Land Trust, CADE Win Grant to Protect Farmland in Otsego County
COOPERSTOWN—Otsego Land Trust has been awarded just under $50,000.00 through Round 5 of the Land Trust Grants program from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. OLT applied for the funding in partnership with the Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship, to inventory farmland throughout Otsego County and support outreach activities for farmland protection.
According to Gregory Farmer, OLT executive director, “The NYSDAM grant will help protect high-quality agricultural land in Otsego County, using mapping, analysis, and coordinated outreach to farmers, landowners, and next-generation farmers to keep the land in production. The project will build a stronger relationship with Otsego County’s farming community and work toward keeping a higher percentage of farmland in agricultural use.”
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