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Smart Growth Resource Library

Farmland Information Center Sample Documents

The Farmland Information Center (FIC) offers a sample documents area on its website. This feature provides easy access to tools─easements, LESA systems, excerpts from comprehensive plans, and more─used by communities to protect agricultural resources and support agriculture.

Using the search feature, visitors can filter by state, topic, type of resource and/or entity. Search results can be sorted by title, category, and date. An advanced search is also available.

The FIC is a clearinghouse for information about farmland protection and stewardship. It is a partnership between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and American Farmland Trust.

Read more or at the resource link below.

Resource: http://www.farmlandinfo.org/farmland_sample_documents/?RequestTimeout=999

Preserving the World's Seeds

Submitted by Rob Pate

There's an effort afoot to preserve the diversity of the world's crops by collecting seeds. Those seeds will go into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault now being built in Norway, above the Arctic Circle.

http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/12154

http://www.croptrust.org/main/arctic.php?itemid=217 (photos)

NRCS Suggestion Survey Responses

https://my.nrcs.usda.gov/PortalStatic/OnLine_Suggestion_Survey_Responses.xls(285 KB)

USDA West Virginia Rural Development web page with link to current newsletter.

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