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  • Know Before You Grow: Understanding Site Risks for Garden and Growing Activities

    EPA-560-F-21-201, October 2021
    This fact sheet provides information on how to assess soils for urban gardening to determine whether the lot is a brownfield and the level of soil contamination.

  • Agricultural Conservation Easements

    April 2019
    by: Julia Freedgood, Jennifer Dempsey
    This fact sheet provides definitions for agricultural conservation easements, gives an overview of its history, and describes some of the benefits and risks of this farmland protection tool.

  • Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easements

    November 2020
    by: Farmland Information Center
    This fact sheet defines purchase of agricultural conservation easement (PACE) programs, gives an overview of the history of PACE programs, and describes their function and purpose.

  • Agricultural District Programs

    September 2016
    This fact sheet describes state-level agricultural district programs and gives an overview of the history of the program.

  • Local Governments Support for Local Food Systems

    January 2012
    The fact sheet talks about county level plan policies, food councils, and public-private partnerships and how these can help further food systems.

  • Farmland Protection Policy Act

    June 2021
    This fact sheet gives an overview of the Farmland Protection Policy Act (FPPA), which is part of the 1981 Farm Bill and addresses the need to minimize the degree to which federal projects contribute to the conversion of farmland to other uses.

  • Protecting California Farmland and Ranchland

    May 2020
    This fact sheet gives an overview of California's Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALC), a program established to help protect the state farmland and ranchland.

  • 2021 Status of State Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement Programs

    September 2021
    by: Jennifer Dempsey, Laura Barley
    This fact sheet from the American Farmland Trust’s Farmland Information Center tracks the status and summarizes important information about the 27 purchase of agricultural conservation easement (PACE) programs currently active among U.S. states.
    1. APA Publications
    2. PAS QuickNotes

    Planning for Food Trucks

    PAS QuickNotes 49
    by: Patrick Terranova, David Morley, AICP
    This edition of PAS QuickNotes summarizes the opportunities and challenges associated with food trucks and discusses four key policy considerations for localities looking to update business licensing and development regulations to clarify rules for mobile food vendors.
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    1. APA Publications
    2. PAS QuickNotes

    The Farmland Protection Toolbox

    PAS QuickNotes 36
    by: Jennifer Demsey
    This edition of PAS QuickNotes presents an overview of the tools most commonly used locally to reduce farm and ranch land conversion and to permanently protect agricultural land.
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    1. APA Publications
    2. PAS QuickNotes

    Food Systems Planning

    PAS QuickNotes 24
    This edition of PAS QuickNotes provides a primer on how planning affects the development of healthy, sustainable local and regional food systems.
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