (SRPEDD) for a discussion on the 2023 Massachusetts Farmland Action Plan and innovative planning efforts underway across the Commonwealth.
Learn about new tools, municipal farmland protection planning, regional initiatives, and partnerships that are helping communities protect working lands and strengthen agriculture for future generations.