Resources: Resources

Agricultural Commissions Questions and Answers
Questions and Answers about Agricultural Commissions (PDF)

Agricultural Inventories
Carver Agricultural Commission 2006 Farmer/Landowner Survey (PDF)
Inventorying Ag in the Community - Cummington (PDF)

Community Agricultural Education
Living near a Farm-Carver Agricultural Commission Brochure (PDF)
Farms In Our Community-Carver Agricultural Commission Brochure (PDF)
Hatfield is Farming- Hatfield Agricultural Commission Brochure (PDF)

Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution Protocol-Sunderland (PDF)
Conflict Resolution Form-Sunderland (PDF)

Energy
Renewable Energy Workshop for Ag

Farm and Farmland Protection
Farm and Farmland Protection Tools - Presentation by American Farmland Trust (PDF)

A Toolkit for Organizing an Agricultural Commission

1. Exploratory meeting invitation (MS-Word Doc)
2. Exploratory meeting news release (MS-Word Doc)
3. Exploratory meeting agenda (MS-Word Doc)
4. Town planner talking points (MS-Word Doc)
5. 1st steering committee meeting agenda (MS-Word Doc)
6. 1st steering committee meeting notes (MS-Word Doc)
7. Steering committee timeline (MS-Word Doc)
8. 2nd steering committee meeting agenda (MS-Word Doc)
9. Planning board meeting talking points (MS-Word Doc)
10. Ag Commission warrant articles (MS-Word Doc)
11. Member selection criteria (MS-Word Doc)
12. News release soliciting membership (MS-Word Doc)
13. Ag commission action register (MS-Word Doc)
14. 1st commission meeting guidelines (MS-Word Doc)
15. Ag commission work plans (MS-Word Doc)
16. “Support Warrant Article” flyer (MS-Word Doc)
17. Ag Commission brochure (PDF)